Concert “Ludwig van Beethoven” at Goethe Institut in December

Thu 03 Dec 2015, 8 pm
Goethe Institut

From Goethe Institut:

This year, on the 245th birthday of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, the Goethe-Institut presents a four-part concert series at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi. The ten sonatas for violin and piano will be performed by the renowned musicians Nguyen My Huong and Dao Trong Tuyen.

For the last concert of the Beethoven cycle, which the Goethe-Institut presented in honour of the great composer this autumn, musicians Nguyen My Huong and Dao Trung Tuyen will finish the cycle with sonatas No. 6 and 9. The latter also carries the name “Kreutzer Sonata”, after the French virtuoso violinist Rudolphe Kreutzer. Originally however, the sonata was dedicated to violinist George Bridgetower, with whom Beethoven played the debut performance in 1803. Legend has it that the two men quarreled over a woman, whereupon Beethoven subsequently changed the dedication to Kreutzer. Who knows whether it was the music or rather the dramatic story that inspired Leo Tolstoi to his novella “The Kreutzer Sonata” in 1887…

Beethoven has brought the Classical form to its highest expressive level and he is considered as a pioneer of Romanticism. With his sonatas for violin, composed between 1797 and 1812, he created an extraordinary musical cycle, which can, for the first time, be experienced in Hanoi in full length. Even more strongly than before, the violin appears as an equal instrument next to the piano in the “Kreutzer Sonata”. His contemporaries were surprised at the novel kind of composition, which they perceived as anarchic and wild. Experiencing these creations live is a very special opportunity for all music lovers.

PROGRAM
– Sonata No. 6 in A major, Opus 30
– Sonata No. 9 in A major, Opus 47

Nguyen My Huong studied at Hanoi Art School, Vietnam National Academy of Music with Professor Ngo Van Thanh as well as at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz with Professor Thomas Zehetmair. Among other prices she has been awarded with the “Youth Talent Award”. As a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra and the PMF Orchestra she played many concerts abroad and also took part in training courses in Japan, China, Germany, Austria and the USA. Currently, Nguyen My Huong works as a soloist in chamber music concerts with Vietnamese and foreign counterparts. She is second violin principal in the National Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. Moreover, she has received an offer to be concertmaster in Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra.

Dao Trong Tuyen studied with several prestigious piano teachers such as Hoang Vinh Huong, Hoang Hoa, Joel Pasquier, Professor Tran Thu Ha and Professor Đặng Thái Sơn. In 2007, he completed his Doctorate of Music in Piano Performance at the University of Montreal in Canada. Dao Trong Tuyen won the first prize in the National piano competition in 1990 and he has played concerts in Canada, France and Japan. He has recorded a large number of works for Vietnam National Television and Vietnam National Radio. He has also performed as a soloist with major orchestras in Vietnam such as Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

At present, Dao Trong Tuyen is a piano teacher at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

Due to the limited number of seats we kindly ask only visitors from the age of 12 and up to come.

Tickets for 03.12.2015 are available starting Thursday, 26 November, 9 am at Goethe-Institut Hanoi.

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