The concert will feature Overture from the operetta DieFledermaus (The Bat) by Johann Strauss II, Piano Concerto No 2 in FMinor, Op 21 by Frederic Chopin, and Symphony No 8 in G Major Op88 by Antonin Dvorak.
Young Vietnamese pianist Bui Vu Nguyet Minh will perform along with the SaigonPhilharmonic Orchestra.
The 18-year-old student of the conservatory won Gold Prize at the 2009 AsiaInternational Piano Academy Festival and Competition in Cheonan, the Republicof Korea, and third prize at the 2016 International Piano Memorial Isidor Bajicin Serbia.
She was hounoured as one of the HCM City’s 10 outstanding young citizens of2016.
Conductor Urrecho began as an orchestra musician at an early age in theArrasate Musical Symphony Orchestra and then performed with numerousorchestras, such as the Boston Symphony, New World Symphony and BarcelonaSymphony.
He later studied conducting with Maestro Sygmon Kawalla at Chopin University inWarsaw, Poland where he obtained his doctoral degree in opera and orchestralconducting.
He has conducted at Saint Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Basque CountryNational Symphony Orchestra, and Rumanian National Radio Orchestra.
Urrecho now is a professor at the University of Suwon, South Korea. He was thefounder and artistic director of Hwaseong Academy Festival Orchestra, and since2013 he has been artistic director and principal conductor of KwangsungPhilharmonic Orchestra and Choir.
The concert will begin at 8pm at 112 Nguyen Du street in District 1. Ticketsare available at the venue.-VNA