The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) will perform at CarnegieHall in New York City on Oct. 23 and at the Boston Symphony Hall thefollowing day.
"We wish through music to exchange andcombine cultures to make friends with people in the world and to showthe Vietnamese people's wish for peace," said Nguyen Van Tinh, Directorof Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's International CooperationDepartment.
Ngo Hoang Quan, VNSO's Director, said it is anhonour and a privilege to perform at one of the greatest music venuesin the world.
The VNSO will be performing five pieces,including Violin Concerto Thang Long by Vietnamese composer Dam Linh(1932 – 2001) and Trong Com and Ly Hoai Nam – Vietnamese folk songsspecifically written for the orchestra by Quan.
Linh was instrumental in introducing European classical music to Vietnam .
His compositions are a unique blend of Vietnamese folk and modern European music.
The piece will be performed by violinist Le Hoai Nam , who is thesecond violin principal at the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Nam has appearedas a soloist with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Vietnam National Operaand Ballet Orchestra and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts(HKAPA)’s Symphony Orchestra.
He has been a guest concert master for the VNSO and the Asian Chamber Orchestra.
While he was a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra (1996 to 1999), Namwas the first Vietnamese to be appointed by Maestro Sergiu Comissiona tolead the orchestra during its 1999 tour to the US, Canada, Hong Kongand Japan.
Tetsuji Honna has been the VNSO's music advisor and conductor since 2001.
In 1992 he won the Bartok prize of the Budapest International Conducting Competition in 1992.
Honna has also conducted the Philarmonica della Scala in Milan , theHungarian State Philharmonic and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
He has been invited to many international festivals, including theCarinthischer Sommer in Austria , the Oulunsalo Music Festival inFinland and the Milano Musica contemporary music festival at theTeatroalla Scala.
The concerts in New York City andBoston will also feature Adagio for Strings by American composerSamuel Barber and Symphony No8 by Antonin Dvorak.
The VNSOhas toured extensively, performing about 60 concerts in Vietnam andabroad each year. Venues have included Beijing ; Shanghai ;Guangzhou and Guangxi, (2000); Thailand in 2003, Osaka and Tokyoin 2004; and the Music festival La Folle Journee au Japon, again inTokyo , in 2008.
The VNSO has been conducted by suchmusicians as Japan 's Hidemi Suzuki , Germany 's Gudni Emilsson ,England 's Colin Metters and France 's Pierre-Andre Valade.
The latest tour to the US is being sponsored by Toyota Motor Vietnam,the Vietnamese Embassy to the US and the Japanese Embassy toVietnam . /.
"We wish through music to exchange andcombine cultures to make friends with people in the world and to showthe Vietnamese people's wish for peace," said Nguyen Van Tinh, Directorof Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's International CooperationDepartment.
Ngo Hoang Quan, VNSO's Director, said it is anhonour and a privilege to perform at one of the greatest music venuesin the world.
The VNSO will be performing five pieces,including Violin Concerto Thang Long by Vietnamese composer Dam Linh(1932 – 2001) and Trong Com and Ly Hoai Nam – Vietnamese folk songsspecifically written for the orchestra by Quan.
Linh was instrumental in introducing European classical music to Vietnam .
His compositions are a unique blend of Vietnamese folk and modern European music.
The piece will be performed by violinist Le Hoai Nam , who is thesecond violin principal at the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Nam has appearedas a soloist with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Vietnam National Operaand Ballet Orchestra and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts(HKAPA)’s Symphony Orchestra.
He has been a guest concert master for the VNSO and the Asian Chamber Orchestra.
While he was a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra (1996 to 1999), Namwas the first Vietnamese to be appointed by Maestro Sergiu Comissiona tolead the orchestra during its 1999 tour to the US, Canada, Hong Kongand Japan.
Tetsuji Honna has been the VNSO's music advisor and conductor since 2001.
In 1992 he won the Bartok prize of the Budapest International Conducting Competition in 1992.
Honna has also conducted the Philarmonica della Scala in Milan , theHungarian State Philharmonic and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
He has been invited to many international festivals, including theCarinthischer Sommer in Austria , the Oulunsalo Music Festival inFinland and the Milano Musica contemporary music festival at theTeatroalla Scala.
The concerts in New York City andBoston will also feature Adagio for Strings by American composerSamuel Barber and Symphony No8 by Antonin Dvorak.
The VNSOhas toured extensively, performing about 60 concerts in Vietnam andabroad each year. Venues have included Beijing ; Shanghai ;Guangzhou and Guangxi, (2000); Thailand in 2003, Osaka and Tokyoin 2004; and the Music festival La Folle Journee au Japon, again inTokyo , in 2008.
The VNSO has been conducted by suchmusicians as Japan 's Hidemi Suzuki , Germany 's Gudni Emilsson ,England 's Colin Metters and France 's Pierre-Andre Valade.
The latest tour to the US is being sponsored by Toyota Motor Vietnam,the Vietnamese Embassy to the US and the Japanese Embassy toVietnam . /.
