Symphony concert opens Asia-Europe New Music Festival

>> President Truong Tan Sang welcomes Asian, European musicians

The opening featured nine works performed by artists from France, Norway, Uzbekistan, Austria and Russia. Host Vietnam showcased two symphonies −‘Diem Hen’ (Rendezvous) by Nguyen Thien Dao and ‘Doi Thoai’ (Dialogue) by Do Hong Quan.

Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam stressed that Vietnam hosting the festival was a vivid illustration of equal integration for the mutual development of Aseian and European countries.

The Vietnamese Party and State are committed to supporting and expanding international cultural relations in, he added.

The Deputy PM also expressed his hope that the festival would serve as a meeting place for world-leading composers and performers to introduce the land, people and cultural identities of their countries to their colleagues, and boost co-operation and development.

The festival features a series of daily concerts held at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, introducing different genres including symphony, concert, folk, opera, chorus and contemporary music.

The festival will wrap up with a closing ceremony held at Hanoi Opera House on October 12.

Initiated by the Unions of Composers of Russia and Tatarstan in 1993, the Asia-Europe New Music Festival has become a prestigious music forum in the world. The biennial event has so far attracted the participation of 45 countries and territories from the two continents.

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