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Concert to celebrate Vietnam-Belgium diplomatic ties

A concert will be held on July 19 night at the HCM City Opera House to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Belgium diplomatic ties, announced the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera on July 17.
Concert to celebrate Vietnam-Belgium diplomatic ties ảnh 1Belgian conductor Daniel Gazo (Source: HBSO)

HCM City (VNA) – A concert will be held on July 19night at the HCM City Opera House to mark the 45th anniversary ofVietnam-Belgium diplomatic ties, announced the HCM City Ballet SymphonyOrchestra and Opera (HBSO) on July 17.

Artists from HBSO will perform the Symphony No.8 ofworld-renowned composer Beethoven and many special works featuring the cultureof Belgium.

Led by Belgian conductor Daniel Gazo, the concert will alsosee the participation of artist Cho Hae Ryong from the Republic of Korea andHoang Ngoc Anh Quan – a solo clarinetist of Vietnam.

Cho will perform the song Lied of Mignon composedby Belgian conductor Lodewijk Mortelmans with lyrics from the poem Mignon,Kennst du das Land (Mignon, Do You Know the Land) by German writer JohannWolfgang von Goethe.

She will then sing twoexcerpts Release and Les Langues de Feu (The Fire ofLanguages) from Cinq Melodies (Five Melodies), Op 57 by Belgiancomposer and music educator Joseph Jongen.

Meanwhile, Quan, a new graduate of Maastricht Academy of Musicin the Netherlands, will present “Introduction, Theme and Variations forthe Clarinet and Orchestra” of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini.

Vietnam and Belgium set up diplomatic ties in 1973. The twocountries have held high-level meetings and visits regularly, while supportingeach other at international forums.

Economic and trade cooperation has played a key role inbilateral ties. In 2017, two-way trade reached nearly 2.5 billion USD. Belgiumis currently running more than 60 projects worth about 600 million USD inVietnam.-VNA
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