Vietnamese, Korean musicians take part in chamber event

Soprano Cho Hae-ryong, pianists Noh Hae-ry and Chae Hyo-jin, of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will perform in a chamber concert at the HCM City Opera House this weekend.
Soprano Cho Hae-ryong, pianists Noh Hae-ry and Chae Hyo-jin, of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will perform in a chamber concert at the HCM City Opera House this weekend.

They will be joined on the stage by Vietnamese soloists – cellist Nguyen Tan Anh, clarinettist Dao Nhat Quang and pianist Pham Dieu Thao – from the city's Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).

Cho will sing popular works by composers A.L.Webber, G.Meyerber and Rimsky-Kosakov, apart from Mozart's Parto! Ma tu ben mio from opera la clemenza di Tito and Rachmaninov's Zdes Khorosho, Oni otvechali.

Born in 1973 in Busan, Cho graduated from the Ewha University in 1998 before developing her musical talents at the Glinka Music Conservatory in Novorsibirsk, Russia.

She has won top prizes at local and international music competitions, including the Obraztsova International Vocal Competition in Russia in 2000 and Competition of Romantic Music in RoK in 2007.

Cho worked with prestigious symphony orchestras in RoK and Russia before following her husband, Vietnamese clarinettist Dao Nhat Quang, to live and work in HCM City.

She now works as a soloist and a vocal teacher for the HBSO.

The concert will continue with music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Nguyen Manh Duy Linh.

Cellist Anh will perform with his colleagues, pianist Thao and clarinettist Quang, in Brahms's Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, I&IV mov.

They will also play Beethoven's Sonata for Cello and Piano No 2, I&II mov.

A 1988 graduate of the Gnesin Music Institute in Russia, Anh has performed many times in Russia, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam.

He is now the leader of the HBSO's Symphony Orchestra.

The event will open at 8pm on Oct.9, 7 Lam Son Square, District 1. Tickets, ranging from 100,000 VND (5 USD) to 200,000 are available at the theatre's box office./.

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