Spanish Concert at Vietnam National Academy of Music

Wed 14 Oct 2015, 8 pm
The Grand Concert Hall
Vietnam National Academy of Music

From the organizer:

Come to Spanish concert at Vietnam National Academy of Music with:
– Conductor: David Gómez Ramírez
– Violin Soloist: Anna Sowanna Takeda
– Guitar Soloist: Nguyen Thanh Hang
and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra.

PROGRAM:

Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
Sevilla, Nº 3 from Suite Española Op. 47 [4´]

Pablo de SARASATE (1844-1908)
Fantasía sobre la Ópera “Carmen”, Op. 25 [13´30”]

Pablo de SARASATE
Aires Gitanos, Op. 20 [ 9´]

Soloist (violin): Anna Sowanna Takeda (Japan)

INTERVAL

Miguel ASINS ARBÓ (1916-1996)
Serenata Española [4´]

Joaquín RODRIGO (1901-1999)
Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez [10´]

Celedonio ROMERO (1913-1996)
Zapateado-Fantasía, from Suite Andaluza for guitar solo [5´]

Soloist (Guitar): Nguyen Thanh Hang (Vietnam)

TICKETS:

Ticket prices: 150.000, 200.000, 300.000, 400.000 VND. 
All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

For free delivery, call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Anna Sowanna Takeda was born in 1992 Bangkok, Thailand. She began to play the violin at the age of five. Her early teachers were Vilmos Olah, Leo Philip, Takayoshi Wanami and Takashi Nagamine. In 2015, she graduated from Senzoku College of Music with Summa cum Laude.

At the age of 10, Anna won the First Prize in the 1st Australian Music Examination Board in Thailand. From 2002 to 2004, she won the Gold Medals from the Thai National Youth Music Competitions and also won the Espoir prize of the 6th Osaka International Music Competition, The Finalist of the All Japan Student Music Competition in Tokyo.

In 2006, Anna made her first recital debut at the Budapest Nador Terem with Budapest Kamara Szolistak in Budapest, Hungary. Since then, she has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras. She also performed with the Asean Symphony Orchestra in commemoration of the 17th Asean Summit in Vietnam, 2010.

Nguyen Thanh Hang (1977) was born in Hanoi (Vietnam), where she began her musical studies at the age of 4. She finished her post-grade musical studies at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and graduated with summa cum laude. After graduation, she became guitar professor at this Academy. By a scholarship granted by the AECID, Hang moved to Barcelona for further learning at Liceo Conservatory in Barcelona with teachers such as: Jaume Torrent (Director General of the Conservatory), Josep Henríquez and Carles Trepat (Spain), Álvaro Pierri (Canada) o Gerard Abiton (France) and then graduated with summa cum laude.

She has participated in many international competitions such as Printemps de la Guitare (Belgium 2002); Concurso de jóvenes Músicos de Cataluña (Barcelona, Spain 2003) or Andrés Segovia (Linares, Spain 2004), and also performed in different countries (Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Brasil, Egypt, China, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines) and prestigious concert halls (the Opera Houses of El Cairo, the Library of Alexandria (Egypt), the Theatre of Sao Paolo (Brasil), el Palau de la Música de Barcelona (Spain) or the L.V. Beethoven´s birthplace in Bonn (Germany)). She has made solo and duo recordings.

In 2011, Hang came back to Vietnam and went on with her career. She performed as a soloist at the 50th edition of International Festival of Pollensa (Spain) with important figures such as Joan Pons or the Filarmónica de Praga Orchestra.