This is the first time Vietnamese musicians have been invited to take part in the festival held in Beethoven’s native city of Bonn. Attending will be top international orchestras, well-known soloists, major ensembles and promising young performers.

Two shows by Vietnamese musicians will be held on September 27 and 30 at the Beethovenhall.

Next Sunday the musicians will perform Beethoven’s Coriolanus overture and Symphony No 7, as well as Rhapsody of Vietnam by Do Hong Quan and Tran Manh Hung’s Le Chi Vien for orchestra and violin under the baton of French conductor Claire Levacher.

The second show will feature classical pieces by Beethoven and Max Bruch and R Schumann. The highlight of the show will be a solo violin performance by Bui Cong Duy conducted by Germany’s Peter Gulker.

After the show, the musicians will take part in a workshop on Romanticism with a youth orchestra, which has become a tradition at the Beethovenfest Bonn.

The Vietnamese musicians will also be performing in Berlin on October 1.

VNS