Spring concert introduces international music talents to Hanoi
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.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Spring concert “Meeting with TheWorld Music Talents” will take place at the Vietnam National Academy of Musicin Hanoi on April 17 and 18.
According to a recent announcement by the academy, on April17, Stephane Tran Ngoc will perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto Op. 61, whileNguyen Viet Trung will play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23.
Violinist Tran Ngoc has performed in more than 30 countriesas soloist with some of Europe’s finest orchestras including the Radio - FrancePhilharmonic, the Monte - Carlo Philharmonic and Japanese Shinsei SymphonyOrchestra. He won Grand Prix and Special Audience Prize at the Long-Thibaud1990 International Competition.
Pianist Trung, born in 1996 in Vietnam, grew up in Poland.He was one of the eight young pianists invited from all over the world toperform at the Junior Academy Eppan in Italy in 2013. He won second prize atthe International Piano Competition Chopin for the Youngest in 2010 and theGrand Prix at the national piano competition in Kracow in 2014.
On April 18, international artist Eric Lu will stageMozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, while Kate Liu will perform Tchaikovsky's PianoConcerto No. 1 Op. 23.
Eric Lu, born in 1995, is a Chinese-American classicalpianist. He first came to international attention as a prize winner at the 2015Chopin International Competition in Warsaw at the age of 17. Later, he won the2017 International German Piano Award and the US National Chopin Competition.
Kate Liu, born in Singapore, was the winner of a bronzemedal at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw andof the special prize by the Polish Radio for the best performance of a Mazurka.
The academy’s Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra will accompanythe famous soloists in both shows.-VNA
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