Guest conductor Jan Stulen will lead the HCM City Ballet, Symphony and Orchestra (HBSO) at a concert on June 6.
Theappearance will mark a return to Vietnam for the Dutch conductor,who is known as a maestro that brings the most out of musicians underhis baton.
Born in 1942 in Amsterdam , Stulenstudied conducting as well as the piano and violin. He has built a solidreputation in Europe and performed around the world.
Stulen became chief conductor of the Netherlands Ballet Orchestra andthe Netherlands Dance Theatre in 1970. From 1976 to 1992 he focused hisattention on radio productions of over 1,000 compositions. Leading awide range of orchestras and choirs, Stulen has taken on a repertoirethat jumps from Bach to contemporary music and jazz.
He appears regularly as guest conductor with the State PhilharmonicOrchestra and Choir in Belgium and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra inEgypt . He has also worked extensively in the operatic field byconducting opera.
Besides performing in Vietnam , Stulen will also lead master classes and workshops.
The first part of the night will begin with short pieces by HendrikAndriessen, Vincenzo Bellini, Franz Lehar, Mozart and Vietnamesecomposer Dam Thanh.
Thanh's romantic piece Canh ChimBao Tin Vui (Bird Bringing Good News), to be performed at the concert,won the Gold Medal at the International Festival in Paris in 1969.
The show will also feature vocal works performed byKorean soprano Cho Hae-ryong and the HBSO. Cho will sing the aria fromMozart's Parto ma tu ben mio from his last opera La Clemenza di Tito.The Korean soprano will be joined on stageby her husband, clarinettistDao Nhat Quang.
The second part of the concert willfeature Symphony No1 by German composer Johannes Brahms, who took 14years to complete the symphony.-VNA