Commission Consortium 2024 | Blast It! and Blast It! (more) ลงขันประพันธ์เพลง Blast It! และ Blast It! (more)

Viskamol Chaiwanichsiri (b.1995) is a Thai composer, conductor, and music educator known internationally for blending traditional Thai soundscapes with contemporary styles, establishing him as a leading figure among emerging Asian composers. His works have been performed internationally by ensembles such as the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Tacet(i) Ensemble, Meiden High School Symphonic Band (Japan), Lawrence University Symphonic Band (Appleton, WI), and at major international festivals including Asian Saxophone Congress (China, 2024), World Association Of Marching Show Bands World Championship (Thailand, 2022), World Saxophone Congress (Croatia, 2018; France, 2015), International Trumpet Guild (US, 2023), International Viola Congress (Thailand, 2023), International Double Reed Society (Thailand, 2023), Thailand New Music and Arts Symposium (2020), and the International Festival of Wind Orchestra Prague (2020). Viskamol is also a dedicated educator, having founded the Thai Wind Composers (thaiwindcomposers.com), an online resource and community for wind music in Thailand. He is a member of ASCAP and most of his works are self-published under Viskamol Music, while select pieces are globally distributed through Star Music Publishing (Germany), Nexuss Music Publishing (Japan), and Restel Mil Japan/Bravo-Brain Music (Singapore/Japan).

He is currently in Kansas City, Missouri where he is completing his doctorate degree in composition at University of Missouri - Kansas City while enjoying cooking different dishes from whatever ingredients he can track down in the city.