Guest fountainhall Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Rather than tag this on to Michael's thread, here's some information on a couple of fantastic events after August. But if you want to see them, you'll have to book tickets this week! Looking forward to September, there is the Bangkok International Dance and Music Festival. My biggest gripe with this annual event is that all the best seats are reserved for sponsors, and if there is an event you really want to see, you are usually stuck with seats at the side or the back. But this year there is one ‘must see’ event – the return of the world famous Mariinsky Ballet. This is better-known to us older ones as the Kirov Ballet, the name it assumed under the Soviet regime. To give you an idea of its stunning quality, it was from the Kirov that three of the greatest dancers of the 20th century - Nureyev, Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova - defected to the west. With its conductor Valery Gergiev (one of the acknowledged ‘greats’), and a company of orchestra and dancers numbering around 200, the works they are performing at the Thailand Cultural Centre are – Le Corsaire - September 20 and 21 Mariinsky Ballet Gala Performance (including Stravinsky’s The Firebird) – September 22 Don Quixote - September 24 and 25 Tickets have been on sale for some weeks and I have no idea if any are left. Tickets are from Bt. 1,000 to Bt. 4,500. Book at Thaitcketmajor outlets or at www.thaiticketmajor.com. Bangkok Bank cardmembers get a discount. And on the last day of October, Bangkok will see HITMAN, The Return of David Foster and Friends. Following the huge success of his concert last year, he returns to Impact Arena with friends who this year include Michael Bolton, Charice (again), Philip Bailey and Russell Watson. Ticket sales start at Thaiticketmajor on Friday August 6th and are priced from Bt. 1,000 to Bt. 4,000 with a special Gold Package ticket at Bt. 5,000. This one will sell fast! Quote
