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Woratep Rattana-umpawan
Woratep Rattana-umpawan (born August 1, 1969 in Bangkok) is a classical guitarist from Thailand. He is the founder of the Thailand Guitar Society and the Asia International Guitar Festival, Bangkok.
Life.
Woratep Rattana-umpawan began his guitar lessons when he was 12. He was the First Prize Winner of the Yamaha Guitar Festival Competition in Bangkok for three consecutive years from 1985-1987. In 1987 he entered the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University and got a
Bangkok.
Woratep performs at international guitar festivals in many parts of the world and often in duo with Leon Koudelak.
His works such as Guitar Lai Thai I, II are available on cassettes and CDs.
Woratep is the first Thai classical guitarist who has performed worldwide at International Guitar Festivals is the first Thai classical guitarist to be well known in the world.
Teaching.
In 1991 Woratep was Head of the Guitar Department at Chinatkarn Music School.
Woratep Rattana-umpawan is full-time teacher at