The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present contemporary music and dance performances by international and Vietnamese musicians and choreographers at the city’s Opera House on July 9.

Featured will be Melody of Ethnic Minorities from Northwest from Vietnamese composer and pianist Dang Huu Phuc’s great work Eight Symphonic Pieces from Vietnamese Folk.

Phuc, 63, a graduate of Hanoi Conservatory, is best known for his film scores. He has written over 60 works, primarily for film and theatre.

He has won several top prizes for film scores at national and international film festivals.

The performance will also feature extracts from contemporary compositions, including Albanian Suite by Albanian composer David Tukici, Symphony No 1 by Lưu Quang Minh, and Overture “Cold Desire” by Nguyen Manh Duy Linh.

All works will be performed by the HBSO Symphony Orchestra led by veteran conductor Tran Nhat Minh, director of HBSO.

The second part of the program will highlight contemporary dance piece Gone Through Love by choreographers Nguyen Phuc Hai and Nguyen Phuc Hung.

Choreographer and ballet dancer Hai, head of the HBSO Ballet, has choreographed and performed many dance pieces, including Brother, Zig Zag, Motion, and Touching the Past.

Hung, a graduate in choreography from Fontys Dance Academy in the Netherlands, is general director in charge of HBSO’s programs.

Both choreographers presented their first dance piece Dream Puzzles in 2012 which received a warm welcome from local and foreign audiences.

The dance performance will feature young dancer Tran Hoang Yen, a graduate of the HCM City Dance School. She has taken part in several dance festivals in Vietnam and other countries like South Korea and China.

She has performed as soloist in HBSO’s many ballet and contemporary dance pieces such as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Dream Puzzles.

Yen will perform along with young dancers like Nguyen Thu Trang, Phan Tieu Ly and Sung A Lung.

The performance will begin at 8pm at 7 Lam Sơn Square, District 1. Tickets are VNĐ200,000 to VNĐ550,000 (US$9-25). They are available at www.hbso.org.vn.

VNS