The European Music Festival 2011 will be held at the Youth Theater in Hanoi and the Ho Chi Minh City Music Conservatory from November 17 – 28.
This was announced by the European Union (EU) delegation in Vietnam and EU member embassies at a press conference yesterday in Hanoi.

The festival will feature classical, jazz, pop and world music performances by twenty top musicians from Germany, the Netherlands, France, Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium), the UK and Slovakia.

The German world-class “Ma’ a lot’ Quintet” chamber music ensemble will open the festival with a special performance. Jazz artist Harmen Fraanje (Netherlands), pop singer Milena Minichova (Slovakia) and well known bands such as Swing Quartet (France) and Zun Zun Egui (UK) will also play at the festival.

On of the highlights of the festival will be the world music combination of Vietnamese and European music featuring two Vietnamese folk instruments, T’rung and Tam thap luc (a zither with thirty-six strings).

The European Music Festival 2011, an annual cultural exchange to enhance the relationship between Vietnam and the EU, always receives a warm response from Vietnamese audiences every year.

Nhan Dan