The Northeast German Philharmonic Orchestra will perform with artists from around the world in HCM City on Nov. 3.
Conductedby Thomas Dorsch, the concert will feature 15 masterpieces played bypianist Pamela Nicholson and violinist Vasco Vassilev, accompanied byVietnamese soprano Pham Thi Duyen Huyen.
The orchestra, foundedin 1993 with the merging of the Greifswald and Stralsund theatres, hasbecome internationally acclaimed. Its diverse repertoire extends fromclassical to contemporary with a special emphasis on Scandinaviancomposers.
Nicholson and Vassilev are used to sharing the stage,as this classical duo regularly performs and records together. Tomorrow,the pair will play Turando Fantasy by Puccini, as part of their missionto bring classical music to the cutting edge of popular culture.
SopranoHuyen has been studying at the Vietnam National Academy of Music since2002, with a focus on Italian classical opera. She was featured in theVietnamese premiere of Mozart's Magic Flute in 2006 and won second prizein the National Chamber Opera Contest in 2009.
Huyen will sing two arias from Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte and Spanish modern composer Moreno Torroba's La Marchenera.
"Iwant to thank the organisers who have given me a rare chance to performwith internationally recognised artists. It's a huge honour for me and Iwill try my best to inspire a love of classical music in the audience,"she said.
Dorsch, tomorrow's conductor, has presided over theBratislava Radio Orchestra, the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Hanoverand the Orchestra Musica Viva Bremen.
In addition to thephilharmonic tour, he has been rehearsing new productions of Tosca,Hansel and Grete and Valkyrie for the upcoming season.
Tomorrow'sconcert will highlight pieces by Bach, Bizet and Brahms, which havebeen newly arranged by the show's art director Pamela Tan Nicholson.
Her transcription of Carmen draws on Spanish flamenco and gypsy dance styles.
"Bothhave highly individualistic ways of conveying the emotional undertonesof Carmen's music," Nicholson notes in the show's programme.
TheHCM City performance is part of the philharmonic's Toyota Classic 2011tour, which also includes stops in Brunei, South Korea, Malaysia, andTaipei./.