On the stage of the Encounter Concert, the two artists, together with the Hanoi Saigon Chamber Orchestra and under the direction of the master conductor Honna Tetsuji, will perform great classic masterpieces include Franz Schubert’s Fantaisie F - Moll op. 103, Frederic Chopin’s Ballade No 4 and Heroic Polonaise Op.53, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto No 2 BWV 1053 and Concerto No 4 BWV 1055.

The concert is sponsored by Tan Viet Securities Joint Stock Company (TVSI), FLC Biscom, Military Bank (MB Bank) and The Odys Boutique Hotel.

According to the organisers, the unexpected encounter of two artists with two different personalities will enable the audience to feel life’s diversities and therefore will bring different exciting colours to the concert.

Tran Gia Quang was born in 2007 and began playing the piano at the age of seven under the guidance of his mother, Dao Thi Bich Thuan.

In 2019, after passing the exam and receiving a scholarship at the Juilliard School of Music, Quang studied piano under the Finnish pianist Matti Raekallio and took the chamber music class of artist Yi-Heng Yang. He used to perform at the Paul Hall concert hall, the Presbyterian Church in New Jersey with CME - an organisation that sponsors talented young musicians.

After completing two years of pre-college at Juilliard with flying colours, under the guidance of pianist Nhu, he passed the entrance exam to the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he is currently studying.

The 14-year-old pianist has won many international awards including the first prize in the fourth Hanoi International Piano Competition in 2018, first prize in Group A at Steinway Vietnam competition and first prize in Group C in IMCAS competition in Singapore.

Speaking of his performances in Encounter, Quang said: “The upcoming concert when I can perform on the same stage with pianist Luong To Nhu and other leading musicians in Vietnam such as conductor Honna Tetsuji, violinist Nguyen Thien Minh, violinist Dao Mai Anh or violist Pham Vu Thien Bao will help me mature on my musical path. I hope to be able to contribute more to the national classical music scene.”

Pianist Luong To Nhu, born in Hanoi in 1987 and raised in Paris, has both Vietnamese and French culture and represents the new generation of young global citizens living to the fullest, with a desire to explore the wider world.

Nhu started taking piano lessons with Professor Truong Thi Tue at Hanoi College of Art. While studying here, she continuously achieved top prizes in young talent contests in Vietnam and participated in an international music festival in China. Under the guidance of pianist Nguyen Huu Tuan, she received a full scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London at the age of 14, before moving to France at the age of 15 to study at the Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatory.

During more than 15 years in France, Nhu studied piano performance and chamber ensemble with many world-class artists such as Marie-Josèphe Jude, Jean-François Heisser and Xavier Gagnepain. She has won several top prizes in international piano competitions such as UFAM and Claude Kahn. The pianist has participated in more than one hundred concerts, music festivals, as well as recording projects of international music producers and labels.

Since her return to Vietnam in 2015, Nhu has been devoting herself to music education. Together with maestro Honna Tetsuji, she founded the Hanoi Saigon Baroque Orchestra with talented and enthusiastic artists, to bring a bright and positive classical music breeze to the audience all over the country. 

Source: Vietnam News