HCMC – Concert with Conductor Jan Stulen

Sun 09 Jun 2013, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House

From the organizer:

In this wonderful concert, conductor Jan Stulen and many artists from HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) will introduce Symphony No. 1 of German composer Johannes Brahms and some famous arias from operas of F.Lehar, W.A.Mozart, V.Bellini… The performance also involves Korean artists For Hae Ryong as vocalist. For more information about the program, you can see below:

Program

Part I:
Hendrik Andriessen “Variations and fugue on the theme of Kuhnau” for Strings
Đàm Thanh Bird bringing good news
Vincenzo Bellini ”Eccomi in lieta vesta” from the Opera ”I Capuleti e I Montecchi”
Franz Lehar ”Meine lippen sie kussen so heiss” from the operetta ”Giuditta”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ”Parto ma tu ben mio” from the opera “La Clemenza di Tito”

Part II:
Johannes Brahms Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68

About Conductor Jan Stulen

Jan Stulen was born in 1942 in Amsterdam, where he studied conducting and piano and violin at the Music Academy. In 1970 Jan Stulen became chief conductor of the “Nederlands Ballet Orkest” in Amsterdam, and the “Nederlands Dans Theater“.

From 1976 till 1992 he was permanent conductor of Radio Hilversum. During this period he made radio productions of over 1000 compositions. With the orchestra’s and choirs he gave many public performances with all kinds of repertoire, ranging from Bach to contemporary and jazz.

From 1992 till 2002 Jan Stulen was principal conductor of the Deutsches Kammer Orchester Frankfurt am Main. From 1998 till 2003 he was chief conductor of the “Nederlands Promenade Orkest”. As guest conductor he works with the State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in Cluj (Rumania), the Symphonie Orkest van Vlaanderen (Bruges) and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra. Stulen has also extensively worked in the operatic field, conducting opera’s from Gluck till Menotti.

From 2006 till 2008 he was chief conductor of the Amsterdam RAI Opera Company. As a guest conductor Stulen has appeared with all Dutch orchestra’s as well as orchestra’s in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Egypt, Greece , Korea, Turkey, Denmark, Hungary and Rumania.

As a teacher he is active at the Conservatories of Maastricht and Rotterdam. Jan Stulen did many TV-appearances in long running series like “Una Voce Particolare”. Jan Stulen has made many CD’s and DVD with a wide variety of compositions.

Tickets

Ticket price: 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)
All tickets are available at:
Ticket Counter, HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC, Tel: 08. 38237419