Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (TMSO) and Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will hold a concert under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji at the Hanoi Opera House on November 7, reports VietnamPlus.
The performance will feature famous pieces of both countries, including Toyama Yuzo’s Rhapsody for Orchestra and Rhapsody Vietnam by Do Hong Quan, Chairman of the Vietnam Musicians’ Association. The second part of the show will have a performance of P. I. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64.
The leading Japanese orchestra then will give two shows in Hanoi on November 9 and HCMC on November12.
Japanese violinist, Tamaki Kawakubo, will join TMSO for these performances. She will play the Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 and the Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 68 of J. Brahms. Kawakubo began violin studies at the age of five in Los Angeles , California , the U.S. She won the grand prize at the 2001 Pablo de Sarasate International Violin Competition and shared the silver medal, the highest award at the 2002 International Tchaikovsky Competition.
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