The concert opens with The “Communal House Door Song”, a perfect ancient introduction for the new music “The Autumn Wind” by Ton That Tiet and “Fire Line” by Nguyen Thien Đao, the grandfathers of Vietnamese new music. We turn to a brand new string quartet by Nguyen Minh Nhat, who proudly studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
Then the music turns to two giants of the 20th century, the “Pastorale” of Igor Stravinsky and “Dérive 1” by Pierre Boulez, followed by two masterpieces by the current leaders of Hanoi New Music Ensemble, “The Memory” by Vũ Nhật Tân and “Resurrection of the Soul” by Trần Kim Ngọc.
