Maestoso will present a baroque concert on Saturday night in Cửa Bắc Church.

HÀ NỘI — A concert featuring Baroque compositions will be presented by music company Maestoso on Saturday at Cửa Bắc Church.

Under the baton of conductor Nguyễn Phú Sơn – co-founder of Maestoso, the Maestoso Armonico Ensemble will perform the Baroque Concert Series No 1, featuring many established and emerging musicians in Việt Nam.

Also in the concert, Maestoso will present the Asian premiere of the Overture in G Minor by Italian composer Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello.

The repertoire will also feature Violin concerto Op 3 No 6 in a-minor RV. 356 by Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Cembalo concerto no.7 in g-minor BWV.1058 by Johann Sebastien Bach and suite from the opera Dardanus by Jean-Philippe Rameau.

The concert will start at 8.30pm. Cửa Bắc Church is at 56 Phan Đình Phùng Street.

Founded in 2017 by Dương Vũ Minh, Nguyễn Đức Anh, Nguyễn Phú Sơn and Lưu Đức Anh, who have all studied abroad at famous international universities of music, Maestoso aims to make classical music accessible to Vietnamese audiences while maintaining the highest standards of quality. — VNS

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