HCMC – Symphony Orchestra

Sun 09 Sep 2012, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House

From Goethe Institut:
You are invited to the concert conducted by Christian Schumann with the performance of HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) and pianist Hinrich Alpers. For more information, see below:

Program

Johannes Brahms | Academic Festival Overture
Dimitri Schostakowich | Concerto for piano and orchester Nr. 2
Piano: Hinrich Alpers
Giuseppe Verdi | Requiem & Dies Irae from „Requiem“
Ludwig van Beethoven | Choral Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra
Piano: Hinrich Alpers

About artists
Christian Schumann
Conductor

Christian Schumann was born in Freiburg to Hungarian parents and had his first piano lessons at the age of six. While still a schoolboy, he was accepted for preparatory classes in piano, conducting and music theory at the Freiburg Conservatory. After completing high school, he began his studies in conducting and composition at the Franz Liszt Conservatory, graduating in 2007.

Christian Schumann is considered one of Germany’s young shooting stars. Immediately upon completing his studies he obtained a position at Theater St. Gallen, and he debuted in March of this year at the Bavarian State Opera. In addition he has already led such internationally renowned orchestras as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra und the Philharmonia Orchestra London. In Vietnam he is appearing for the third time as guest conductor with the HBSO Symphony Ochestra HCMC.
Hinrich Alpers
Pianist

Hinrich Alpers, born 1981 in Uelzen (Germany), attended the Hanover Conservatory and studied later at the Juilliard School in New York. In addition to numerous international awards, in 2009 he won the famous International Telekom Beethoven Competition, which instantly catapulted him into the circle of sought-after concert pianists in the great music centers of the world.
Hinrich Alpers’ rousing, expressive and yet subtle performances of classic works have impressed the public on the world’s most famous stages – including New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Berlin Philharmonic. He also captivates his listeners in premiere performances of works by famous contemporary composers.
HBSO Symphony Orchestra

The HBSO Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1994, is structured as a core symphony orchestra with musicians from well-known conservatories in Vietnam and abroad. With over 20 concerts per year which draw a broad urban audience, and several concert tours both locally and internationally, the HBSO Symphony Orchestra represents an optimistic step forward in relation to academic music in the city and as such is the long overdue realization of a dream. Through its great potential the orchestra has succeeded in acquiring a rich repertoire of classical masterpieces as well as more modern compositions from Vietnam and the rest of the world, which are gaining increasing favor with the public.

Ticket

Ticket price: 300 000, 250 000, 150 000, 60 000 VND (for students only)
All tickets are available at:
Ticket Counter, HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC, Tel: 08 38299976