[2] At the age of 15, he stopped his formal education when he met Somtow Sucharitkul, who became his teacher and mentor.
[2] At the same time, he began working for the Bangkok Opera as a repetiteur and an assistant conductor.
[3] Na Patalung made his operatic conducting debut in 2006 in a performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute.
[5][4] In July 2011, na Patalung conducted the second revival performance of Sucharitkul's opera Mae Naak based on the Thai ghost story of the same name at the Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre in Bangkok.
[citation needed][7] On July 27, 2011, na Patalung conducted the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai at the Organalia music festival in Turin, Italy.