HCM CITY: More than 600 composers and musicians from 38 music associations across the country will participate in the National Open Music Festival in Ho Chi Minh City from Oct 29 to Nov 2.
The festival, organised by the Vietnam Musicians’ Association and the HCM City People’s Committee and Culture and Sports Department, celebrates the upcoming 14th National Party Congress.
It will introduce new compositions and music projects created in 2024 and 2025, as well as encourage artistes to promote creativity in composing, performing and training.
The festival will feature two categories of composition and performance.
It will present 185 singing and instrumental performances, reflecting topics of love for the country, culture, national development and international friendship.
The performances will feature musicians and singers such as meritorious artistes To Nga, Tien Lam and Y Joel Knul, Tung Duong and Hoang Nghiep.
The festival will be held at the Military Theatre, Southern branch, at 140 Cong Hoa Street in Tan Son Nhat Ward.
In the framework of the festival, the Vietnam Musicians’ Association, in collaboration with the Guangxi Arts Institute from China, will host a chamber concert on Nov 2 at the Opera House in Saigon Ward to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. — Vietnam News/ANN
