A variety of performances will be given across the country from
August 31 to September 3 to celebrate the Vietnamese Music Day
(September 3), according to Do Hong Quan, chairman of the Vietnam
Musicians Association.
This would be an occasion to honour
Vietnamese music and musicians as well as to bring music closer to the
public, he said.
Highlights of the event include a gala nigh at
the Hanoi Opera House featuring works by the late composers Nguyen Dinh
Thi and Van Cao, winners of Ho Chi Minh Award; and performances on
outdoor stages near Ba Kieu temple and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi
, and public places in HCM City .
The annual Vietnamese
Music Day was organised for the first time on September 3, 2010. On
the same day in 1960, President Ho Chi Minh conducted a choir and an
orchestra in a performance of Bai Ca Doan Ket (Solidarity Song) at
Hanoi’s Bach Thao Botanical Garden.-VNA