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| Talented musician Dai Miyata will perform at the concert to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Viet Nam-Japan relationship. — Photo openagenda.com |
Viet Nam News
HA NOI — The stage of the Grand Hall at the Viet Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM) will resound with music performed by Japanese musician Dai Miyata and the Viet Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) today.
The musicians will perform under the baton of conductor Honna Tetsuji playing pieces by Vietnamese composer Trong Bang and Czech composer Antonin Dvorak.
Composer Trong Bang’s symphonic poem Nguoi Ve Dem Den Niem Vui (Thou Who Brought Happiness to Us) will open the concert. The piece was composed in 1990 to celebrate the 100th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh. The composer was inspired by a song by Van Cao which is very popular among Vietnamese.
"When I wrote the symphonic poem I thought it must be light-hearted," said composer Trong Bang. "One of the things that makes me happiest is that composer Van Cao was very moved when he listens the piece".
The composer Bang uses only five notes and great composition skills to write the symphonic poem which is one of the music pieces that praises the patriotism of each Vietnamese person.
The concert also features a cello concerto entitled Lasst mich allein (Leave Me Alone) and Symphony No 9 from The New World by Dvorak.
The cello concerto will be performed by cellist Miyata and VNSO will play the Symphony No 9.
Miyata started playing the cello at the age of three. His splendid talent attracted a great deal of attention and musicians have surrounded him since his early childhood. After age 9, he won the first prize in every contest in which he participated including the 74th Music Competition of Japan.
He won the grand prix in the 9th Rostropovich Cello Competition in 2009 and is the very first Japanese competitor to win the grand prix in the world’s most prestigious competition.
He is a recipient of various prestigious awards such as the 6th Hideo Saito Memorial Foundation Award, the 20th Idemitsu Music Prize, the 13th Hotel Okura Music Award and he received the honor to be selected as a scholarship student of the 35th Ezoe Scholarship Foundation and the Rohm Music Foundation.
The one-night concert in Ha Noi is very special. It is held by Toyota Viet Nam as part of a cultural series to mark the 45th anniversary of the Viet Nam and Japan relationship. — VNS
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