Lam Dong (VNA) – More than 100 artists are performing at the VietnamClassical Music Festival which opened in the UNESCO Creative Music City of DaLat, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 10.
The week-long festival gathers renowned Vietnamese and international music troupes and artistssuch as Song Hong Ensemble, Schubert in a Mug and pianists Nguyen Duc Anh, LiaoHsin-Chiao (from China’s Taiwan) and Tim Allhoff (from Germany).
A live concert staged by musicians from the Hanoi and Da Lat brass communities kickedoff the festival, attracting a large number of festival-goers.
The sameday, a painting exhibition featuring a collection of original paintings of 12 zodiac signs by lateartist Nguyen Tu Nghiem, one of the most influential painters in the 20th-centuryVietnam, was organised at Ana Mandara Villas Dalat Resort & Spa. Meanwhile,an opera concert is scheduled at the Lam Dong Youth Centre (called “Pho ben doi” (hillside street) .
Other fascinating performances in the framework of the festival include those by SongHongTrio in the Flower Town, a sunset concert and Beethoven’s A Portrait pianosolo.
Da Lat wasrecognised as a UNESCO Creative Music City last October. The organisation ofthe classical music festival will promote the city's actions to preserve and developdifferent music genres.
In Vietnam, Hanoi was the first city to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Networkin 2019.
UNESCO launched the Creative Cities Network in 2004 to promotecooperation among cities that recognise creativity as a significant factor oftheir development. The network recognises seven factors – craft and folkarts, media, film, design, gastronomy, literature, and music – as creativefields./.
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