The Asia Youth Orchestra (AYO)’s two performances are set to take place on August 17-18 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) in Hanoi.

On August 17, under the baton of James Judd, artists will present ‘Symphony No. 6’ and ‘Pathetique’ of musician Tchaikovsky and ‘Symphony No. 8’ of Dvorak while ‘Fanfare for the Common Man’ and ‘Appalachian Spring’ of Copland and ‘The Planets’ of Holst with conductor Richard Pontzious will be put on stage a day later.

Violist Do Ngoc Thao My from the VNAM is the sole Vietnam representative at this year’s orchestra.

The orchestra consists of 100 artists from Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam aged between 17-27.

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