A night for classical music lovers

A concert featuring the masterpieces of Maurice Ravel, Saint-Saens and Albert Roussel conducted by young French talent Jean Deroyer will be held on November 19 at the Opera House (7 Lam Son Square, District 1, HCMC).

HCMC classical music lovers will hear "Ma mere I'Oye" by Maurice Ravel and "Le Festin de I'araignee, Op. 17" by Albert Roussel.

Artist Ly Giai Hoa will also perform the piano concerto in G minor, Op. 22 by Saint-Saens. Hoa is a piano soloist and head of the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).

French conductor Deroyer was born in 1979 and enrolled at the Supreme National Conservatory in Paris at the age of fifteen. While at the conservatory, he was awarded first place prizes for conducting, harmony, fuge, counterpoint and analysis.

Deroyer also won a conducting competition initiated by Kurt Masur. He is currently working for the National Orchestra of France and has been invited to conduct in several orchestras including the Paris Orchestra, Orchestra Philharmonic of Radio France and Ensemble No. 21 (New York and Moscow Contemporary Ensemble.

The concert was organized with the support of the Consulate General of France in HCMC, Cultures France organization, HBSO and Air France.

 (Source: SGT)