Vietnam-Korea piano duo take stage in Hanoi, HCM City
Two young pianists – Nguyen Quynh Trang from Vietnam and Jisoo Kim from the Republic of Korea – are set to enthrall Vietnamese audiences at their piano duo concert “Gemini” this month.
Pianists Nguyen Quynh Trang from Vietnam and Jisoo Kim from the Republic of Korea are set to enthrall Vietnamese audiences at their piano duo concert “Gemini” this month. (Photo: Hanoi Grapevine)
Hanoi (VNA) – Two young pianists –Nguyen Quynh Trang from Vietnam and Jisoo Kim from the Republic of Korea – are setto enthrall Vietnamese audiences at their piano duo concert “Gemini” thismonth.
The concert will take place at Vietnam NationalAcademy of Music in Hanoi on September 8 and at HCM City Conservatory of Musicon September 11.
Pianist Trang won second prize at the nationalpiano competition “Concour Fall 2007” and the new artist award at the HanoiInternational Piano Competition in 2010. She also triumphed at the AsiaInternational Piano Academy Festival and Competition in the RoK in 2011.
Jisoo Kim started to study piano at the age of eightand has also won several international piano awards.
The duo, both born in 1993, will performfour-hands and duet piano performances composed by Mozart, Schurbert,Mendelsohn, Brahms, Lutoslawski and Infante.
According to the organiser, a piano duo isconsidered the most challenging type of concert for a pianist, as it ishigh-demanding technically but also needs understanding between the duo, andharmony in every note.
Inspired by the name of a constellation in theWestern zodiac, “Gemini” is the first piano duo concert in Vietnam.-VNA
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Pianists Nguyen Quynh Trang from Vietnam and Jisoo Kim from the Republic of Korea are set to enthrall Vietnamese audiences at their piano duo concert “Gemini” this month. (Photo: Hanoi Grapevine) 
