Korean cellist to perform Dvorak music at Opera House

KOREAN MASTER - Cellist Kang Ji Seoung from South Korea will perform Czech composer Antonin Dvorak’s concerto at the HCM City Opera House on November 9. Photo courtesy of HBSO

HCM CITY — Cellist Kang Ji Seoung from South Korea will perform Czech composer Antonin Dvorak’s concerto at the HCM City Opera House this week.

The cellist will present the Cello Concerto in B Minor, op 104, B 191, along with the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera's (HBSO) symphony orchestra, on November 9.

The three-movement composition was written in 1894 and premiered in London in 1896.

The work is known for its rich orchestral music and lyrical writing for the solo instrument. It is one of the most frequently performed cello concertos.

Cellist Kang has been in Việt Nam before and performed with the Việt Nam Youth Orchestra in a concert called “A Night of the Cinema” in Hà Nội in April.

The concert will also feature Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 73 composed by German composer Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1877.

The four-movement composition premiered in Vienna in December 1877. It is known as one of Brahms’ brightest compositions, having a well-balanced structure, elegant thematic development, and a feeling of optimism.

The HBSO symphony orchestra will also perform.

MUSIC LEADER - Conductor Trần Nhật Minh will lead the concert. Photo courtesy of HBSO

Conductor Trần Nhật Minh, head and chorusmaster of the HBSO Opera, will lead the concert.

Minh graduated in chorus conducting from the Magnitogorsk State Conservatory in Russia and earned his Master’s of Art at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 2007.

He has collaborated with international symphony orchestras and has received numerous honours.

The concert will begin at 8pm at 7 Lam Sơn Square in District 1. Tickets are available at the venue and at www.ticketbox.vn. — VNS