Korean pianist Joo Eun Young and soprano Cho Hae Ryong – a familiar voice to Saigonese – will perform as part of a chamber performance organized by HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera at the city Opera House at 8 p.m. on October 9.
The show will provide works from Schumann, Brahms, Bernstein, Grieg and Gershwin and will be performed by artists of HBSO such as cellist Nguyen Tan Anh, pianist Ly Giai Hoa, clarinet Dao Nhat Quang and violinist Tang Thanh Nam.
The program will feature Grieg’s Sonata for violin and piano No.3, Schumann’s Adagio & Allegro in A Flat Major for Cello and piano, Bernstein’s Arias from opera Candide for soprano and piano, Gershwin’s Preludes for clarinet and piano, Wieniawsky’s Polonais Brilliant for violin and piano and Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor.
soprano Cho Hae Ryong - Photos: Courtesy of HBSO
Winning the First Prize at the Competition of Romantic Music 2007 in South Korea and certificate of merit at the Obraztsova International Vocal Competition in Russia 2000, Ryong has performed in Russia and South Korea. She frequently performs in HBSO concerts and is currently the voice coach for the HBSO Opera.
Graduating with distinction from Vienna State Conservatory in 2000 and earning her Master’s with distinctions from Moscow Gnessin Academy in 2007, Young has won international awards and has appeared in concerts with Seoul, Vienna, and Vietnam. At present, she is a professor in the piano department in HCMC Conservatory of Music.
Tickets, priced at VND300,000, VND250,000 and VND150,000 per person and VND60,000 per students, are available at HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera Office, 3 Phan Van Dat Street, tel 08 3823 7419 and at the Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square in District 1.
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