VN-US music festival to feature Baroque style

A line-up of talented classical musicians from Viet Nam andthe US will gather to perform at the first Vietnamese American MusicFestival, which will start in Ha Noi and HCM City this week.

 

Award-winning violinist and special guest artistBui Cong Duy will gather with other American artists to perform at theVietnamese American Music Festival, which will start on Wednesday.

The organiser, the Viet Nam NationalAcademy of Music, expects the festival will help Vietnamese artists showtheir skills while performing in harmony with foreign artists.

“The festival is also a great chance forthe artists to exchange experiences through performing, workshops, andmaster classes,” said Le Anh Tuan, vice director of the Academy ofMusic.

Leading Vietnamese artists from theNational Academy of Music, the Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra(VNSO), HCM City’s Academy of Music, and the HCM City Ballet SymphonyOrchestra and Opera will share the stage with American artists from theInternational Chamber Players and Fantasmi Baroque Ensemble during thefestival.

The Baroque Concerti and Romantic Treasures concerts will headline the festival

The first is dedicated to Baroque music –a style used from the 16th century to the 18th. The second concert willpresent works from world-famous composers such as Mendelssohn,Rachmaninoff, Johannes Brahms and Louis Spohr.

“Concert-goers will enjoy the music ofdifferent music instruments that have been widely used since the Baroqueera such as harpsichord, violin, cello and viola,” said vice directorTuan.

Romantic Treasures will also feature thecapriccio Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) for string orchestra byVietnamese female composer Dang Hong Anh.

Award-winning violinist and specialguest artist Bui Cong Duy will perform in Baroque Concerti and RomanticTreasures, which will take place at the Viet Nam National Academy ofMusic’s concert hall at 7.30pm on Thursday and Saturday.

Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji, the VNSO’s music director and principal conductor, will lead the Romantic Treasures concerts.

After Ha Noi, the two concerts will be held in HCM City’s Opera House on August 26 and 28.

Tickets for the festival’s concerts,workshops and master classes in Ha Noi cost VND500,000, 300,000 and200,000. They are available at the Hall A1 lobby in the Viet NamNational Academy of Music, 77 Hao Nam Street. Interested parties canalso call 0908986166, 0906236166.

Lectures on harpsichord, baroque andcontemporary music will be held on Wednesday and Friday at the NationalAcademy of Music. 

VNS

VN-US music festival to feature Baroque style

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