Ho Chi Minh City orchestra to celebrate 21st birthday

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will celebrate its 21st anniversary with a musical gala on September 9.

Pieces from Tran Manh Hung's folk collection The Flow will be performed by the HBSO Symphony Orchestra and HBSO Choir under the direction of Tran Nhat Minh.

 

The collection, which premiered in 2013, features music from 20 folk songs compiled for the symphony orchestra, choir, and children's choir.

 

The second performance is a modern ballet titled The Legend Lives On, scripted and choreographed by People's Artists Vu Viet Cuong and Kim Quy, with additional choreography by Nguyen Phuc Hai and Nguyen Phuc Hung and music for the symphony orchestra and choir by Meritorious Artist Tran Vuong Thach, who will also conduct it.

 

Thach, currently the principal conductor of the HBSO, performs at concerts nation-wide.

 

He was invited to perform with the Nis Symphony Orchestra in Serbia, the New Prime Symphony Orchestra in Pusan, the Republic of Korea, and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.

 

He orchestrated the original soundtrack of the film Southern Land (1997), composed the theme song for TV drama Gem of Con Son (1998) and has composed music for two traditional musical theatre plays, Kim Van Kieu (2006) and The Swan Cape (2007).

 

Tickets are available at the venue and cost VND 550,000, VND 400,000, VND 350,000, VND 200,000, and a reduced price of VND 80,000 for students.

 

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)