HCMC – Chamber and Strings Concert

Thu 02 May 2019, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

From the organizer:

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet, Symphony Orchestra and Opera [HBSO] will present an evening of chamber music, and other music for string instruments, on May 2 in HCMC Conservatory.

The concert features the works of Mendelssohn, Brahms and Tchaikovsky – three of the greatest creative artists of the middle of the 19th century – and guest soloists from the National Orchestra of France (L’Orchestre National de France).

First comes Felix Mendelssohn’s String Symphony Number 4 performed by the HBSO Strings Orchestra, followed by Johannes Brahms’s String Quartet Number 2 performed by violinists Nguyen Huu Khoi Nam and Kyungwon Baik, plus Emmanuel Blanc (viola) and Pierre Vavasseur (cello).

An intermission follows, after which there will be Tchaikovsky’s String Sextet: Souvenir de Florence (‘Memories of Florence’) – a four-movement composition for two violins, two violas and two cellos.

The soloists in Saigon will be Nguyen Huu Nguyen and Le Minh Hien (violins), Pham Vu Thien Bao and Vincent Filatreau (violas), and Pierre Vavasseur and Jerome Lefranc (cellos).

Tickets

Tickets for the concert are 300,000VND, with a special price for students of 80,000VND.
Booking and delivery: 028 38237419, Ms. Ngoc: 0903604539
At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square
Online Booking: www.ticketbox.vn