Republic of Korea (RoK) will perform in a chamber concert at the HCM
City Opera House this weekend.
They will be joined
on the stage by Vietnamese soloists – cellist Nguyen Tan Anh,
clarinettist Dao Nhat Quang and pianist Pham Dieu Thao – from the city's
Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).
Cho
will sing popular works by composers A.L.Webber, G.Meyerber and
Rimsky-Kosakov, apart from Mozart's Parto! Ma tu ben mio from opera la
clemenza di Tito and Rachmaninov's Zdes Khorosho, Oni otvechali.
Born in 1973 in Busan, Cho graduated from the Ewha University in 1998
before developing her musical talents at the Glinka Music Conservatory
in Novorsibirsk, Russia.
She has won top prizes at
local and international music competitions, including the Obraztsova
International Vocal Competition in Russia in 2000 and Competition of
Romantic Music in RoK in 2007.
Cho worked with
prestigious symphony orchestras in RoK and Russia before following her
husband, Vietnamese clarinettist Dao Nhat Quang, to live and work in HCM
City.
She now works as a soloist and a vocal teacher for the HBSO.
The concert will continue with music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Nguyen Manh Duy Linh.
Cellist Anh will perform with his colleagues, pianist Thao and
clarinettist Quang, in Brahms's Trio for clarinet, cello and piano,
I&IV mov.
They will also play Beethoven's Sonata for Cello and Piano No 2, I&II mov.
A 1988 graduate of the Gnesin Music Institute in Russia, Anh has
performed many times in Russia, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam.
He is now the leader of the HBSO's Symphony Orchestra.
The event will open at 8pm on Oct.9, 7 Lam Son Square, District 1.
Tickets, ranging from 100,000 VND (5 USD) to 200,000 are available at
the theatre's box office./.
