Viet Nam News By Hồ Hoàng HÀ NỘI — There were no seats left in St. Joseph’s Cathedral on June 29th, when people packed the pews for the latest concert organised by Maestoso, a new initiative by talented young classical musicians on a mission to bring the music they love to a wider audience. The concert featured for young artists. First, violinist Hoàng Hồ Khánh Vân and pianist Hoàng Hồ Thu performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in B flat Major – K454. Then, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor – Opus 19 was performed by cellist Phan Đỗ Phúc and pianist Lưu Đức Anh – one of the founders of Maestoso. More than duet partners, Thu and Vân are also sisters who have performed together since they first began studying classical music. At the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy in Budapest on full … [Read more...] about Young group brings classical music to fans’ hearts
Classical music competitions
“Classical music made me an unselfish man”: award-winning pianist
VietNamNet Bridge - Luu Duc Anh, 26, has won many prizes, including first prize at the 2017 Stockholm International Piano Competition and Special Prize in the Alain Marinaro Competition in Collioure, France. Luu Duc Anh: Art is an invisible world existing with the real world What do you think is the most precious thing for a pianist? It is a sincere heart, and a willingness to share with other people. Art is an invisible world existing with the real world. It only consists of the most beautiful things. The task of the artists is to go to that world, bring the knowledge to the audience in the real world to make it better. What have you gained studying piano? The most valuable thing that classical music brings to me is helping me become a good, unselfish man, someone who is willing to share with people and love people. It helps me grow into a person of discipline, a virtue shaped after many years, months and hours of practicing piano. Also, I can obtain large knowledge about … [Read more...] about “Classical music made me an unselfish man”: award-winning pianist
Prize-winning musicians to play at classical music concert
A free classical music concert featuring prize-winning Vietnamese musicians will be held at the Cultural Salon – Saturday Coffee on June 19. The Summer Scent concert will include violist Pham Vu Thien Bao, pianist Tran Ngoc Nguyen Trinh, and soprano Pham Dieu Huong. The musicians are graduates of prestigious music conservatories in France and have won top prizes at national and international competitions. The artists will perform works by Mozart, Fauré and Rebecca Clarke. A discussion with the artists will be held after the concert. The event will begin at 8pm at 19B Pham Ngoc Thach Street in District 3. Participants can register for the event at http://goo.gl/RPyT94. VNS … [Read more...] about Prize-winning musicians to play at classical music concert
Movie music: Classical Music in Movies
Opening: 08:00 pm, Sat 08 Apr 2017 HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City From the organizer: Following the resounding success of the blockbuster movies, their music continue to be widely loved around the world. “CLASSICAL MUSIC in MOVIE”, a night of colorful music from the most popular films, will be presented to the audience on April 8 and 9, 2017 at the Opera House. With the performance of: Conductor: Lim Jun OhViolin: Nguyen Minh ChínhClarinet: Dao Nhat QuangHBSO Symphony Orchestra The great music of the movies: The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Sound of Music, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Phantom of the Opera… will be performed by HBSO artists. This performance is staged and conducted by the talented conductor from Korea Lim Jun Oh, who has done more than 700 concerts around the world. Two extremely emotional works for the violin in “Cinema Paradiso” and “Schindler’s List” will … [Read more...] about Movie music: Classical Music in Movies
Vietnam’s classical music star in the making
Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, 23, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music in the US. Continuing what has the makings of a sparkling career, he has just won the excellent conductor award in the Chorus Show " Viet Nam - Dat Nuoc Anh Hung " (Vietnam - The Heroic Country) held by the Ho Chi Minh Youth Federation and Ho Chi Minh City Television. He talks to Viet Nam News about his path to stardom. * Why did you decide to become a musician? Music has been with me all of my life - I started playing piano when I was 3 and singing when I was 4. It just seemed like the most natural thing to me. It is beyond a passion; it is what keeps me going. It gave me so much, so I have to keep pursuing it. I want to create and teach to keep music alive and help it to grow. * What have you learnt from American music while attending Berklee College? Music really has no borders, so we didn't just study American music. We listened, studied and collected different elements and aspects of music from … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s classical music star in the making
Classical music concert welcomes Christmas
Viet Nam News HCM CITY - The classical music concert Luminous Night will be held at the HCM City Conservatory of Music today to welcome Christmas. The concert will feature leading Vietnamese vocal soloists, including Meritorious Artist and tenor Tạ Minh Tâm, and soprano Phạm Khánh Ngọc, runner-up at the 2016 International Vocal Competition SLO-ASEAN in Singapore. Pianists Phương Hạnh and Phong Lan and flutist Việt Tú will accompany the vocalists during the show. The performance will highlight Saigon Choir, comprising over 50 emerging classical singers and performers, which has earned fame through concerts such as A Broadway Journey, International Voices in collaboration with Yale Alumni Chorus and the opera Carmen. The programme will include excerpts from Handel's oratorio Messiah, such as Hallelujah, For Unto Us A Child Is Born and The Trumpet Shall Sound. Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741. It was first performed in 1742 and has become one of the most … [Read more...] about Classical music concert welcomes Christmas
A night for classical music lovers
A concert featuring the masterpieces of Maurice Ravel, Saint-Saens and Albert Roussel conducted by young French talent Jean Deroyer will be held on November 19 at the Opera House (7 Lam Son Square, District 1, HCMC). HCMC classical music lovers will hear "Ma mere I'Oye" by Maurice Ravel and "Le Festin de I'araignee, Op. 17" by Albert Roussel. Artist Ly Giai Hoa will also perform the piano concerto in G minor, Op. 22 by Saint-Saens. Hoa is a piano soloist and head of the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO). French conductor Deroyer was born in 1979 and enrolled at the Supreme National Conservatory in Paris at the age of fifteen. While at the conservatory, he was awarded first place prizes for conducting, harmony, fuge, counterpoint and analysis. Deroyer also won a conducting competition initiated by Kurt Masur. He is currently working for the National Orchestra of France and has been invited to conduct in several orchestras including the Paris Orchestra, Orchestra … [Read more...] about A night for classical music lovers
Third Classical Music Performance in HCMC
A musical performance by young, internationally renowned Vietnamese musicians from around the world will be held at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House and the Youth Cultural House from August 17-20. Since its start in 2005, the Giai Dieu Mua Thu (Melody of Spring) musical performance has gradually expanded its scale with more nightly performances, adding the Youth Cultural House venue in 2006. This year, pianist Nguyen Bich Tra from England, conductor Le Phi Phi of Macedonia, Tran Nhat Minh of Russia, violinists Nguyen Huu Nguyen and Nguyen Huu Khoi Nam of Paris, opera singer Vo Thi Ngoc Tuyen of HCMC, ballet dancer Cao Chi Thanh - who won fourth place at an international ballet competition in Poland in 2005, Nguyen Anh Son, Vu Manh Dung, and Ta Thuy Chi will all perform. The first three nights will be held at the HCMC Opera House. The first will be for a symphony performance and concerto, on August 17. The second will see performances of classical favorites of opera extracts, … [Read more...] about Third Classical Music Performance in HCMC
Competition necessary to develop the arts
Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. Sutcliffe sat down with Thanh Nien Weekly to explore the bigger picture of the development of classical music in Vietnam. Thanh Nien Weekly:You have worked with several orchestras in Vietnam. How do you assess Vietnam's symphony and chamber music compared with those of other countries around the world? Graham Sutcliffe: I love working with orchestras in Vietnam. Vietnamese artists play music primarily because they love music. It's different in Europe, where people are concerned with earning a lot of money. Here, in Vietnam, people do it for their love of music, their love of art and culture. I am very excited to work with people who are passionate about music. The problem in Vietnam compared to other countries is that there are fewer players, so … [Read more...] about Competition necessary to develop the arts
Vietnamese expats’ traditional music works released
An album jointly produced by young artist Ngo Hong Quang and Dutch composer Onno Krijn and a work by Vietnamese French composer Nguyen Thien Dao, which both highlight Vietnamese traditional music, are recently released. The CD features 13 works in "cheo" (traditional northern music and performance), "xam" (the northern region's folk music, typically performed by street artists for a living), Hue and southern folk songs as well as two of Quang's own pieces. The music in the CD is arranged and fused with electronic music by foreign artists, and Quang said he will adopt the blend in his later music career. Quang, 33, who collaborated with Dutch composer Krijn on this CD during his study in the Netherlands, hopes to further promote his country's enthralling traditional music to the world. In the similar vein, Vietnamese French composer Nguyen Thien Dao, who is enlisted in the "Le Petit Larousse", also released "Tien Du" (The chance meeting with a fairy), a 25-minute traditional … [Read more...] about Vietnamese expats’ traditional music works released