Hanoi Opera House presents concert on August 4

The event will present to music lovers classical works performed by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO), flutist Le Thu Huong, soloist Co Huy Hung and conductor Le Phi Phi.

Japanese oboist Furube Kenichi of the New Japan Philharmonic and harpist Hayakawa Risako of the NHK Symphony Orchestra will participate in the concert as special guests.

Japanese oboist Furube Kenichi graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1992. In 1991, he became a principal oboist in New Japan Philharmonic at the age of 22 while he was still attending school. 

From 1995 to 1996, he studied abroad at Hochschule für Musik und Theater München as an Affinis Arts Foundation’s overseas trainee. 

He has performed with many orchestras both in and outside of Japan such as New Japan Philharmonic; Japan Chamber Orchestra; I Solisti Italiani, Ensemble Archi della Scala and more. 

He often participates in Saito Kinen Orchestra and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In addition, he is also instructing younger generations at Tokyo College of Arts and Showa Academia Musicae as a part time instructor.