Pianists from the US, Bulgaria, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and Ukraine will join talented pianists from across Vietnam to perform at the first-ever piano festival, to be held in HCM City from October 18-23.
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The highlight will be a programme of performances, workshops and master classes to mark the 55th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.
Pianist Vo Bao Lac Nhan, a lecturer at the Maison Stepman music centre in Brussels, Belgium, will conduct a workshop on piano history on October 18. He will deliver presentations about the art of composing music by drawing a comparison between different piano performance styles.
Another workshop on the 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor Franz Liszt will be held on October 19 to commemorate his 200th birthday, 1811-1886.
Master classes conducted by foreign musical experts will be held on October 20.
Piano performances at the festival will include talented students from the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music playing on October 21-23. Vietnamese guest artists from the Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hue Conservatory of Music, as well as foreign artists will also perform during the festival.
