"The Four Seasons" brings top music to Vietnam

"Four Season Concert", a special concert program of the Royal Opera House Symphony Orchestra of Versailles, France will take place at the Hoan Kiem Theater, Hanoi on April 21 and 22. This is the opening concert for the international art program series "Musical Seasons" 2024-2025, bringing top-notch music closer to the public of the capital in particular and Vietnam in general, through famous international artists around the world.

Artists of the Royal Opera House Symphony Orchestra of Versailles, France will perform the classic "The Four Seasons" at the Hoan Kiem Theater.

Not only the audience but also artists in the art world are excited about this event. Conductor Honna Tetsuji expressed his joy when hearing that the "Four Seasons Concert" will take place at the Ho Guom Theater.

"I always believe that one day soon Hanoi will completely become a great music city. I can feel the love of music from the audience in the capital and all over Vietnam. The "Four Seasons" concert will be one of the most wonderful things when having the opportunity to enjoy a program with world-class artistic quality right in Hanoi" - conductor Honna Tetsuji excitedly said.

Meanwhile, conductor Dong Quang Vinh said that the presence of the international art program series "Musical Seasons 2024 - 2025" is a very encouraging sign. Bringing classic works to Vietnam for performance is a very good thing because it is a common trend in the world. European countries, the US, Japan, Korea, China... all invest a lot in academic arts.

Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" is already a classic and everyone is looking forward to it, not to mention being performed by top international artists. The audience not only gets to see the 'real thing' but also gets to connect with the world, interact and interact with the very cradle that gave birth to those classic works.

As an audience, I really want to go to these shows because it is an opportunity to be exposed to original foreign works performed by top orchestras. And from the perspective of a professional, I hope that in addition to classic works from the first half of the 20th century and earlier, I will also be exposed to works from the second half of the 20th century to the present" - the talented musician shared.

People's Artist Nguyen Cong Bay (middle) said that Ho Guom Theater has proactively developed a plan to invite world-famous orchestras to perform in Vietnam.

People's Artist Nguyen Cong Bay, Director of Ho Guom Theater, said that the theater is always ready to open its doors to welcome international artists to perform. The theater has proactively developed plans to have the best international products such as the Symphony Orchestra of the Royal Opera House of Versailles, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra...

"Some other countries have also expressed their desire to cooperate with Ho Guom Theater to perform here. We want to use this opportunity to create an opportunity for the Theater to integrate internationally, not just in Vietnam, because international audiences may buy tickets to Hanoi to watch the performance," said Mr. Nguyen Cong Bay.

Speaking more about the opening program for the series "Musical Seasons 2024 - 2025", Mr. Tran Hai Dang, Deputy Director of the Institute of Music (Vietnam National Academy of Music), consultant for the Four Seasons Concert program, shared that "Four Seasons" is the opening of a performance season. Opening a big event, opening a signal for the future and this year is the 300th anniversary of the work's birth.

"Previously, audiences only listened to a few separate seasons, Spring - Summer - Fall - Winter, so this is the first time domestic audiences have been able to listen to the complete set of four concertos "Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi performed by international artists," Mr. Tran Hai Dang emphasized.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/the-four-seasons-mang-am-nhac-dinh-cao-den-viet-nam-196240401133040317.htm