Composer Nguyen Thien Dao to perform at the event. (Source: Organisation board
The event is hoped to provide a good chance for the two continents’ musicians and artists, including those from Vietnam, to share experience and values of new music, he said, adding that it will also offer an opportunity for Vietnam to introduce its culture to international friends. The festival will feature music of different genres ranging from symphony, concert, folk and national music and opera to chorus and new songs. Initiated by the Unions of Composers of Russia and Tatarstan in 1993, the Asia-Europe New Music Festival has become a prestigious music forum in the world. The biennial event has so far attracted the participation of 45 countries and territories in the two continents