Vietnam’s leading violinist Bui Cong Duy will give performances at two concerts at the HCM City Opera House on August 25 and 26. (Photo courtesy of HBSO) The programme aims to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment ofthe HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).
Duy, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Academy of Music, will open thefirst night with Concerto Grosso No. 1for Violin, Piano, Percussions & Strings by Nguyen Manh Duy Linh,a graduate of the Magnitogorsk State Conservatory in Russia.
The violinist will perform the concerto along with pianist Ju Sun Young from theRepublic of Korea and vibraphonist Truong Ngoc Hong Minh.
The concert will also present DoubleConcerto in E Minor, op. 88 for violin, viola and orchestra written byGerman composer Max Bruch in 1911, and DoubleConcerto in A Minor, op. 102 for violin, cello and orchestra by Brahmsin 1887.
The performance will feature Duy, violist Yi Wen Chao from Chinese Taipei,cellist Phan Do Phuc, and the HBSO symphony orchestra.
Chao, who obtained her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees atthe prestigious Juilliard School of Music in the US, is currently an associateprofessor of viola at the Taipei National University of the Arts, while Phuc iscurrently appointed first conductor of the Vietnam Youth Orchestra.
For the concert on August 26, Duy and violinist Vũ Việt Chương, who is visitingfrom the US, will present concerto VietNam Bon Mua (Vietnam’s Four Seasons) by Dang Hong Anh, who receivedher Master’s degree from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow.
Chương earned a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance from theUniversity of Houston, and a doctorate from the University of North Texas.
He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in the US and Vietnam, and alsoperformed at international music festivals in the US, UK and Brazil.
He is co-founder of the Vietnam Connection Music Festival, which attractsleading classical artists from Vietnam and around the world.
The night will end with TripleConcerto in C Major, op. 56 for violin, cello and piano composed byBeethoven in 1803, featuring Duy and cellist Grace Ho and pianist Max Levisonfrom the US.
Ho has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as Xiamen PhilharmonicOrchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and Vietnam National SymphonyOrchestra. She is a founding member of the Ulysses Quartet, and also theprincipal cellist of the MiamiSymphony Orchestra.
Levison has given recitals throughout the US, Canada and Europe.His solo debut CD is available on the N2K Classical label, while otherrecordings are available on Stereophile and Warner Classics/Japan, and on theVirtuoso Disklavier label.
Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji, music director and conductor of the Vietnam NationalSymphony Orchestra, will lead the concert.
Duy is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky National Music College in Moscow. Hewon first prize and the gold medal at the International TchaikovskyCompetition for Young Musicians in St. Petersburg in 1997.
He has performed at concerts in many European and Asian countries, as well asin prestigious halls such as Berliner Symphoniker in German, and CapellaConcert Hall in Russia.
He has been executive director of Vietnam Connection Music Festival, andartistic director of Vietnam Classical Players, an ensemble-in-residence of thefestival since 2015.
The concert will begin at 8pm at 7 Lam Son Square in District 1. Tickets areavailable at the venue and www.ticketbox.vn./.
VNA
