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People’s Teacher and People’s Artist Thai Thi Lien, mother of People’s Artist Dang Thai Son, passed away at her home on January 31 at the age of 106.

The 2023 performance season of the Saigon Opera House will begin with a concert named “A night of Mendelssohn & Prokofiev” on January 3.

A concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will be held at the Vietnam National Academy of Music on October 23.

The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports and the Vietnam National Academy of Music have co-organised a musical concert to mark the 68th anniversary of the capital city’s Liberation Day.

To celebrate 45 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Spain, the Vietnam National Academy of Music will host a concert titled Melodia de Espana Concerto - Spanish Melodies.

The Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) is organising a music summer camp in mid-June to bring academic music closer to the public, especially young people.

A music gala celebrating the upcoming 13th National Party Congress is scheduled to be held at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on February 2, with the participation of nearly 1,000 artists.

Top Vietnamese violinists and pianists will showcase their talent at a concert in the concert hall of the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on November 6.

A special concert entitled “We Return” will take place in Hanoi on June 19 as a “thank you” gesture to those who have been on the frontlines in the battle against COVID-19, gathering together over 130 artists from Vietnam’s three largest orchestras.

The Rising Star International Arts Festival (RSIAF) 2020 – a music festival for children – has started this month in the form of an online contest, according to the organisers.

Olivier Ochanine, the Musical Director and Conductor of the Sun Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has announced that the orchestra suspends its performances from April 1 to the end of August this year.

Blind musician Ha Van Chuong has released a book titled Nham Mat Nhin Sao (Watching Stars With Closed Eyes) aiming to inspire people with disabilities.

A concert featuring two Swedish jazz artists – Elisabeth Melander and Lars Andersson – will be held on October 17 night at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) in Hanoi.

Korean pianist Heejin An will perform together with the Hanoi Symphony Orchestra at the ‘Autumn Concert’ in Hanoi on October 12.

Violinists Ruslan Turuntayev from Kazakhstan and Park Gang-hyeon from the Republic of Korea (RoK) won the Grand Prix at the First Vietnam International Music Competition for Violin and Chamber Music in Hanoi on August 11.

A chamber music programme was organised by the Dao Minh Quang Foundation in Berlin to boost cultural and music exchanges and help audiences understand more about Vietnamese chamber music.

Well-known Russian violinist and conductor Viktor Tretyakov touched down in Vietnam on August 2 to serve as judge for the Vietnam International Music Competition for Violin and Chamber Music 2019, set to take place in Hanoi from August 3- 11, reported Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

The Vietnam International Music Competition for Violin and Chamber Music 2019, the first of its kind to be held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is scheduled to run in Hanoi from August 3 – 11.

The Hanoi-based Sun Symphony Orchestra will present a chamber concert featuring works by the world-famous composer Mozart on May 11.

The Spring concert “Meeting with The World Music Talents” will take place at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on April 17 and 18.