Padet Netpakdee

Padet Netpakdee (born 1987) is a Thai classical guitarist. He was born in Chiang Mai, a province in the northern part of Thailand that is rich in arts and cultures. His music journey started when he started to learn traditional and regional musical instruments at very young age. After his mother introduced him to a guitar, he started taking formal classical guitar lessons when he was ten years old with local classical guitar instructors (Pracha Jaitae, Manoon Ploypradab).

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Padet went to College of Music, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, majoring in classical guitar performance. He received a Bachelor of Music degree with first-class honors in 2009. He had the opportunities to study with the pioneers of classical guitar teaching in Thailand (Suvich Klinsmith, Leon Koudelak, Nalin Komentrakarn) and Dr. Paul Cesarczyk.

In 2010, Padet applied and was offered a scholarship to continue his study in the Master of Music program at Conservatorium Maastricht in Maastricht, the Netherlands. There, he studied with Carlo Marchione and had his musical ideas and techniques solidified. In 2013, Padet went to study with Sergio Assad in the Professional Studies Diploma Program at San Francisco Conservatory of Music in California, USA.

Padet attended masterclass with renowned guitarists including Judicaël Perroy, Izhar Elias, Katona Twins, Lorenzo Micheli, Oscar Ghiglia, Álvaro Pierri, Manuel Barrueco.

Padet is also interested in arranging and composing music, orchestration and doing transcription. Further to classical trainings, he played some jazz, blues and pop.

Padet had given recitals and masterclasses in countries including Thailand, Malaysia, USA.