VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Ensemble will stage a free-admission performance at the JF Garage Concert ‘J-Classic’ for music enthusiasts at the courtyard of the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Hanoi on October 4.

The concert, which has been held for the fourth time, will feature famous masterpieces by Antonio Vivaldi, Béla Bartók and Astor Piazzolla as well as many classical and popular pieces from Japan. The show will be also staged by many local artists who are friends of the ensemble, the Japan Foundation announces in a statement.

The Hanoi Ensemble consists of young artists and teachers from the Vietnam National Academy of Music who had studied in Vietnam and several well-known conservatories abroad. Many members of the ensemble have won national and international prestigious music prizes and have performed in many concerts, music festivals as well as many cultural exchange programs in Vietnam and abroad.

JF Garage Concert is a series of concerts at the garage and courtyard of the Japan Foundation, aimed at providing musical diversity to Hanoi through the introduction of Japanese music played by distinguished musicians.

The Japan Foundation is at 27 Quang Trung Street in Hanoi.

September 3 becomes Vietnam Music day

*The Prime Minister has decided to choose the third day of September as the annual Vietnam Music Day, Vietnamplus reports.

The day is the chance to honor the musical merits. The Government will allocate fund from the state budget for the Vietnam Association of Musicians to host the event.

In his decision, the Prime Minister suggests that the Music Day be organized in such a way for artists to promote the charm of Vietnam’s traditional and contemporary music, to compose good musical works as well as to educate young people to attend more to national cultural values.  

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