Transposition is a cooperation programme between leading music institutions in Norway and Vietnam, focusing on building strong ties and mutual exchange of expertise between musicians in both countries.
H.E. Ståle T. Risa, Norway’s Ambassador to Vietnam, shakes hands with Mr. Geir Johnson from MIC after signing the new two-year contract for the Transposition programme. . Photo: Nguyen Ngoc TienThe programme has since its beginning transferred knowledge between the partner institutions through concerts, so when a new two-year contract between the Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi and the program’s partner Music Information Centre Norway (MIC) was signed on April 7, a chamber music concert the following day was an appropriate way to show Vietnamese audiences a part of this cooperation programme.
On stage in the Concert Hall of Vietnam National Academy of Music were the well-known and merited Norwegian violinist Stephan Barratt-Due accompanied by the Norwegian viola player Ida Bryhn and one of the leading Norwegian cellists, Øystein Birkeland, together with their Vietnamese partners.
The Norwegian violinist Stephan Barratt-Due receives flowers and praise after the concert. . Photo: Nguyen Ngoc TienFor one week the Norwegian musicians worked and rehearsed in Hanoi with several talents from the Viet-Nor Chamber Orchestra to share their knowledge about classical music and performing on a big stage.
This workshop resulted in the concert with an impressive all-Norwegian repertoire consisting of music from amongst others Edvard Grieg and Arne Nordheim.