Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert under the baton
of Japanese famous conductor Honna Tetsuji at the Hanoi Opera House on
Nov. 7.
The performance will include Toyama Yuzo’s
Rhapsody for Orchestra, one of the most popular and favourite work in
Japan , and the Rhapsody Vietnam by Do Hong Quan, Chairman of the
Vietnam Musicians’ Association.
The Japanese and Vietnamese artists will also perform P. I. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64.
The Japanese leading orchestra then will have two other performances
in Hanoi on Nov. 9 and Ho Chi Minh City on Nov. 12.
Japanese violinist Tamaki Kawakubo will join TMSO in these
performances. She will play the Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 and
the Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 68 of J. Brahms.
Kawakubo began violin studies at the age of five in Los Angeles ,
California , the US . She won the grand prize of the 2001 Pablo de
Sarasate International Violin Competition and shared the silver medal,
the highest award at the 2002 International Tchaikovsky Competition./.
