Pianist Marcinkowska will perform in concerts celebrating the National Day of Poland. (Photo courtesy of the artist)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Polish andVietnamese artists are set to perform together during Polish Music Days in Hanoion November 24, 28 and 30 to celebrate the 100 years since Poland’sIndependence Day.
Pianists Joanna Marcinkowska and Nguyen Viet Trung, accompanied by Hanoi PhilharmonicOrchestra, will perform “Piano Concerto No 1 Op 11 E minor” and “Piano ConcertoNo 2” by Frederic Chopin during the concert on November 24.
Composer Wojciech Czepiel will conduct the concert. The 58-year-old conductordirects the Baltic Philharmonic in Gdansk, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestrain Warsaw, the Symphony Orchestra of Krakow Music Academy and the LebanesePhilharmonic Orchestra in Beirut. As a guest conductor, he has performed withthe Moscow Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, the Qatar Philharmonic and the PalermoSymphony Orchestra. His compositions include sonatas for solo violins, songsfor voice and piano and pieces for full orchestras.
Marcinkowska will perform a piano recital on November 28. The pieces in thisconcert include “Legend in A-flat major Op 16 No 1” by Ignacy Jan Paderewski,“Variations in B flat minor Op 3” by Karol Szymanowski, “Mazurka for pianosolo” by Czepiel and “Nocturne in D flat major Op 27 No 2” by Chopin.
Marcinkowska has won awards at various international and Polish pianocompetitions and festivals. She has performed recitals and as a chambermusician and soloist for symphonic concerts in Poland as well as in manyEuropean countries, the US and China. She has co-operated with over 30prominent Polish and foreign conductors as well as music groups and symphonyorchestras.
Hanoi New Music Ensemble will perform on November 30. This was the firstprofessional contemporary music ensemble in Vietnam, founded in 2015. Itsmission is to present new Vietnamese music throughout the country and to representVietnam to international audiences. Its members are amongst the nation’s bestprofessional musicians and teachers, serving as professors at the Vietnam NationalAcademy of Music and performing with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.
They will perform “Chain No 1” by Witold Lutoslawski, “Fall and Rise” by NguyenMinh Nhat, “Streets” by Vu Nhat Tan and “Partita for Chamber Ensemble” byCzepiel.
Tan is a young composer of experimental orchestral, chamber, piano, electronic,computer and multimedia works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and theUS. Born in 1997, Nhat earned a diploma in composition from the Vietnam NationalAcademy of Music in 2015 and has participated in various musical events at homeand abroad. Nhat is currently an undergraduate studying composition at theManhattan School of Music.
The concerts take place at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. — VNS/VNS
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