Famous Dutch cellist, Harriet Krijgh, will perform at classical concerts in October, 2011 in Hanoi.  

Accordingly, she will perform a cello solo with the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra in a concert of “Beethoven’s Triple Concerto” on October 13th and 14th, and with the Orchestra of Vietnam National Music Academy in the concert “Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations” on October 17th and 18th.

Born in 1991 in The Netherlands, she started playing cello at the age of five, and in 2004 moved to Vienna to study cello at the Private Music Academy in Vienna, where she will graduate in 2012.

Harriet Krijgh won the first prize and a special prize at the “Princess Christina Competition” in the Netherlands, the first prize at the "Prima La Musica" contest in Austria, the first prize and Nicole Janigro Prize at the “International Cello Competition Antonio Janigro” competition in Croatia, and the first prize at the Fidelio Contest in Vienna, Austria.

Since December, 2010, she was named the most outstanding cellist by Capriccio, a German music firm. She will record two CDs in November 2011 with two instruments, violoncello and piano.

Source: CPV

Translated by Tran Hoai