Conducting & Artistic Leadership

For Dr. Chaipruck Mekara, conducting is the meeting point of artistry, education, and human connection. Whether leading professional orchestras, university ensembles, youth musicians, or international festivals, he believes every rehearsal and performance should inspire musical excellence, artistic curiosity, and meaningful collaboration.

Featured Conducting Gallery

Conducting Orchestra

Conducting Wind Symphony

Festival Concert

Rehearsal

Guest Conducting

Youth Ensemble

Selected Conducting Activities

• Chiangmai Philharmonic Orchestra

• Chiangmai Philharmonic Band

• Chiangmai Ginastera International Music Festival

• Thailand Youth Symphony Orchestra

• Chiangmai Winds

• Payap University Choir

• Rising Star International Arts Festival

• China ASEAN Festival Youth Orchestra

• Chiangmai Symphony Orchestra & Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra

• Chiangmai Philharmonic Orchestra & Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

• International guest conducting, adjudication, and educational residencies

Guest Conducting & Collaborations

Dr. Mekara warmly welcomes invitations from orchestras, wind ensembles, universities, festivals, competitions, workshops, and educational institutions worldwide. He is committed to artistic excellence and to the kind of deep, collaborative music-making that leaves a lasting impression on performers and audiences alike. Whether working with established professional ensembles or guiding young musicians through their first encounters with the orchestral repertoire, he brings the same attentiveness, generosity, and artistic rigour to every engagement. He is particularly drawn to projects that foster mentorship, cross-cultural exchange, and the discovery of new music — and he welcomes the opportunity to contribute his experience and perspective to institutions and communities that share these values.

Selected Conducting Repertoire

Over the course of more than two decades, Dr. Chaipruck Mekara has conducted a broad repertoire encompassing orchestral masterworks, concertos, choral literature, musical theatre, and wind symphony works. His performances range from Classical and Romantic masterpieces to twentieth-century and contemporary compositions, reflecting a commitment to artistic excellence, educational leadership, and cross-cultural musical exchange.

The following selection represents some of the major works performed throughout his conducting career.

Symphonic Masterworks

• Ludwig van Beethoven — Egmont Overture
• Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 5
• Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 9
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — 1812 Festival Overture
• Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
• Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
• Gustav Holst — Mars from The Planets
• Georges Bizet — Carmen Suite No. 1

String Orchestra

• Benjamin Britten — Simple Symphony, Op. 4
• Ottorino Respighi — Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No. 3
• Peter Warlock — Capriol Suite

Concertos

• Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
• Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
• Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
• Edvard Grieg — Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
• Frédéric Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 1
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 20
• Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor
• Joaquín Rodrigo — Concierto de Aranjuez
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel — Trumpet Concerto in E-flat
• Launy Grøndahl — Trombone Concerto

Choral & Vocal Works

• George Frideric Handel — Messiah
• Carl Orff — Carmina Burana
• Johann Sebastian Bach — Magnificat in D major

Wind Symphony Repertoire

• George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
• Gustav Holst — First Suite in E-flat
• Gustav Holst — Second Suite in F
• Modest Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition
• Maurice Ravel — Boléro
• Leonard Bernstein — Overture to Candide
• Alfred Reed — A Festive Overture
• Alfred Reed — El Camino Real
• James Barnes — Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolò Paganini
• Eric Whitacre — October
• Eric Whitacre — Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!
• Arturo Márquez — Danzón No. 2
• Bruce Broughton; Arr. Randol Bass — Silverado
• Franco Cesarini — Images of a City
• Rossano Galante — The Redwoods
• James L. Hosay — Persis Overture
• Phillip Sparke — Flowerdale
• Dmitri Shostakovich — Jazz Suite No. 1
• Gioachino Rossini — Introduction, Theme and Variations
• Peter Tchaikovsky; Arr. Martin Tousignant — 1812 Overture
• Samuel R. Hazo — Arabesque
• James Bonney — Chaos Theory

Contemporary & International Works

• Alberto Ginastera — Estancia (Malambo)
• Alberto Ginastera — Piano Concerto No. 1 (Toccata)
• John Williams — Star Wars Suite
• Chaipruck Mekara — Glorious
• Chaipruck Mekara — Kheak Choen Joaw Fantasy for Symphonic Band
• Chaipruck Mekara — Kwuang (Courtyard) for Wind Symphony

Musical Theatre

• The Phantom of the Opera
• Les Misérables
• Musical Concert 4 in 1: Miss Saigon
• Musical Concert 4 in 1: Mamma Mia!
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Young Musicians

• Roland Barrett — Arabian Dances
• Karl L. King; Arr. Gene Milford — Barnum & Bailey's Favorite
• Robert Sheldon — Mystic Journey
• Mark Williams — Bryce Canyon Overture
• Steve Hodges — Arocknophobia

Open-Air Concerts

• Music in the Rice Fields 2025 — Performance
• Music Under the Lanna Sky 2021 — Performance
• Music Under the Lanna Sky 2023 — Performance

This representative repertoire illustrates Dr. Mekara's artistic experience across orchestral, wind ensemble, choral, concerto, and contemporary literature. Beyond these selections, he has conducted numerous premieres, educational concerts, festival performances, and collaborative productions throughout Thailand and internationally.