VietNamNet Bridge – Six Vietnamese artists from the Vietnam National Academy of Music, including leading violinist Bui Cong Duy will join Denmark’s Hafnia Chamber Orchestra in two concerts in Denmark, on August 21-22. 

The shows are part of the 2012 Danish-East Meets West music project. They will feature one new Vietnamese concerto and a Danish religious hymn entitled “Peace Rests over Land and Town” by Bernhard Severin Ingemann.

The concerts will have the participation of well-known flautist Michala Petri and Vietnamese-Danish bassist and jazz composer Chris Minh Doky.

Michala Petri will play solo in the first show and share the stage with Chris Minh Doky in the second.

Bui Cong Duy has won many international awards, including international violin contests in Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg in 1993 and 1995 and the Tchaikovsky International Music Competition for under 18 year old violinists in 1997.

Michala Petri has also won a number of prestigious accolades, such as the H. C. Lumbye Prize in 1998, the Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize in 1998 and the Léonie Sonning Music Prize in 2000. She has joined nearly 4,000 concerts.

Chris Minh Doky has performed in many big cities in the world, from New York to Copenhagen. He will bring his unique style of mixing traditional jazz and classical music to the event.

Compiled by P. Linh