Bruce Gaston, the American-born national award-winning music maestro, has passed away.
Gaston, age 74 years, who in 2009 received the Silpathorn Award in the field of music, is the first and only foreigner to win the Thai contemporary artist award.
Born in the US, Gaston graduated with a degree in music theory, composition, and philosophy and played several Western musical instruments.
At the age of 22, he moved to Thailand and began playing and practising Thai musical instruments with the help of Boonyong Ketkong, the late well-known Thai musical master who jointly founded the Fong Nam Thai-Western musical band.
Gaston was married to Sarapi Gaston, a lecturer with Chualalongkorn University's Faculty of Arts.
They have one son, Theeradol Theodore Gaston, a guitarist of the Flure band. Gaston died of liver cancer.
Rewritten from information published in the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) on July 29, 2021.
Gaston, age 74 years, who in 2009 received the Silpathorn Award in the field of music, is the first and only foreigner to win the Thai contemporary artist award.
Born in the US, Gaston graduated with a degree in music theory, composition, and philosophy and played several Western musical instruments.
At the age of 22, he moved to Thailand and began playing and practising Thai musical instruments with the help of Boonyong Ketkong, the late well-known Thai musical master who jointly founded the Fong Nam Thai-Western musical band.
Gaston was married to Sarapi Gaston, a lecturer with Chualalongkorn University's Faculty of Arts.
They have one son, Theeradol Theodore Gaston, a guitarist of the Flure band. Gaston died of liver cancer.
Rewritten from information published in the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) on July 29, 2021.
Bruce Gaston, the American-born national award-winning music maestro, has passed away.
Gaston, age 74 years, who in 2009 received the Silpathorn Award in the field of music, is the first and only foreigner to win the Thai contemporary artist award.
Born in the US, Gaston graduated with a degree in music theory, composition, and philosophy and played several Western musical instruments.
At the age of 22, he moved to Thailand and began playing and practising Thai musical instruments with the help of Boonyong Ketkong, the late well-known Thai musical master who jointly founded the Fong Nam Thai-Western musical band.
Gaston was married to Sarapi Gaston, a lecturer with Chualalongkorn University's Faculty of Arts.
They have one son, Theeradol Theodore Gaston, a guitarist of the Flure band. Gaston died of liver cancer.
Rewritten from information published in the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) on July 29, 2021.
Gaston, age 74 years, who in 2009 received the Silpathorn Award in the field of music, is the first and only foreigner to win the Thai contemporary artist award.
Born in the US, Gaston graduated with a degree in music theory, composition, and philosophy and played several Western musical instruments.
At the age of 22, he moved to Thailand and began playing and practising Thai musical instruments with the help of Boonyong Ketkong, the late well-known Thai musical master who jointly founded the Fong Nam Thai-Western musical band.
Gaston was married to Sarapi Gaston, a lecturer with Chualalongkorn University's Faculty of Arts.
They have one son, Theeradol Theodore Gaston, a guitarist of the Flure band. Gaston died of liver cancer.
Rewritten from information published in the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) on July 29, 2021.
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