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Concert marking 150th birthday of Rachmaninov to open in Hanoi

A concert to mark the 150th birthday of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov will be held on February 17 at the Hanoi Opera House.
Concert marking 150th birthday of Rachmaninov to open in Hanoi ảnh 1Concert marking 150th birthday of Rachmaninov to open in Hanoi on February 17 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A concert to mark the150th birthday of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninovwill be held on February 17 at the Hanoi Opera House.

The event will be performed by artists of theVietnam National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji.

Famous musical pieces at the concert include the violinconcerto in D minor, Op.47 of Jean Sibelius, originally composed in 1904 andrevised in 1905 and Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27 of Sergei Rachmaninov.

Rachmaninov was born on April1, 1873 in Novgorod, Russia, into a musical family. He took up thepiano at the age of 4. He studied with AntonArensky and Sergei Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory and graduated in 1892./.

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