那龙·潘查罗恩，澳门沙金客座教授，泰国玛希隆大学音乐学院院长。他是泰国著名作曲家，荣获2013年古根海姆学者奖和巴洛奖、the Music Alive、第20届美国作曲家乐团安德伍德新音乐委员会奖、美国作曲家乐团观众选择奖、武满彻作曲奖、亚历山大·泽姆林斯基国际作曲比赛奖、第18届ACL Yoshiro IRINO纪念作曲奖、太平洋交响乐团美国作曲家大赛奖、安纳波利斯宪章300国际作曲家大赛奖。在泰国，潘查罗恩先生还获得了Silapathorn奖，被誉为“泰国当代国家艺术家”。

       潘查罗恩先生毕业于密苏里州堪萨斯城大学，获得音乐艺术博士学位，师从陈怡，任教于堪萨斯城密苏里大学音乐学院的社区音乐及舞蹈学院。他是泰国国际作曲节的创始人，该作曲节现已步入第十个年头。

       潘查罗恩将在今后三年担任加利福尼亚州奥兰治县太平洋交响乐团作曲家，作品由Theodore Presser 公司独家发行。

       Narong Prangcharoen is a visiting professor of Shenyang Conservatory of Music, President of Mahidol University College of Music. Thai Composer Narong Prangcharoen’s success as a composer was recently confirmed by his receiving the prestigious 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship and the Barlow Prize. Other awards include the Music Alive, the 20th Annual American Composers Orchestra Underwood New Music Commission, the American Composers Orchestra Audience Choice Award, the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award, the Alexander Zemlinsky International Composition Competition Prize, the 18th ACL Yoshiro IRINO Memorial Composition Award, the Pacific Symphony’s American Composers Competition Prize, and the Annapolis Charter 300 International Composers Competition Prize, and the Annapolis Charter 300 International Composers Competition Prize. In his native country, Mr. Prangcharoen was recipient of the Silapathorn Award,Brief naming him a “Thailand Contemporary National Artist”.

       Mr. Prangcharoen received his DMA from University of Missouri-Kansas City, where his primary teacher was Chen Yi. In addition to working as a freelance composer, he is currently teaching at the Community Music and Dance Academy of the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri in Kansas City. He is the founder of the Thailand International Composition Festival, now entering its tenth year.

       Prangcharoen is now a composer in residence for the Pacific Symphony in Orange County, California for the next three seasons. His works are published exclusively by Theodore Presser Company.