Background & Education
Komsun Dilokkunanant is a Thai horn player, natural horn specialist, and chamber musician whose work spans performance, arrangement, composition, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Since 2013, he has been a full-time lecturer at the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (PGVIM), Thailand, and has served as Dean of the School of Music since 2019. His commitment is to nurture the next generation of musicians while promoting professional sustainability, support creativity, and well-being in the arts.
Komsun earned his Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in Horn Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Iowa, with secondary studies in Music Education and Orchestral Conducting. He previously completed a Master of Music and a Guildhall Artist Diploma at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, following his Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours) and Professional Diploma (Distinction) at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. His doctoral research explored strategies for developing classical music audiences, a theme reflected in much of his creative work.
As a performer, Komsun has appeared with ensembles including the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Macao Orchestra, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, and the Leipziger Instrumental Ensemble. He contributes to a group’s dedication to expanding the repertoire for woodwind chamber music and engaging audiences with innovative performances and interdisciplinary projects. His notable works include Three Little Pigs: From Fables to Music Performance, Musical Tales and the Virtual Experiences, and Sawasdee Peter and His Wolf, which combine music, narration, and visual arts to engage diverse audiences, especially young listeners.
His compositions and arrangements, such as Echoes of Nora, Sudsakorn and the Hermit, and Upcycle Music Inspired by Plastic Bottles in the Beautiful Sea, blend classical traditions with contemporary storytelling, and have been featured at Princess Galyani Vadhana International Music Festival, ClarinetFest®, the Singapore Flute Festival, and the International Double Reed Society conference.
Komsun has received awards and grants from Fund for Classical Music Promotion under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, the Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Thai Government, the National Research Council of Thailand, the Ministry of Culture’s Office of Contemporary Arts, and the British Council Thailand’s Connections Through Culture initiative. Alongside his teaching, performing, and composing, he remains deeply committed to creative audience engagement, musician well-being, and the future of music education.