International and Vietnamese artists are performing in “A Night of Beethoven” concert at the HCM City Opera House on August 3 to mark the 58th anniversary of the Day for AO/dioxin Victims on August 10.
French cellist Emma Savouret will perform in “A Night of Beethoven” concert at the HCM City Opera House on Saturday to mark the 58th anniversary of the Day for AO/Dioxin Victims, August 10 (Photo courtesy of HBSO)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – International and Vietnamese artists are performingin “A Night of Beethoven” concert at the HCM City Opera House on August 3 tomark the 58th anniversary of the Day for AO/dioxin Victims on August 10.
The concert isco-organised by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) and theVietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA).
The highlight of theconcert will be Beethoven’s Triple Concerto for violin, cello andpiano.
The performance willfeature cellist Emma Savouret and violinist Nguyen Huu Nguyen from theOrchestre National de France (French National Symphony Orchestra), and pianistHo Dac Thuy Hoang from HBSO.
The soloistswill perform with the HBSO Chamber Orchestra.
The concert willinclude traditional Japanese works performed by the four-member RyukoMirai Drum Ensemble and vocalist Tetsu Kitagawa.
The night will endwith the symphonic poem Thanh Dong To Quoc written by latecomposer Hoang Van in 1960 when he graduated from the Central Conservatory ofMusic in Beijing. The work will be performed by the HBSO ChamberOrchestra.
Van was awarded the HoChi Minh Award in Literature and Arts in 2000.
Conductor Le Phi Phi,who has returned from Macedonia, will lead the concert.
Phi, who graduatedfrom the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 1993, was the principal conductorof the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra until 2000.
He was the residentconductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the city of Nis, Serbia from 2007to 2012. He has toured in Macedonia, Russia, France, Germany, Italy,Greece, Sweden, Albania and Bulgaria, and is currently teaching at theMacedonian Centre of Opera and Ballet.— VNS/VNA
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French cellist Emma Savouret will perform in “A Night of Beethoven” concert at the HCM City Opera House on Saturday to mark the 58th anniversary of the Day for AO/Dioxin Victims, August 10 (Photo courtesy of HBSO) 
