Subscription Concert Vol. 105

Wed 29 Nov 2017, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House

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You are invited to Subscription Concert Vol. 105 with the performance of:

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji
Cello Soloist: Tsutsumi Tsuyoshi
and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Program

A. Dvorak – Cello Concerto C minor, op.104

Interval

A. Dvorak – Symphony No.9 “From the New World”, op.95

Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi – an artist who can “add something akin to a spiritual quality (The Herald Times)” to the music – is one of the most notable musicians of his generation and respected mentors of cello performance. Since the debut at the age of 12 with the Tokyo Philharmonic and winning the 1963 International Casals Competition in Budapest, Tsutsumi has performed with the renowned orchestras such as the ORTF, the Berlin Radio Symphony, the Concertgebouw, the Rotterdam, Munich and Warsaw philharmonics and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Vancouver symphonies. One of the most impressive appearances of him with many great conductors was a concert telecast worldwide at the United Nations with the Toho Gakuen Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa. He is also a champion of premiering new music by Japanese composers, such as Toru Takemitsu, Akira Miyoshi, Toshiro Mayuzumi, just naming a few.

Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Makiko Goto played traditional Japanese music during the final concert of the Amsterdamse Cello Biënnale in 2013:

Touring the globe as soloist, he also busies himself as an educator, leading master classes in US, France, Netherlands, Canada, Taiwan and other Asian countries. After the almost 20 year tenure as Faculty of the Indiana University, he contributed to his Alma Mater, Toho Gakuen School of Music as President for nine years. He is now Music Director of Kirishima International Music Festival(2000-) and President of Suntory Hall(2007-).

He is a recipient of National Academy of Arts Prize in music by the Emperor, Japan’s Medal with Purple Ribbon, the highest honor in Japan and awarded Person of Cultural Merit in 2013. He has been a member of the Japan Art Academy since 2009.

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500,000 VND
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