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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