About Chulayuth
Chulayuth Lochotinan began studying the piano in 1987 with Dr. Motoko Funakoshi in Thailand. He was a Music Scholar at Harrow School in England and was trained under Colin Stone for piano and Dimitar Burov for violin. He regularly performed as a soloist as well as in ensembles and won numerous First Prize of the Annual Piano Competitions. He was granted the Leadership Award by His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan in 1999. He performed in various concerts with the Harrow School Orchestra, including the 'Millenium Churchihll Songs' at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000.
In 2001, Chulayuth gained entrance at Trinity College, Oxford University. He received the Britton Award in 2002 and became the conductor of the Trinity Orchestra. He actively performed in concerts, which included conducting the Oxford Charity Concert fund raising in aid of Sudan Crisis. He graduated with a Master of Engineering in 2005.
Chulayuth worked at Accenture as a consultant in Financial Services in London. He continued to give public performances which included conducting the UBS Orchestra in a fundraising concert for The Bridge Academy and the UK Premiere of Alvin Curran's 'Maritime Rites' at the Millennium Bridge.
At present, Chulayuth is based in Bangkok. He worked at Deloitte prior to joining Thomson Reuters where he is now working as a Senior Manager. He had been invited to give a lecture on "Music and Society" at Chulalongkorn University. In 2010, Chulayuth founded the Bangkok Charity Orchestra (BCO) which is the first orchestra in Thailand to be committed to perform to raise funds to support Thai charities.
In the weekends, he teaches piano, violin and music theory at the Robinson School of Music.