Nichapa Nilkaew

Nichapa Nilkaew was born in Bangkok in 1992.She started learning cello when she was 15 at high school,Sarasas witaed Bangbon school. When she was 17, she joined the Thailand Youth Orchestra or TYO. At age 18 she changed to study with Aj. Apichai Leamthong and received a full scholarship under the name of Princess Galayani at the Conservatory of Music, Rangsit University. In 2012, Nichapa joined the ‘Russia-ASEAN Symphony Orchestra’ in Bali, Indonesia.She attented Summa Cum Laude International music festival in Vienna with SiSi as a member and won the 1st price.She is currently a student of Aj.Apichai Leamthong. In 2015, she solo Haydn Cello Concerto in C major with National Symphony Orchestra. In this year she got the 1st price of Princess Galyani Vadhana ensemble competition. After graduating from Conservatory of Music, Rangsit University with Bachelors of Music degree, she decided to continue to study in master degree in Music Performance and Pedagogy Program.

She is now working as a cellist for Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra since 2018. She has had the opportunity to study and attend master classes with famous musician such as Prof. Enrico Bronzi, Prof. Giovanni Gnocchi, Pavel Gililov and Hee Young lim.