Vietnam symphony orchestra performs in US

Artists from the Vietnam National
Symphony Orchestra (VNNO) joined with others from Japan, the Republic
of Korea and the United States in a concert at Carnegie Hall in
New York on Jan. 8.

Themed “Peace”, the joint concert was the
first of its kind in New York, drawing diplomat officials and audiences
from the four countries.

With works by the world’s well-known
composers of Mikhail Glinka, Peter Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, the
artists reflected the aspiration of peace and friendship among nations.

Ambassador
Bui The Giang, Deputy Head of the Vietnamese permanent delegation to
the UN, said this is first time in New York a join music concert of
Vietnam, the RoK, Japan and the US has taken place.

“This is a
symbol of development of friendship and cooperation among nations and
delivers a message of peace and friendship to people all over the
world,” Ambassador Giang said before the performance.

The concert
under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji is performed by
artists from the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, the US Jerusalem
Symphony Orchestra and 16-year-old pianist Isadora Kim of the RoK./.

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Japan’s symphony orchestra to perform in Vietnam

The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (TMSO) of Japan and the
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./.

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Huge choir for Hanoi's largest concert

Vietnamese and International artists will perform Gustav Mahler's
Symphony No 8 in the country's largest ever concert on Oct. 23 in Hanoi.

The concert will be conducted by Honna Tetsuji with a
nearly 1,000-member choir and musicians from Vietnam , Japan ,
Germany , Norway , France , Sweden , Hungary and Malaysia .

Symphony No 8 was composed in 1906. It is a choral symphony in the true
sense of the word and is always performed on a large scale. The first
part sets to music the traditional 9th hymn Veni Creator Spiritus which
will be sung in Latin, while the lengthy second part is an ambitious
presentation of nearly the entire final scene from Goethe's poem Faust
II.

After premiering in 1901 with over 1,000 artists, the
name a Symphony of a Thousand soon became attached to the piece, but
this was never approved or sanctioned by the composer, said Michael
Mosworth, an independent researcher.

Two mixed choirs and a
large children's choir from the Vietnam National Symphony and Orchestra
(VNSO), the Vietnam National Academy of Music, Japanese choir,
Malaysian choir, and Hanoi International Choir will take part.

Meanwhile eight individual vocal soloists including Kurano Ranko
(soprano I), Ha Pham Thang Long (soprano II), Einarsson Anna (Alto II),
Nyari Zoltan (tenor), and Katzameier Otto (bass) will be accompanied by a
150-member orchestra.

Appearing on the stage will be the
largest ever orchestra in the country including VNSO's musicians; 13
musicians from Rouen Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, seven string
instrument and clarinet musicians from Norway, and five musicians from
Japan including one harpist.

The symphony is always
challenging for both performers and serious listeners. Even some Mahler
fans have difficulty coming to grips with it, according to Michael
Mosworth.

The one and a half hour-concert will take place
at the National Convention Centre at 8pm. Choir conductor will be
Graham Sutcliffe./.

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