Concert with Trio Aurora

Wed 20 Jun 2012, 8 pm
Goethe

From Goethe Institut:

The Trio Aurora consisting of three former students of the Music Academy Vietnam inspired the audience in Hanoi and Haiphong already in 2011. This year, we sincerely invite you again to a concert of the Trio Aurora at the Goethe-Institute Hanoi. Nguyen My Huong (violin), Nguyen Hong Anh (cello) and Tran Thai Linh (piano) will play works of Schumann, Halvorsen, Beethoven and Piazzolla.

Program

Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856):

 “Abegg” Variation – Solo piano, F major, op.1 

Johan Halvorsen(1864 – 1935): 

 “Passacaglia” – Duo for violin & cello

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): 

“Ghost” – for piano, violin and cello in D major, op.70, No 1

I. Allegro vivace e con brio
II. Largo assai ed espressivo
III. Presto

Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992) : 

 “La muerte del Angel”

About Trio Aurora

Nguyen Hong Anh studied cello from 1995 to 2004 at the Music Academy in Vietnam. In 1999, 2000 and 2004 she was a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra and went on many concert tours to countries all around the world. In 2005 she played in the CISMA Orchestra in Quang Dong (China). 2009-2010 she studied at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar. She now teaches at the Vietnam National Music Academy and is first cellist in the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra.

Nguyen My Huong studied violin at the Music Academy of Vietnam from 1992 to 2005. She then studied at the University of Music and Drama in Graz. In 1999, 2000 and 2006 she was a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra and the PMF orchestra and thus took part in many concert tours including to Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Canada, Australia and USA. My Huong is now a lecturer at the Academy of Music and plays often in the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra.

Tran Thai Linh completed his piano studies at the Vietnam Academy of Music in 2006 and did his master’s degree under the guidance of Prof. Tran Thu Ha (Vietnam Academy of Music) and Prof. Max Olding (Queensland University, Australia). Thai Linh won the Second Prize at the International Piano Competition A.S.K.M Gold Coast VI.

Free admission.