Hanoi (VNA) – Well-known Vietnamese pianist Dang Thai Son willperform with the Korean Symphony Orchestra at a concert inthe Hanoi Opera House on January 14’s night.
This will be the first time Son performs withthe orchestra from the Republic of Korea (RoK) under the leadership of conductor Chi-Yong Chung.
The concert entitled Korea – Vietnam New Year Concert will be a mix ofmaster pieces and Korean folk music. The master will be Piano Concerto by Norwegian Edvard Grieg and Radetzky March by J. Strauss I and operaextracts Pace, pace mio Dio from La Forza Del Destino by Verdi; Overture from Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss IIand Russian Dance from The Nutcracker byTchaikovsky.
Korean folk pieces Seya Seya and Sin Arirang are arranged bymusicians Chae Dong Sun and Kim Dong Jin for the symphony orchestra.
Conductor Chung is music director and principal conductor at Korean SymphonyOrchestra. He used to be Chairman of the Korean Conductors’ Association and hasperformed as guest conductor with many orchestras in the world such as RadioSymphony of Leipzig, Russian Philharmonic and Michigan State Symphony. Theconductor also receives Austrian Culture Ministry Award and Music Associationof Korean.
Son is Vietnam’s world-renowned concert pianist who was the first Asian to winfirst prize and the gold medal at the X Warsaw International Chopin PianoCompetition in 1980.
He was presented with the Golden Medal for Merit to Culture from Poland and iscurrently piano faculty member of Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the US andguest professor at the Universite de Montreal in Canada.
The Korean Symphony Orchestra has beenworking to elevate its standing since it started in 1985. For the past 30 yearsthe orchestra has more than 90 performances each year both domestically andabroad.
The concert is the first event to be held in Vietnam by the Korean Ministry ofCulture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the Korean embassy. It kicksoff a wide range of cultural and art exchange activities between the twocountries during the year.-VNA
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