.jpg)
The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Chopin’s 200th birth anniversary with two concerts by world-renowned Japanese conductor Tetsuji Honna and talented young Vietnamese pianist Luu Hong Quang on September 7-8.
At the events to be held at the Hanoi Opera House, Quang, 20, will perform “Concerto No.1 E minor” by Frederic Chopin and “Symphony No.6 ‘Pathetique’” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
He has won several international awards. In January 2006 he won a special prize at the Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition in Japan and in June the same year, the third prize at the Val Tidone International Music Competitions in 16–17 age group category.
In 2008 a judge gave him 90 points at the annual Val Tidone International Music Competitions in Piacenza, Italy, fetching Quang a special prize. Another prize designated for contestants scoring 95 or more went unclaimed.
In 2009 he won the Recital Award Piano in Sydney, Australia.
Tetsuji Honna, also a multiple award winner, has been musical adviser and conductor of the VNSO since 2001.
Chopin, the 19th century Polish-born composer, is considered one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time, with his heroic, tragic piano compositions credited with capturing the essence of Poland's soul. His birthday falls on 1 March 1810.
Tickets to the shows cost VND150,000 (US$7.73) to VND300,000.
