The Toyota Classics 2018 event themed "Music that Moves Lives” is scheduled to take place at the Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City on November 17, heard a press conference in the city on November 1.
Musical director Steven
Devine speaks at the press conference (Photo: VNA)
This year’s concert will be the 21st
edition held in Vietnam,
marking the 29th year of the Toyota Classics.
The concert will feature the "Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment” from the United Kingdom,
along with musical director Steven Devine, British soprano Charlotte
Beament,and violin soloist Daniel Edgar.
The Vocational Ballet School of HCM City (VBSH) will also perform at the event.
At the press conference, Vice President of Toyota Motor Vietnam Do Thu Hoang
said that over the past 20 years, the concert’s ticket proceeds were granted to
the Toyota Scholarship for Vietnamese Young Music Talents.
As many as 203 concerts have been held over the past 30 years, promoting
cultural exchange across the world.
The total ticket proceeds of the concerts, worth about 9.5 million USD, were
given to charity activities to support the development of 14 countries and
territories in the Asia-Pacific.
Source: VNA
In an effort to preserve and promote the unique cultural values of Mo Muong, the northern province of Hoa Binh is charting a course to compile a scientific dossier seeking UNESCO recognition for Mo Muong as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
Facing the risk of fading away due to aging artisans and dwindling performance space, the cultural heritage values of Mo Muong have been at the heart of Hoa Binh’s concerted preservation and promotion efforts.
Hoa Binh province has over 63% of its population being Muong ethnic people, who have created and upheld a diverse culture for generations. In that culture, Mo Muong is an outstanding and unique identity holding profound human values. Over the past years, the province has carried out a number of concrete and practical activities to preserve and promote values of this cultural heritage. The Government has submitted a dossier to UNESCO to seek the inscription of Mo Muong into the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity in need of urgent safeguarding.
The provincial Union of Science and Technology in coordination with the Heritage Park for Scientists & Scholars of Vietnam has organised a symposium on culture traits associated with Tay Tien (Westward advancing) soldiers and tourism along the route they once marched.
With its advantages in geography, natural landscapes, and convenient transportation, Lac Thuy district in the northern province of Hoa Binh has huge potential to develop tourism, especially culture and spiritual tourism, eco-tourism, and festival tourism.
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