The 1st “Asia-Europe” New Music Festival in Vienam will be held at the Hanoi Opera House, including a chain of concerts of various genres and types, ranging from Symphony, Orchestra, Folk Music, Opera, Ballet, Choir to Contemporary music. Below is the detailed program.

Concert No. 1

The Opening Ceremony and Symphony Concert

8 Oct 2014, 8 am, 2014 – Hanoi Opera House

1. Rashid Kalimullin – Overture “Ho Chi Minh”

2. Rustam Abdullayev – “Love Song”

3. Marc Batter – Rain Water

4. Nguyen Thien Dao – “Điểm hẹn” (Part 1 and 4)

5. Geir Johnson – “Silent Spring” for String Orchestra

6. Farajov Sardar – “Koroglu”

7. Andrián Pertout – L’assaut sur la raison

8. Alexsander Chaikovsky – “Tamerlan’s camp” from opera “The legend of the city of Yelets, the virgin Mary and Tamerlan”

9. Do Hong Quan – Dialogue for Đàn Bầu and Orchestra

Performers: Vietnam Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji (Japan)

Artists:

Meritorious Artist Hoang Anh Tu – Đàn bầu (Vietnam)

Nana Kinemura – Harpist (Japan)

Vu Nhat Tan

Concert No. 2

The Program of Young Composers from Vietnam

9 Oct 2014, 10 am – Concert Hall, Vietnam National Academy of Music

1. Vu Nhat Tan – The quintet for string quartet + Piano

2. Dang Hong Anh – Piano Variations

3. Nguyen Minh Nhat – Cicadas Quintet

4. Nguyen Ngoc Tu – “Sóng” (Wave) for Piano

5. Nguyen Minh Nhat – Dance of the bushes, The leaf, The horse, Dawn, Very fast for Flute|Violin|Cello

6. Le Bang – “Vọng” for strings quartet

7. Do Anh Tuan – “Trên Phố Xưa Hà Nội” cho Flute|Clarinet|Bassoon|Violin|Cello

8. Le Thanh Xuan – “Đồng Bằng” (Delta), Subjects and variations No.2 for Piano Solo

9. Do Kien Cuong – “Thăng Long” for Saxophone|Oboe|Bassoon|Piano

10. Tran Luu Hoang – “Nam Mô A Di” for Soprano|Baritone|Oboe|Bassoon|Cello|Piano|Electronic|Percussion

Performers:

Song Hong Chamber Music Group

Hanoian Trio and Friends Group

Conductor: Do Kien Cuong

Artists:

Nguyen Trong Bang – Flute

Dao Trong Tuyen – Piano

Pham Truong Son – Violin

Phan Thi To Trinh – Violin

Do Huong Tra My – Viola

Dao Tuyet Trinh – Cello

Pham Quynh Trang – Piano

Nguyen Trong Bang – Flute

Do Kien Cuong – Conductor + Oboe

Bui Ha Mien – Cello

Tran Luu Hoang – Percussion + Electronic

Duong Hong Thach – Piano

Quyen Thien Dac – Saxophone

Tran Quang Vu – Bassoon

Nguyen Hoang – Baritone

Le Thuy Nga – Soprano

Ryoko Bohmuki – Soprano

Hiroyuki Kotera – Piano

Nguyen Ly Huong – Flute

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tu – Piano

Nguyen Minh Hoang – Clarinet

Concert No. 3

Chamber Music Program

9 Oct 2014, 8 pm – Concert Hall, Vietnam National Academy of Music

Part I

1. Lan Tuat – Adagio for String Orchestra

2. Dang Huu Phuc – “Con gà rừng” (Forest Cock) and “Trống cơm” for 2 pianos

3. Erman Ozdemir – Music for Baroque Orchestra

4. Patiparn Jaikampan – “Nibbàna” for Flute and String Quartet

5. Davide Anzaghi – “Elogio Della Luna”

Chamber music

6. Ho Chee Kong – “Shades of oil lamps” Chamber music

7. Hoang Cuong – Concerto for Violon and Oboe and Chamber Orchestra

Part II

8. Arvo Part – Trumpet Concerto by Bach

9. Sally Beamisch – “Under the Wing of the Rock” for solo viola and strings

10. Wojciech Kilar – “Orawa” for 15 solo strings

Performers: Chamber Orchestra of Vietnam National Academy of Music

Conductors:

Kah Chun Wong (Singapore)

Khac Uyen (Vietnam)

Artists:

Pham Quynh Trang – Piano, Vietnam

Tran Thi Tam Ngoc – Piano, Vietnam

Hoang Linh Chi – Violon, Vietnam

Pau Rodriguez – Oboe, Spain

David Gruber – Flute (Austria)

Seung – Eun Lee – Oboe (Germany)

Cameron Todd – Trumpet (England)

Yoko Yokota – Clarinet (Japan)

Nguyen Nguyet Thu – Viola (Vietnam)

Concert No. 4

Special program of Japan – America Institute for New Music (JAINM)

10 Oct 2014, 10 am – Concert Hall, Vietnam National Academy of Music

1. Arsid Ketjuntra – Collage

2. Sun-Youg Park – My Beloved

3. Chad Cannon – Wild Grass on the Riverbank

4. Sayo Kosugi – Lilac Nova

5. Chad Cannon – Five Munutes for a Century Ago

6. Shaosheng Li – Ling Hu

7. Xiaogang Ye – Namura Cuo

Performers:

Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Vietnam National Academy of Music

Virtuous Group – Vietnam National Academy of Music

Conductor: Kah Chun Wong (Singapore)

Artists:

Jun Hong Loh – Violon (Singapore)

Saran Senavinin – Baritone (Thailand)

Nana Kinemura – Harpist (Japan)

Ayane Sato – Viola (Japan)

Concert No. 5

Chamber Music and Choir Program

10 Oct 2014, 8 pm – Concert Hall, Vietnam National Academy of Music

1. Artyk Toxanbayev – “Steppe sketches” Trio for Violin, Violoncello, Piano

2. Vytautas Germanavicius – “Pacific Bell” for Piano

3. Agustín Castilla –Ávila – “Tres Momentos Microtonales”

4. Morten Poulsen – Choir “A Clear Midnight” quartet and choir

5. Maria Christine Muyco – “Talibun-ag” (Emancipation) Choir for 4 chamber opera singers

6. Ramon P. Santos – “DW’GEY” A Soprano, Violin and percussion

7. Ahmet Yurur – “Margit’s Aria da Capo” Opera aria, Soprano

Performers: Choir of Vietnam National Opera & Ballet

Conductor: Eminent Artist Nguyen Thieu Hoa (Vietnam)

Artists:

Aidas Puodziukas – Pianist (Lithuanian)

Joseph Peres Mirandilla – Guitarist (Philippines)

Margarita Roco – Leading Vocalist (Philippines)

Truong Hoang An – Soprano (Vietnam)

Tran Bach Kim- Alto/mezzo soprano (Vietnam)

Nguyen Thang Long – Tenor (Vietnam)

Tran Minh Hoang- Baritone (Vietnam)

Stefanie Diclas Quintin – Opera soprano (Philippine)

Lam Duc Chinh – Piano (Vietnam)

Japanese maestro Honna Tetsuji

Japanese maestro Honna Tetsuji

Concert No. 6

The Closing Ceremony and Gala Concert

12 Oct 2014, 8 pm – Hanoi Opera House

1. Muratbek Begaliyev – Nostalgia Passacaglia

2. Trong Dai – “Window panes” (excerpt)

3. Isao Matsushita – “A time for prayer” for 2 Violini and Orchestra.

4. Nguyen Van Nam – Symphony No 9 “Cửu Long dậy sóng” Chapter 3

5. Nguyen Duc Trinh – Romance “Miền xa thẳm” (Far far away)

6. Do Nhuan – Aria “Cô Sao” và Duo “Sao – Hà” from Opera “Cô Sao”

7. Doan Nho – Oratorio “Chiếu dời Đô” (part 1) (Edict on the transfer of the captial)

8. Traditional folk music “Người ơi người ở đừng về” (Please don’t go), Chầu văn “Xá thượng”

Performers:

Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Traditional ensemble of Music and Dance Theatre

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji (Japan)

Artists:

Stepan Yakovich – Violin (Russia)

Bui Cong Duy – Violin (Vietnam)

Ha Pham Thăng Long – Soprano (Vietnam)

Manh Dung – Tenor (Vietnam)

Vo Hong Quan – Soprano (Vietnam)

Nana Kinemura – Harp (Japan)

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