HCMC – Arts Festival Autumn Melodies 2013

16 – 22 Aug 2013, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House

From HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO):

After 8 year from the first performance, the annual program “Gala Autumn Melodies” from Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera more and more develops and improves its quality. At first, this performance is in honour of the accomplishment and rewards of Vietnamese talents in performing arts who has studied abroad. Hundreds artists from “Gala Autumn Melodies” are successful in artistic path and continued to dedicate to Vietnamese academical art such as: Bùi Công Duy, Nguyễn Hữu Khôi Nam, Nguyễn Hữu Nguyên, Hoàng Linh Chi, Nguyễn Mạnh Duy Linh, Bích Trà, Đào Nhật Quang, Tăng Thanh Nam, Trần Nhật Minh, Trần Đức Minh, Lê Phi Phi, Nguyễn Anh Sơn, Trần Hữu Quốc, Nguyễn Phúc Hùng, Đặng Linh Nga, Phan Thị Hồng Châu, Cao Chí Thành, Nguyễn Thị Chúc Quỳnh, Tạ Thùy Chi …

Even the international artists are interested in this program because of the development and prestige, there are more and more international artists come to perform. “Gala Autumn Melodies” becomes the best quality annual program, it’s the demand of the public and tourists in Ho Chi Minh city. “Gala Autumn Melodies” is the valuable event of high art which is expected as well as the typical cultural feature of city.

In the year of 2013, because of the demand of new development, Gala Autumn Melodies” is improved and enhanced with the larger scale becomes “FESTIVAL AUTUMN MELODIES”, with the participation of hundreds professional artists from foreign countries as well as from Vietnam in the fields of concert and dancing.

Some famous artists from Hanoi: violinist Bui Cong Duy, clarinetist Quoc Bao from Vietnam National Academy of music, Mer. A – bassoonist Nguyen Tri Dung from Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.

A large number of international artists take part in festival this year: Two young talents from Moscow: Tran Dieu Linh & Tran Dieu An, 6 young talents from Spivakov foundation, Russia, the famous pianist from German: Hinrich Alpers, the famouse German conductor Christian Schumann, famous Norwegian choreographer Johanne Jakhelln Constant … will perform with HBSO artists.

“FESTIVAL AUTUMN MELODIES 2013” will be taken place from 16th to 22nd August, 2013 at Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, include 7 performances with impressive scale and high level with the purpose to become the typical arts festival of Ho Chi Minh city which is periodically organized to meet the demand of audiences in city or from other cities as well as international tourists.

Fri 16 Aug 2013, 8 pm: SYMPHONY AND CHORAL CONCERT

PART I: SYMPHPONIC MUSIC
Nguyễn Văn Thương: Return to the Motherland

Carl Stamitz Concerto for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra in B Flat Major
Clarinet: Nguyễn QuốcBảo
Bassoon: Mer. Artist Nguyễn Trí Dũng

Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 violins in A Minor RV552
(arrangement for 2 pianos by Johann Sebastian Bach – Johann Gotlieb)
Piano I: Trần Diệu Linh
Piano II: Trần Diệu Ân

Performing: HBSO Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Trần Nhật Minh

PART II: FOLK SUITE ”DÒNG CHẢY” (35min.)
Composer: Trần Mạnh Hùng
Staging: Trần Nhật Minh
Choreography: Hữu Trị, Nguyễn Phúc Hải

I. Suối
Khúc mở màn
Mùa xuân
Ru em
Gà gáy te te
Hoa đào bên suối
Bắc kim thang
Đi cấy
II. Sông
Cây trúc xinh
Cò lả
Hò khiêng nước
Trèo lên quán dốc
Hò ba lý, Người ở đừng về
Cò lả
Lý qua cầu, Bèo dạt mây trôi
Xuân phong long hổ
Lý ngựa ô (Huế)
Lý ngựa ô (Nam Bộ)
III. Biển
Hò huê tình, Hạnh phúc
Hò thẻ mực, Hò hụi
Hạnh phúc, Lý kéo chài

Performing: Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nga, Như Ngọc, Hồ Hoàng Ngọc, Trần Duy Linh, Nguyễn Minh Khoa, Đinh Trung Kiên
Children Choir & HBSO Choir & Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Trần Nhật Minh

Sat 17 Aug 2013, 8 pm: CONCERT WITH BUI CONG DUY AND HANOI ENSEMBLE

PART I:
Edvard Grieg String Quartet No.1 in G Minor, op.27, 1st mov.
Violin I: Nguyễn Công Thắng
Violin II: Nguyễn Mỹ Hương
Viola:Nguyễn Thu Bình
Cello:Nguyễn Hồng Ánh
Astor Piazzolla “Histoire du Tango-Bordel 1900” for flute and two marimbas (5 mins)
Flute: Lê Thu Hương
Marimba: Doãn Mai Hương
George Frideric Handel “Passacaglia” Duo for violin and cello (7 mins)
Violin: Nguyễn Mỹ Hương
Cello: Nguyễn Hồng Ánh
Cesare Frank Sonate in A Major for violin & piano III – IV mov.(14 mins)
Violin: Bùi Công Duy
Piano: Nguyễn Trinh Hương

Nebosja Jovan Zivkovic Trio Per Uno for 3 percussions (1st mov.) (6 mins)
Performing: Doãn Mai Hương, Phạm Anh Tuấn, Trương Ngọc Hồng Minh
PART II:
Carl Maria von WeberGrand duo concertante for clarinet & piano (7 mins)
Clarinet: Đào Nhật Quang
Piano: Nguyễn Trinh Hương
Dmitri Shostakovich Three pieces for two violins and piano (6 mins)
Violin I: Nguyễn Công Thắng
Violin II: Nguyễn Thu Bình
Piano:Trần ThanhLy
Darius Milhaud “Scaramouche” for two pianos (10 mins)
Piano I: Nguyễn Trinh Hương
Piano II: Trần Thanh Ly
Camille Saint-Saens”Carnival of Animals” (22 mins)
Performing:Nhóm Hanoi Ensemble

Sun 18 Aug 2013, 8 pm: MODERN BALLET ”TOUCHING THE PAST”

Performing: Trần Thị Hoàng Yến, Nguyễn Thu Trang, Đàm Đức Nhuận, Hồ Phi Điệp & HBSO Ballet

Mon 19 Aug 2013, 8 pm: CONCERT WITH YOUNG TALENTS FROM THE SPIVAKOV FOUNDATION
PART I:
Camille Saint-Saens Allegro appassionato
Piano: Trần Diệu Linh

Jan JiriBenda Grave
Violin: Julia Pishchagina
Piano: Huỳnh Ngọc Trinh

GaetanoDonizettiConcertino
Flute: Timur Dzhafarov
Piano: Huỳnh Ngọc Trinh

PiotrIlych Tchaikovsky Russian Dance
Domra (4 strings): Kirill Evstratov
Piano: Huỳnh Ngọc Trinh

Russian Folk Song“Ходиламладёшенькапоборочку” (arrangement by Yakovlev)
Accordeon: Lev Kaganer

Georgy Sviridov Romance
Violin: Julia Pishchagina
Accordeon: Lev Kaganer

Jean-Baptiste LullyGavot
Classic dance: Sofia Kapralova
Flute:Timur Dzhafarov
Piano: Đỗ Như Phương Hồng

Vittorio Monti Csárdás
Violin: Julia Pishchagina
Accordeon: Lev Kaganer

PART II:
Adolphe AdamGiselle Variation from ballet “Giselle”
Performing: Sofia Kapralova

Alexey MachavarianiДолури (Doluri)
Violin: Julia Pishchagina

Efrem PodgaitsТанцующийэльф
Violin: Julia Pishchagina
Accordeon: Lev Kaganer

Louis Ferrari Domino (arrangement by V. Kovtun)
Accordeon: Lev Kaganer

Cesare Pugni Esmeralda Variations from ballet “La Esmeralda”
Performing: Sofia Kapralova

Frederic ChopinAndanteSpianatoandGrandBrilliantPolonaise
Piano: Trần Diệu Ân

Aram KhachaturianNocturne
Violin: Julia Pishchagina
Piano: Huỳnh Ngọc Trinh

Alexander Tsygankov Коробейники (Russian Peddlers)
Domra (4 strings): Kirill Evstratov
Piano: Đỗ Như Phương Hồng

ValerySaparovAllatango
Flute:Timur Dzhafarov
Piano: Đỗ Như Phương Hồng

Piotr Ilych TchaikovskyMarch from ballet “The Nutcracker”
Piano: Trần Diệu Ân
Piano: Trần Diệu Linh

Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Waltz “Flowers” from ballet The Nutcracker
Piano I: Trần Diệu Ân
Piano II: Trần Diệu Linh

Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Adagio from ballet “The Nutcracker”
Piano I: Trần Diệu Ân
Piano II: Trần Diệu Linh

Managing Director of The Spivakov Foundation- Ekaterina Shirman
Artistic Director – Piotr Gulko
Coordinator of Project – Elionora Konovalova

Tue 20 Aug 2013, 8 pm: Ballet ”CINDERELLA”
Cooperation with Transposition Program – Norway

Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Johanne Jakhelln Constant
Assistant choreography: Nguyễn Phúc Hùng
Scenography& Costume design: Johanne Jakhelln Constant
Lighting design: Nguyễn Phúc Hải
Stage manager: Nguyễn Mạnh Duy Linh

Cinderella: Đoàn Vũ Minh Tú
Prince charming: Đàm Đức Nhuận
Stepmother: Nguyễn Phúc Hùng

Fairy Godmother: Trần Hoàng Yến
Spring fairy: Nguyễn Thị Thu Thuỷ
Summer fairy: Trần Thị Hồng Vân
Autumn fairy: Đinh Thị Diễm Trang
Winter fairy: Nguyễn Thu Trang

Fierflies: Phan Thị Hồng Châu, Hoàng Ngọc Thuỳ Trinh, Đào Văn Thiện, Hồ Phi Điệp
Performing: HBSO Ballet

Wed 21 Aug 2013, 8 pm: PIANO RECITAL with HINRICH ALPERS
Cooperation with Goethe Institute in HCMC

PART I:
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonate in C Major, op. 53 “Waldstein”
Robert Schumann Sonate in F Minor, op.14
PART II:
Franz Liszt Sonate in B Minor

Thu 22 Aug 2013, 8 pm: SYMPHONY CONCERT
Cooperation with Goethe Institute in HCMC

PART I:
Aaron Copland Fanfare for the common man
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No.1
Piano: Hinrich Alpers
PART II:
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.4
Performing: HBSO Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Christian Schumann

Tickets

Ticket price: 650,000 – 550,000 – 450,000 – 150,000 VND (for students only)
All tickets are available at:
Ticket Counter, HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC, Booking and delivery: 08. 38237419.