HA NOI  (VNS) — The first ever concert in Ha Noi featuring solely oboe music will be held at Manzi Art Space on Sunday night.

Titled Keri and Friends, the show will feature Dr. Keri E. McCarthy from the US and her oboist friends in Ha Noi from the Viet Nam National Academy of Music, the Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra and the Viet Nam National Opera Ballet.

McCarthy works as the Associate Professor of Oboe and Music History at Washington State University. She also performs as a co-principle oboist of the Washington-Idaho Symphony and in the Solstice Wind Quintet. In 2008, she completed a solo tour of Southeast Asia, premiering works by composers from Viet Nam, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.

The concert will start at 8pm at 14 Phan Huy Ich Street. Tickets on the door VND150,000, or pre-register at manzihanoi@gmail.com before 8pm tomorrow.— VNS