The Vietnam Symphony Orchestra together with pop singers Hong Nhung
and Dang Duong and musicians from the Vietnam Academy of Music will
begin the festival at Hanoi 's Friendship and Culture Palace ,
Tran Hung Dao Street , at 2pm on Sept. 3.
Vietnam Television's VTV1 will live telecast the show.
Children music and folk music shows will be held in Hanoi's Vietnam
Pop Music Theatre; the Ly Thai To Garden and the pedestrianised area
near Dong Xuan Market from Sept. 2-6.
Similar shows
will be held in northern Yen Bai, Son La and Thai Nguyen provinces;
central Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang , Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh
Hoa and Lam Dong provinces; and southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Can Tho and
Hau Giang provinces and HCM City .
Entry to all the shows is free.
"The Day of Music will be a festival of both professional artists and
public music lovers," said Vietnam Musicians' Association Chairman Do
Hong Quan.
"We would like to bring music closer to
the people and this year's events may become a music week or music month
with various street performances."
September 3 has
been made the yearly National Day of Music after President Ho Chi Minh
conducted an orchestra of professional artists and ordinary people in a
performance of Ket Doan (Song of Solidarity) at Hanoi 's Botanic
Garden on September 3, 1960./.
