Hanoi (VNA) – A CD compilation of Vietnamese high profile pianist Dang Thai Son’s favourite classical pieces will hit the streets on May 2.
Distributed by the Phuong Nam Film Company, the collection includes 13 CDs, previously released by Japan ’s Victor Entertainment Inc. (JVC). The CDs include Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Ravel and Debussy scores, and nine devoted entirely to Chopin.
According to director of Phuong Nam Film Phan Mong Thuy, the company has spent four months securing distribution rights from JVC.
“In presenting the CDs of famous pianist Dang Thai Son, our company is doing its utmost to bring Vietnamese audiences valued musical products,” Thuy said.
Phuong Nam will also present at the Vietnamese version of the book A Pianist Loved by Chopin: The Dang Thai Son Story by female journalist and music critic Ikuma Yoshiko. The book was published by the Yamaha Music Media Corporation in 2003.
Son, who American violinist Isaac Stern dubbed “a genuine musician”, will perform during a one-hour concert at the Sofitel Saigon Plaza in HCM City on May 2 in conjunction with the CD release. The concert will start at 8pm in the hotel’s Diamond Ballroom.
Son was awarded the First Prize and Gold Medal at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1980 and has performed with numerous world-class orchestras including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony, the Russian National Symphony, the BBC Philharmonic and the Oslo Philharmonic.-Enditem
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