A concert was held in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on October 17 as part of the second Asia-Europe New Music Festival and the 34th Asian Composers League (ACL) Festival and Conference.

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Artists from Laos, Cambodia, Japan and Vietnam got engaged in the event themed the melody of friends.

The ACL accepted Vietnam’s membership to the association in Tokyo in November 2014 and proposed the Vietnam Musicians’ Association host the two aforesaid programmes from October 12-18 in Hanoi and Vinh Phuc.

Nearly 200 musicians and singers from 30 countries and territories participated in the events.

Themed “Music – Convergence and Pervasion”, the festivals include a series of 11 main performances of symphony, chamber music, chorus, opera and ballet, as well as two workshops on Asian – European New Music and Vietnamese Monochord or “Dan Bau”

Source: VNA