Biography
Vonthongchai Intarawat or Tol was born in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He studied at Anubaan Chiang Mai School, Yupparaj Wittayalai School, and then the Faculty of Law in Payap University in Chiang Mai. He is a junior-year student but dropping it for the reality show Academy Fantasia competition in order to pursue his dream of becoming a singer.
Intarawat has been involved with music since he was a child. As Intarawat’s father had been a musician and songwriter, Intarawat was highly encouraged to learn playing many musical instruments. At the age of 7, he was first introduced to play electone. Later on, with Intarawat’s good sense of music and personal talent, he can altogether play piano, guitar, bass guitar, violin, drum and flute. By this reason, he is now well known for the ability to identify the frequency of specific musical tone or absolute pitch.
During Intarawat’s childhood, he actively participated in a lot of musical activities including attending different singing contests such as Panasonic Star Challenge, Nescafé Music Challenge, and won Lactasoy singing competition for the first prize. He also became a part of the youth choir in primary school, and playing flute in school’s orchestra during his secondary years.
In 2005, Intarawat joined and teamed up a group of young artists from Northern Thailand called Go-getter as a part of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board of Thailand’s special campaign to fight against narcotics and allurements. He and the team finally released a full-length album consisting of 10 songs, one of which Intarawat sang is entitled poo ying dee dee (Thai: ผู้หญิงดีดี).
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