Concert marking 150th birthday of Rachmaninov to open in Hanoi
The event will be performed by artists of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji. Famous musical pieces at the concert include the violin concerto in D minor, Op.47 of Jean Sibelius, originally composed in 1904 and revised in 1905 and Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27 of Sergei Rachmaninov. Rachmaninov was born on April 1, 1873 in Novgorod, Russia, into a musical family. He took up the piano at the age of 4. He studied with Anton Arensky and Sergei Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory and graduated in 1892. The post Concert marking 150th birthday of Rachmaninov to open in Hanoi appeared first on Vietexplorer.com . View more from VietExplorer: Hanoi greets nearly 31,500 foreign tourists during SEA Games 31 Domestic tourists prefer central coastal localities, staycations to famous destinations for Vietnam’s ongoing holiday Vacationers turn to indoor destinations due to cloudy, rainy we...