Conductor Le Phi Phi to return home for Bach concert
Conductor Le Phi Phi will return to Vietnam from Macedonia to conduct a concert featuring works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach on August 9 at the Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City.
Hanoi (VNA) - ConductorLe Phi Phi will return to Vietnam from Macedonia to conduct a concert featuring works composedby Johann Sebastian Bach on August 9 at the Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City.
ViolinistLidya Dobrevska and Macedonian oboist Gordana Josifova Nedelkovska will also perform at the concert.
Born in Hanoi, Phigraduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire. After graduation, hebecame the permanent conductor of the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra from1993 to 2000. He has also conducted numerous concerts around the world.
He has performed withMacedonian National Symphony Orchestra, Macedonian Ballet Theatre, the SymphonyOrchestra of the city of Nis in Serbia, the Vietnam National Opera Ballet(VNOB) and Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) in HCM City.
He has toured in Macedonia, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Sweden,Albania and Bulgaria and is currently teaching at the Macedonian Centre ofOpera and Ballet.
Since 1995, Phi hasreturned home regularly and joined hands with the VNOB and HBSO to organiseconcerts. He has also helped connect overseas Vietnamese artists with local artshow organisers.-VNA
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Conductor Le Phi Phi (Source: VNA) 
