Showing posts with label Koyama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Koyama. Show all posts

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Polish films to entertain Ha Noi audience

HA NOI — Five newly produced films by Polish directors will be screened at the Ha Noi Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha Street, from this Sunday to next Thursday as a cultural exchange between the two countries.

The films include Fuka's Advice by director Dariuz Gajewski, God's Small Village by Jacek Bromski, Before the Sunset by Jacek Blawut and Time to Die by Dorota Kedzierzawska.

All the screenings will be at 7.30pm and 8pm. Tickets free at the cinema centre.

Up to 74 Quang Nam relic sites in ruins

QUANG NAM — As many as 74 historic sites in the central province of Quang Nam are in ruins, the provincial Relic Sites Department says.

Thirty-four others were in serious condition with no financial source for upgrading.

Japanese pianist Koyama to perform in Ha Noi

HA NOI — Japanese pianist Michie Koyama will give a solo concert entitled Beethoven Cycle at the Ha Noi Opera House on Friday and Sunday.

Koyama, who started to play piano at age 5, won the fourth prize at Frederic Chopin piano contest in Warsaw in 1985.

She has performed in Europe and America.

HTV show backs bright students with scholarships

HCM CITY — A reality show that identifies and supports talented students has begun on HCM City Television's channel 9 on Wednesdays.

The first episode of Vi Hat Giong Viet (For Vietnamese Talents) yesterday featured Luu Nguyen Hong Quang, winner of this year's National Chemistry Competition.

The 10-minute show, produced by Sai Gon Film Joint-Stock Company and HTV, will feature an outstanding student every week and provide them scholarships. — VNS

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Hanoi set for nights of western classical music

Koyama Michie
Koyama Michie

The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will host concerts by world-renowned Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna and Japanese pianist Koyama Michie this week.

Koyama, 51, will perform works by Beethoven like Leonore Overture No.1, Piano Concerto No.5 “Emperor” in E Major, and Symphony No.5 in C Minor.

She started learning the piano at the age of five and went to high school and university at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.

Koyama has won several international awards – in the 1980’s she became the first Japanese pianist to win prizes at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow and Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.

She has performed at major music festivals. In 1999 she took part in the International Chopin Festival in Spain, playing Mozart, Bach, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Chopin.

Tetsuji Honna, also a multiple award winner, has been the VNSO’s musical adviser and conductor since 2001.

The concerts will be held at the Hanoi Opera House Wednesday and Thursday and tickets will cost VND150,000 (US$7.70) to VND300,000.

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