Published:  00:00 Monday - November 24, 2008

Young Vietnamese pianist Tran Thu Le has finished for six years of studying in Russia.Le will appear at the HCM City Conservatoire, presenting Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No 3 in Es Major, op. 75 and Waltz of the Flowers.

To open the concert, Le will perform solo pieces by Haydn, Franck and Scriabin, including Sonata No 23 in F Major, Prelude, Fugue et Variation and 2 Poemes.

Later, Le will highlight Chopin’s music, playing Scherzo No 1.

Conductor Nguyen Anh Son will direct the 60-minute concert.

“I decided to perform in Vietnam, where my family lives and works together,” said the 27-year-old pianist, a native of Hanoi.

Le’s love for piano originated in childhood, when her mother, musician Nguyen Ngoc Lan, one of the Hanoi Conservatoire’s skilled lecturers, began teaching her.

At the age of eight, she studied piano at the Hanoi Conservatoire. In 1994, she continued her study of music in HCM City’s Conservatoire, spending 11 years to improve her skills.

In 2002, Le was sent to study piano in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatoire.

She studied with music professors Sergei Terekhov and Zinaida Ignatieva, obtaining high marks while obtaining her undergraduate degree.

Returning home, Le says she hopes to play a role in developing the country’s classical music scene.

“For my first performance after studying, I want to show off my deep respect to my Vietnamese and Russian teachers, who supported me in music,” said Le.

The concert will be held at 8pm on November 24 at the HCM City Conservatoire, 112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1.

Tickets range from VND60,000 to 100,000 each and are available at the theatre’s box office.