VietNamNet Bridge – Pianists from the US, Bulgaria, Singapore, South Korea and Ukraine will join talented pianists from across Viet Nam to perform at the first-ever piano festival, held in HCM City from October 18-23.

Organised to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the HCM City Conservatory of Music, the festival will feature a programme of performances, workshops and master classes.

Pianist Vo Bao Lac Nhan, a lecturer at the Maison Stepman music centre in Brussels, Belgium, will conduct a workshop on piano history on October 18. He will deliver presentations about the art of composing music and contrast different piano performance styles.

Another workshop on the 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor Franz Liszt will be held on October 19 to commemorate his 200th birthday.

Master classes conducted by foreign musical experts will be held on October 20.

Piano performances at the festival will include talented students from the HCM City Conservatory of Music playing from October 21-23. Vietnamese guest artists from the National Music Institute in Ha Noi, Hue Conservatory of Music, as well as foreign artists will also perform during the festival.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News