Concert to gather talented violinists and pianists
Top Vietnamese violinists and pianists will showcase their talent at a concert in the concert hall of the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on November 6.
Professor and violinist Ngo Van Thanh has trained many talented Vietnamese violinists. (Photo courtesy of the artist)
Hanoi (VNA) - TopVietnamese violinists and pianists will showcase their talent at a concert inthe concert hall of the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoion November 6.
Galaxy Concert will feature professor and People’s Artist NgoVan Thanh and his talented students who are also renowned artists like Nguyen CongThang, Ngo Hoang Linh and Ho Viet Khoa.
The special guest of the event is Prof Tran Thu Ha, former rector of the VietnamNational Academy of Music. Celebrated pianist Ha, who was also honoured withthe title "People's Teacher", has guided many generations ofstudents to become top artists in the Vietnamese music industry.
The concert will open with a joint performance from the violinists andpianists, which will be followed by solo performances of the artists andend with the song Ha Noi Niem Tin Va Hy Vong (Hanoi – Faith and Hope).
According to the organisers, GalaxyConcert is expected to fill the audience with much emotion asVietnamese Teachers’ Day, which falls on November 20, is approaching.
Senior violinist-professor Thanh said the idea of a concert night withgenerations of excellent violinists had been a long-term goal.
"We have a wish that the music night will give the artists moremotivation to continue their path of devotion to more developed Vietnamesemusic," Thanh added.
As a teacher with much enthusiasm for training many generations oftalented students, Thanh saidthe affection between art teachers and students is very special. Aftergraduating from the academy, students become colleagues and perform with theirteachers.
Prof Thanh graduated from the MoscowState Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 1979. In the early 1990s until1996, he worked as the dean of the Strings Department of the Hanoi Conservatoryof Music.
In 2006-2011, he was Director of the Hanoi National Conservatory of Music, nowthe Vietnam National Academy of Music./.
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Professor and violinist Ngo Van Thanh has trained many talented Vietnamese violinists. (Photo courtesy of the artist) 
