As a conductor, Fan founded and acted as the first Music Director of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong (China). Recently, he was appointed Board Director and Chief Conductor of the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra of Vietnam.
Besides Fan has taught violin, orchestral technique, and chamber music at multiple universities. The concert is scheduled to take place at Hanoi Opera House on July 8.
Featuring the symphonies composed during the Romantic era, the concert will be viewed as an emotional night that classical music lovers cannot miss.
The event will have the presence of top international musicians from the Republic of Korea, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra and Vietnam National Opera & Ballet Theatre.
Renowned cellist Richard Bamping of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and pianist Hokyong Choi of the Republic of Korea are expected to put on impressive performances at the concert.
Concert features Italy’s opera excerpts
NDO – The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will cooperate with the Italian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City to organise an Italian music night on October 5 featuring excerpts from famous Italian operas.
Hanoi Opera House virtual tour launched
NDO – The virtual tour of Hanoi Opera House, under the digitalisation project of cultural heritages implemented by the Institute Francophone International, was officially launched at a ceremony in Hanoi, on July 12.
London’s famous orchestra to return Hanoi for the third time
NDO – The over 100-year-old London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) will return to the capital city of Hanoi for their third concert there on October 5 at the monument area dedicated to King Ly Thai To.
Trang Trinh’s musical dream
Pianist Trinh Mai Trang (also known as Trang Trinh) graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has a long list of international prizes and has all the criteria needed to flourish on the Western stage but she chose to come back to her fatherland to realize the dream of bringing classical music to the masses in her own way.
Director Claude Bourrin links Western and Vietnamese culture
French actor, director Claude Bourrin, the first director of the Hanoi Opera House, was the pioneer to bring Western drama to Vietnam and set the foundation for Vietnamese drama.
