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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#1d2731″ custom_padding=”40px|40px|40px|40px|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|40px||40px|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_main_element=”margin-bottom: 50px;” border_width_top=”4px” border_color_top=”#238cc1″ border_width_bottom=”2px” border_color_bottom=”#238cc1″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”When” icon_placement=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h3″ header_font=”||||||||” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Wednesday, 16 July 2025 <\/span>at 19:00<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Where” icon_placement=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h3″ header_font=”||||||||” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Auditorium, The Siam Society<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Admission” icon_placement=”left” module_class=”contact-on-dark” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h3″ header_font=”||||||||” body_font=”|300|||||||” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Members<\/strong> \u2013 800 baht<\/p>\n Non-Members<\/strong> \u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0 1,000 baht<\/span><\/p>\n Students (to undergraduate level)<\/strong> \u2013 400 baht<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Wine will be on sale.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In the heart of the 19th century lived the legendary diva Pauline Viardot<\/em>, a woman whose artistry captivated the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Gounod, Meyerbeer\u2014you name it, they tremendously admired her. Robert Schumann dedicated his very first song cycle to her, and Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns honoured her with the dedication of his only opera, Samson et Dalila<\/em>.<\/p>\n Pauline\u2019s life was no less fascinating than her voice. Born into a celebrated Spanish musical family, she rose to stardom by the age of 18. She later married a Parisian theatre director who helped elevate her presence among the cultural elite. Her personal life was the subject of intrigue as well\u2014most notably, her lifelong affair with the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. She established the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Viardot<\/em>, a private opera house, in Baden-Baden. There, she hosted artists, intellectuals, and political figures, including Prince Wilhelm and Princess Augusta of Prussia and Otto von Bismarck. Her matin\u00e9es featured renowned guests such as Anton Rubinstein, Richard Wagner, and the poet Theodor Storm, making her salon a shining centre of 19th-century European artistic life.<\/p>\n This recital offers a portrait of Viardot through her own music and that of her admirers. Six Pieces<\/em> and the Sonatina<\/em> are her only known works for violin, written for her son, a talented violinist. Both Schumann and Saint-Sa\u00ebns composed their first violin sonatas late in life, works filled with richness, mastery, and perhaps\u2014somewhere between the notes\u2014the memory of Madame Viardot.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”#eff1f3″ custom_margin=”||-27px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” admin_label=”More Upcoming Trips” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_padding=”23px||31px||false|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”]For reservation, please contact:<\/span><\/h3>\n
The Siam Society<\/span>
131 Asoke Montri Road (Sukhumvit 21), Bangkok 10110<\/span><\/h5>\nTel:\u00a002-661-6470<\/a>-3 ext 201<\/strong><\/span>
(Please contact us during office hours)<\/span><\/h5>\nE-mail:\u00a0chuleeporn@thesiamsociety.org<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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