On November 11th, the opening ceremony of Ho Chi Minh city International Guitar Festival 2015 themed “Guitar Suite” took place at Ho Chi Minh city Conservatory of Music.

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The event gathered the participation of internationally acclaimed guitarists from different countries such as Rene Izquierdo (Associate Professor of guitar at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA); Jeremy Jouve (France), winner of 2003 GFA award (Guitar Foundation of America) – the most prestigious competitions between current guitarists, with guitar and flute duet CD nominated for the 2014 Grammy award.

Anton Baranov (Russia), who won the prestigious GFA award in 2013 together with over 20 other international awards and Kozo Tate (Japan), who won the Guitar Foundation of Japan contest in 1975 were also in attendance.

The performance called “Guitar Saigon” will feature young, local guitarists on November 12th. The next day will see the “Performance and Talk” at the Saturday Café in district 3.

The “Guitar Classique and Romantique” concert presenting classical works will be performed by the Saigon Guitar Quartet, Kozo Tate, Nguyen Thanh Hang and Anton Baranov on November 14th.

Meanwhile artists Rene Izquierdo and Jeremy Jouve will take part in the “Guitar Journey” concert on November 15th.

( Compiled by VNF )