Famous Korean and Vietnamese artists gathered for a concert in Hanoi on December 3 to promote the image of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam.
The concert, sponsored by the Korean Cultural Centre in Hanoi, aims to strengthen cultural exchange between the two countries.
Korean artists at the concert, including Tenor Park Seong Min, pianist Choo Eun Yeong, Soprano Cho Hye Ryeong and cellist Joo Hye Young, were trained at the world’s leading music academies and have had long performing careers in the RoK and European countries.
For the Vietnamese side, Dao Nhat Quang and Duong Minh Chinh participated in the event.
Dao Nhat Quang studied at Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music where he met Cho Hye Ryeong and got married with her. Now they live and work in HCM City. They presented the Korean song Mountain and the Vietnamese song Hanoi – niem tin va hy vong (Hanoi belief and hope).
Pianist Duong Minh Chinh also studied at Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music and is now a lecturer at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He has won many awards, including a special prize at the Poland Violin Festival and first prize at the Austria Music Festival.