Saigon Times Concert 2011

Harmony of Trust

Soprano Rumi Yano

This singing masters graduate from Nagoya Conservatory of Music is a favorite solo and opera vocalist of radio and television audiences in Japan. Yano’s performances have been well received in China, Korea, the U.S., Canada, Italy and France. In addition to classical music, the artist is working on contemporary Japanese music projects.

Violinist Mira Khomik

Mira Khomik began violin training in Ukraine at the age of four, and then honed her performance skills under instruction of professors at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. At the age of 16, Khomik was invited to be a soloist with the L’viv Philharmonic Orchestra in Ukraine. A graduate from L’viv National Krushelnytska School of Music in Ukraine and the Chapman Conservatory of the Arts in the U.S., she has brought home various awards from music competitions in Ukraine, Romania and the U.S. She is now completing a master’s in music at California State University in Fullerton.

Conductor Dean Khomik Anderson

Dean Khomik Anderson is among the rising stars conducting in the U.S. The American-Filipino conductor has performed with such great artists as Smokey Robinson, John Tesh, Arlo Guthrie, Manhattan Transfer, Bobby McFerrin, Lincoln Mayorga and Jimmy Hopper. He lives and works in Southern California, where he conducts the Montage Civic Orchestra, the Fullerton College Symphony, and the Irvine Young Concert Artists. He has also appeared as a guest conductor of orchestras in Hong Kong, Italy and Brazil.

Pipa Maestro Tu Shan Xiang

Tu Shan Xiang graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and completed his postgraduate studies in vocal music at the Tokyo University of Arts. The maestro has joined more than 1,900 shows and tours around the world, including at Carnegie Hall in New York and overseas tours with the famous Japanese composer Kitaro. He has won a host of music prizes in Japan and China.

Tu Shan Xiang has released a number of DVDs and CDs, including the best-selling “Fantasy of BaiDi” album in China. In 2010, he made performance tours in the U.S., Europe and Asia to mark his 40 years of devotion to the performing arts.

Tu Shan Xiang surprised and impressed the audience of the Saigon Times Concert Harmony of Trust in January 2010 which was his first Vietnam performance.

The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra brings together many artists who have studied at home and aboard. These artists of different generations harmonize in local and international performances of classical masterpieces as well as contemporary Vietnamese and international works.

PROGRAM "Vietnam Sketch in the New World"

PART I

Vang Son

Composer: Vu Viet Anh

Performers: The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Dean Khomik Anderson

The first movement of this three-movement symphony depicts the culture of Vietnam’s unique village tradition in a picturesque landscape. The music evokes moonlight reflections on a country river, resounding market days, village festivals, and the solemn ambience of royal palaces in the past.

Hamabe no Uta (Song of the Seashore)

Music by Tamezo Narita, lyrics by Kokei Hayashi

Soprano: Rumi Yano

Pipa: Tu Shan Xiang

Pianist: Ly Giai Hoa

Created in 1916, this work, typical of Japan, evokes the emotion of standing in awe of nature before the sea. The beauty of nature moves people and brings back their memories of the past.

O Sole Mio

Composer: Eduardo di Capua

Soprano: Rumi Yano

The famous Italian folk song embodies Habanera rhythm and resounds in festive seasons. Yano performs this ballad to relay the hope in the message “East Meets West”   on Thursday’s world

Passacaglia & Burleske Movements

(From Violin Concerto No. 1)

Composer: Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovick

Violinist: Mira Khomik

The masterpiece mirrors the composer’s journey of art and his feelings during the ups and downs of the Ukrainian history. This composition tells a long story full of sad memories and high hopes on the way to perfection.

Vietnam Sketch

Composer and performer: Tu Shan Xiang

The pipa maestro returns to Vietnam with his work Vietnam Sketch which he wrote following his first visit to the country. This piece was inspired by his impressions when he saw “seas of motorbikes,” Cham dancers, marvelous historical sites and the people’s deep human attachment to their homeland.

The artist received standing ovations during his tours of Finland, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Korea and China celebrating his 40 years of performing.

PART II

From the New World

Composer: Antonin Dvorak

Performers: The HCMC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Dean Khomik Anderson 

The masterpiece written during a visit to the U.S. is characterized by cultural and racial diversity and has been welcomed all over the world thanks to its beautiful melodies embracing love and peace.

Csardas

Composer: V. Monti

Violonist : Mira Khomik

Pipa: Tu Shan Xiang

Conductor: Dean Khomik Anderson with the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra

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Saigon Times Concert 2011

Harmony of Trust

Soprano Rumi Yano

This singing masters graduate from Nagoya Conservatory of Music is a favorite solo and opera vocalist of radio and television audiences in Japan. Yano’s performances have been well received in China, Korea, the U.S., Canada, Italy and France. In addition to classical music, the artist is working on contemporary Japanese music projects.

Violinist Mira Khomik

Mira Khomik began violin training in Ukraine at the age of four, and then honed her performance skills under instruction of professors at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. At the age of 16, Khomik was invited to be a soloist with the L’viv Philharmonic Orchestra in Ukraine. A graduate from L’viv National Krushelnytska School of Music in Ukraine and the Chapman Conservatory of the Arts in the U.S., she has brought home various awards from music competitions in Ukraine, Romania and the U.S. She is now completing a master’s in music at California State University in Fullerton.

Conductor Dean Khomik Anderson

Dean Khomik Anderson is among the rising stars conducting in the U.S. The American-Filipino conductor has performed with such great artists as Smokey Robinson, John Tesh, Arlo Guthrie, Manhattan Transfer, Bobby McFerrin, Lincoln Mayorga and Jimmy Hopper. He lives and works in Southern California, where he conducts the Montage Civic Orchestra, the Fullerton College Symphony, and the Irvine Young Concert Artists. He has also appeared as a guest conductor of orchestras in Hong Kong, Italy and Brazil.

Pipa Maestro Tu Shan Xiang

Tu Shan Xiang graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and completed his postgraduate studies in vocal music at the Tokyo University of Arts. The maestro has joined more than 1,900 shows and tours around the world, including at Carnegie Hall in New York and overseas tours with the famous Japanese composer Kitaro. He has won a host of music prizes in Japan and China.

Tu Shan Xiang has released a number of DVDs and CDs, including the best-selling “Fantasy of BaiDi” album in China. In 2010, he made performance tours in the U.S., Europe and Asia to mark his 40 years of devotion to the performing arts.

Tu Shan Xiang surprised and impressed the audience of the Saigon Times Concert Harmony of Trust in January 2010 which was his first Vietnam performance.

The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra brings together many artists who have studied at home and aboard. These artists of different generations harmonize in local and international performances of classical masterpieces as well as contemporary Vietnamese and international works.

PROGRAM "Vietnam Sketch in the New World"

PART I

Vang Son

Composer: Vu Viet Anh

Performers: The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Dean Khomik Anderson

The first movement of this three-movement symphony depicts the culture of Vietnam’s unique village tradition in a picturesque landscape. The music evokes moonlight reflections on a country river, resounding market days, village festivals, and the solemn ambience of royal palaces in the past.

Hamabe no Uta (Song of the Seashore)

Music by Tamezo Narita, lyrics by Kokei Hayashi

Soprano: Rumi Yano

Pipa: Tu Shan Xiang

Pianist: Ly Giai Hoa

Created in 1916, this work, typical of Japan, evokes the emotion of standing in awe of nature before the sea. The beauty of nature moves people and brings back their memories of the past.

O Sole Mio

Composer: Eduardo di Capua

Soprano: Rumi Yano

The famous Italian folk song embodies Habanera rhythm and resounds in festive seasons. Yano performs this ballad to relay the hope in the message “East Meets West”   on Thursday’s world

Passacaglia & Burleske Movements

(From Violin Concerto No. 1)

Composer: Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovick

Violinist: Mira Khomik

The masterpiece mirrors the composer’s journey of art and his feelings during the ups and downs of the Ukrainian history. This composition tells a long story full of sad memories and high hopes on the way to perfection.

Vietnam Sketch

Composer and performer: Tu Shan Xiang

The pipa maestro returns to Vietnam with his work Vietnam Sketch which he wrote following his first visit to the country. This piece was inspired by his impressions when he saw “seas of motorbikes,” Cham dancers, marvelous historical sites and the people’s deep human attachment to their homeland.

The artist received standing ovations during his tours of Finland, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Korea and China celebrating his 40 years of performing.

PART II

From the New World

Composer: Antonin Dvorak

Performers: The HCMC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Dean Khomik Anderson 

The masterpiece written during a visit to the U.S. is characterized by cultural and racial diversity and has been welcomed all over the world thanks to its beautiful melodies embracing love and peace.

Csardas

Composer: V. Monti

Violonist : Mira Khomik

Pipa: Tu Shan Xiang

Conductor: Dean Khomik Anderson with the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra

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• Saigon Times Concert 2011
• HCMC urges efforts to save Dong Nai River
• Culture Vulture
• Nadal installed as top seed for US Open
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