Concert features Korean talents
An evening concert, the Voice of Spring, will feature two the Republic of Korean (RoK) musicians performing along with the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) on March 8 at the HCM City Opera House.
Soprano Sung Hee Park and flutist Hyun Ju Ro will accompany the orchestra conducted by Tran Vuong Thach.
Works will include The Voice of Spring Waltz by Johann Strauss, the Light Cavalry Overture by Franz von Suppe, the Doll’s sing from the opera the Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach, a famous Mazart aria, and a concerto for flute composed by Carl Reinecke of Germany.
Coloratura soprano Sung Hee Park, widely regarded as a great musical talent with impressive lyrical tone, has performed throughout Europe and Asia.
She garnered first prizes in the international competitions “Riviera Etrusca” (2005), “Padova” (2005), and “Visi d’ arte” (2006).
Park was the first Asian to receive a doctorate from Corso Biennia. She also graduated from the Municipal Conservatory of Milano and was accepted to take a course with soprano Mirella Freni
She is a lecturer at Korea’s Ewha Womans University, Sun Haw Arts High School and Kiangsi Arts High School.
She also has been appointed Ambassador for Culture and Arts by the Republic of Korea Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Flutist Hyun Jug Ro, born in Seoul, came to the US at the age of 16 and attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music and continued her education at Hochschule fuer Musik Hamburg.
A winner of the ERASMUS scholarship to study in Vienna under Wolfgang Schulz, she has had numerous solo recitals and chamber concerts in the Republic of Korea, Southeast Asia and Europe.
She is second flutist for Korea’s Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra and teaches at Seongnam Academy. She is also a member if the Flute Choir with Love and the Republic of Krea Flute Education Association.
Tickets are available at the Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, in District 1.