Some 17,000 music lovers in Paris flocked to a special show jointly performed by the French rock band Indochine and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday evening.

Under the baton of well-known French conductor Xavier Rist, the artists entertained the local audiences with Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf”, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, and the Overture “Festival Day” from Vietnamese composer Dang Huu Phuc.

Paris is the last leg of the Vietnamese symphony orchestra’s tour of France that started on May 12 under the sponsorship of the Poitou-Charentes region.

The orchestra had previously given three shows in the Poitou-Charentes region and Choisy Le Roi.

This is was the first overseas performance trip to the European continent by a Vietnamese symphony orchestra, said Tran Thu Ha, head of the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra delegation.

In related news, a troupe of performers from the Vietnam National Music, Dance and Song Theatre will perform at the International Festival on Intangible Cultural Heritages in China from May 22 to June 10.

Twenty-four artists will give a variety of performances using national musical instruments, folk songs and dances, and Nha Nhac (Hue Royal Court Music) at the festival.

Vietnam’s Hue Royal Court Music and Gong Culture of Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands) were recently recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritages of Humanity.

Source: Thanhnien