MUSIC & DANCE

POTTER AND FRIENDS (Thailand Cultural Centre’s Main Hall, Ratchadaphisek Road, today at 7pm) Bangkok Opera Foundation and Siam Sinfonietta present “Harry Potter And His Magical Friends” featuring music from the Harry Potter series conducted by Somtow Sucharitkul. The audiences will relive all their favourite moments with Hedwig’s Flight, Nimbus 2000, Diagon Alley, Harry’s WondrousWorld and many more. The programme also features Architect Of Dreams from Somtow’s upcoming opera Phra Maho

sadha and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Disney’s Fantasia. There will be prizes for the audience members with the most magical costumes. Tickets cost 500, 700 and 1,000 baht (2,000 baht for VIP tickets) from thaiticketmajor.com, eventbrite.com and by calling 061-971-6477.

AN EVENING WITH YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA (Sala Sudasiri Sobha, Lat Phrao 41, tomor

row at 4pm) The award-winning Sunrise String Orchestra will give a classical performance as part of the “Thai Talents At Sala Sudasiri Sobha” concert series. The programme includes a classical repertoire for string orchestra by Mozart, Back, Elgar and Vivaldi. Featured as soloists are three young performers of different nationalities — Ryan Chen, an Irish-Taiwanese boy; Kokoro Maruyama, a Japanese boy; and Noranun Narupakorn, a third-year university student. Proceeds will go to the Gift of Life Foundation to help blood-disease patients in Thailand. Tickets cost 700 baht. Visit salasudasirisobha.com or call 080-407-8231 and 02-541-8662.