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Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA)’s acclaimed Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra will make a 14-day tour of Vietnam in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the normalisation of the US – Vietnam diplomatic relations, according to the US embassy in Hanoi.

Vietnam will become the first Asian country to host the Asian-European New Music Festival which has been held every two years since 1993.

An old man passionately plays a three-string lute, while another man beats castanets and a young woman sings classical songs.

The capital city will host its first ever experimental music festival from November 30 to December 8.

The legend of Thanh Giong, one of four immortals of Vietnamese folk belief, was introduced to German friends for the first time in an orchestral piece performed by the Berliner Symphoniker at Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, on February 24.

Renowned Thai and Vietnamese saxophonists will perform on August 5 at the HCM City Opera House to celebrate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries (August 6, 1976-2011).

Vietnam won three second prizes and two third prizes at the international piano competition, which was held in Vietnam for the first time from September 5-12.

Italian pianist Cesare Picco will kick-off Italian Music Month at the Hanoi Opera House on Sept. 11.

Italian musician Giovanni Sollima performed in the concert Ba-Rock Cello at the Hanoi Opera House on June 13.