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Hanoi to play host to lunar New Year Concert 2024

A lunar New Year Gala concert 2024 is due to be held at the Ho Guom Opera House in Hanoi on February 17, the eighth day of first lunar month.
Hanoi to play host to lunar New Year Concert 2024 ảnh 1Vietnamese singer Dao To Loan performs with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. (Photo: VOV)
Hanoi (VNA) - A lunar New Year Gala concert 2024 is due to be heldat the Ho Guom Opera House in Hanoi on February 17, the eighth day in the firstlunar month.

Attendees will have the chance to see a range of outstanding performances puton by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) and artists from thePeople's Police Music and Dance Theatre.

The concert is set to feature a number of famous domestic songs and foreign classicmasterpieces, such as Mua Xuan Dau Tien (First Spring), Hanoi muoi hai mua hoa(12 flower seasons of Hanoi), “Im Krapfenwald’I Polka” op.366,“Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Polka schnell” op.214, “The Blue Danube Waltz” (JohannStrauss II), and Heia in den Bergen (Emmerich Kalman).

Japan’s Honna Tetsuji, who has been music director and principal conductor ofthe VNSO since 2009, will conduct the concert./.
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