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Vietnam-US music night to open in Ho Chi Minh City

The Vietnam-US music night will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 29 with the return of acclaimed violinist Vu Viet Chuong, introducing well-known opera songs to the public.
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam-US music night will takeplace in Ho Chi Minh City on October 29 with the return of acclaimed violinistVu Viet Chuong, introducing well-known opera songs to the public. 

The overture will open with the opera Candide, an adaptationof French writer Voltaire which debuted on Broadway stage for the first time in1956, followed by a series of movie themes such as Schindler’s List, Memory ofa Geisha and Scent of a Woman by John Williams.

Williams has won five Oscar awards, four Golden Globe Awards,seven British Academy Film and 22 Grammy awards. His music appeared in a numberof popular films such as Star War, Superman, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones. He wasalso presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Film Institutein 2016.

Under the baton of Hector Guzman from the US, the secondpart will feature Sergei Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 which was played inBirdman – the Oscar-winning film in 2015.

The event will be co-organised by the Ho Chi Minh CityBallet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, the Ho Chi Minh City Union of FriendshipOrganisations and the Vietnam – US Friendship Association in Ho Chi MinhCity.-VNA
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