They will perform masterpieces of classical music by Beethoven, Schumann andBrahms.
Alpers will open the night with Piano Sonata No 21 in C Major Op. 53,which Beethoven dedicated to his close friend and patron Count Ferdinand ErnstGabriel von Waldstein of Vienna.
The pianist will continue the concert with Schumann’s Arabesque in C majorOp. 18.
The highlight of the night will be a performance of Alpers and Duy ofBrahms’ Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 18.
Alpers, who studied at the University of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover,earned a graduate diploma from the Julliard School in New York.
He has won numerous awards at international competitions, including first prizeat the 3rd International Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn 2009.
He has been a soloist with several orchestras and has taken part in chambermusic performances in Europe, the US and Canada.
In 2010, Alpers founded the annual festival and master class series, theInternational Summer Academy Lüneburger Heide, in his hometown Uelzen.
Duy, 36, who began playing violin at the age of four under the instruction ofhis father, professor and violinist Bui Cong Thanh, is a graduate of theTchaikovsky National Music College in Moscow.
He has won top prizes at international competitions, including first prize anda gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musiciansin St Petersburg in 1997.
Duy, who has performed in many countries, including Vietnam, Germany, Italy,and Norway, is a lecturer at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.
The concert will begin at 7pm at the Cultural Salon – Saturday Coffee, 19B PhamNgoc Thach street, District 3.
After the concert in HCM City, Alpers and Duy will tour Hue, Da Nang and Hanoi onMarch 17, 18 and 23, respectively.-VNA