Toyota Concert Tour 2013

02 and 03 Aug 2013, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
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Tue 30 Jul 2013, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House

From Toyota Motor Vietnam:

Toyota Vietnam Foundation (TVF) in cooperation with Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) announces the “Toyota Concert Tour 2013”. This is the 16th year that Toyota Concert has been implemented in Vietnam since 1998. The program will be held in 2 big cities with 3 performance nights on 30 July 2013 at Ho Chi Minh Theatre and on 02 – 03 August 2013 at Hanoi Opera House.

On the occasion of Japan – Vietnam Friendship Year and 40 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan, Toyota also supports VNSO to organize “VNSO Japan Concert Tour 2013” at 7 big cities of Japan from 21 Sep 2013 to 01 Oct 2013 with the participation of narrator people’s artist Le Khanh and pianist Kodama Momo, imposing the cultural exchange between the nations, especially in the field of classical music.

Toyota Concert Tour 2013 is prepared and performed by Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO), under the baton of Japanese maestro Honna Tetsuji and brings music lovers various delicate melodies of Japan, Vietnam and the world with 2 works of Russian romanticism composer Tchaikovsky, the joyful Music for Symphony Orchestra of Japanese conductor-composer Yasushi Akutagawa, and the arrangement for symphony orchestra of the folk song “Xe chi luon kim” (Love duets of Bac Ninh) of the composer Tran Manh Hung.

With the hope to create more chances for Young Music Talents to practice and shine, this year’s concert gets the 2nd-time participation of Do Phuong Nhi, a 15-year-old talented violinist, with challenging Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 of Tchaikovsky.

Program

Y.Akutagawa

Music for Symphony Orchestra
1. Andantino
2. Allegro

Bac Ninh folk music “Xe chỉ luồn kim”
Arr. by: Tran Manh Hung

P.I. Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Solo Violin Do Phuong Nhi

P.I. Tchaikovsky
Overture 1812 Op.49

Tickets

Ticket price in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City:
S (special) level: VND 500,000/unit
A level: VND 350,000/ unit
B level: VND 200,000/ unit
Student level: VND 100,000/ unit

Tickets available from 17 July 2013 at:
Hanoi Opera House – No.1 Trang Tien Str., Hanoi ( 0983067996)
Sketch Travel Hanoi Aodai Tour Desk – 25 Truong Han Sieu Str., Hanoi (04 39449510)
Shop P – 8 Nha Chung Str., Hanoi (0168 514 4746)
Free delivery (0913 489 858/ 0983 067 996)
Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theatre – No.7 Lam Son Square, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City (08 6270 4450/ 098 987 4517)

For more information about the program, see Toyota Motor Vietnam’s website.

* All ticket proceeds will be used for the “Toyota Scholarship for Vietnamese young music talents”

A video of the Toyota Concert Tour in 2011 with Do Phuong Nhi, conductor Tetsuji Honna and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra:

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