place on the opening night of Hanoi millennium celebrations on
October 1 at the Hanoi Opera House.
The classical concert was held under the baton of Spanish conductor Carlos Cuesta.
Vietnamese
pianist Dang Thai Son and an orchestra accompaniment from the Vietnam
National Academy of Music played Concerto No 2, written for the piano by
S Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) and Symphony No 9 by Beethoven's (1770 –
1827).
Son was awarded first prize and the gold
medal at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw
in 1980, marking the first time that an esteemed international
competition was won by an Asian pianist.
Earlier the same day, an
exhibition of 1,000 photos opened, introducing local and foreign
visitors with remarkable moments and impressions on the land and people
of Hanoi , the city of peace.
Entitled “ Hanoi – the city of
one thousand years”, the exhibition takes place at the Exhibition House,
No. 45, Trang Tien street , with 200 photos and at the Temple of
Literature with 800 others.
The selection of photos for the exhibition was launched by the Hanoi Photographers’ Association in 2006.
A
series of cultural and art programmes, including a lighting festival
and an ao dai (traditional dress) show was also held around the Hoan
Kiem Lake on the opening night./.
