VietNamNet Bridge – Works from Beethoven will be featured at a concert staged by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) at the Opera House tonight, Dec 19.

Night of music: Pianist Nguyen Thi Uyen Sa will perform during tonight's Beethoven Night programme at the HCM City Opera House. (Photo: VNS)
The Beethoven Night programme will open with the Prometheus Overture, Romance in F Major for Cello and Orchestra and Piano Concerto No 4.

Cellist Nguyen Tan Anh, pianist Nguyen Thi Uyen Sa and the orchestra will perform under conductor Do Kien Cuong.

Anh studied cello at the Gnesin Academy of Music in Moscow, while Sa graduated with a master's degree in piano from the HCM Conservatory.

Cuong graduated in oboe, and conducted at the Ha Noi Conservatory, later studying at Brooklyn College in the US. He is now a conductor of the HCM City Conservatory.

The concert will continue with Symphony No 2 in Major D, consisting of four movements. It was written between 1801 and 1802.

HBSO conductor Nguyen Anh Son, a graduate of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in opera and symphonic conducting, will lead the performance.

The concert will begin at 8pm at the HCM City Opera House at 7 Lam Son Square, District 1. Tickets, ranging from VND150,000 to 250,000, are available at the box office.

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