The 2025 National Expanded Music Festival kicks off the Vietnam-China Humanitarian Exchange Year

The 2025 National Expanded Music Festival with the theme Music Convergence and Spread, kicking off the Vietnam-China Humanitarian Exchange Year, will take place at the Southern Military Theater and Ho Chi Minh City Theater, from October 29 to November 2.

Program to celebrate Vietnam Music Day 2019 organized by Ho Chi Minh City Music Association - Photo: Vietnam Musicians Association

The 2025 National Expanded Music Festival is organized by the Vietnam Musicians Association in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, the Ho Chi Minh City Radio and Television Station, and the Ho Chi Minh City Music Association, to welcome Party congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party; and to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China (1950 - 2025).

The festival is also the launching event of the Vietnam - China Humanitarian Exchange Year to strengthen cooperation in the field of music between the two countries.

600 musicians and artists participated

The Vietnam Musicians Association said that the 2025 National Expanded Music Festival is a festival for musicians and music lovers, aiming to honor and promote new musical works and projects, and continue to encourage creative exploration in the fields of composition, performance and music training.

This is also an opportunity to meet, exchange and interact in music between domestic and international composers and performing artists.

The works and performances participating in the festival focus on reflecting the themes of the Party, President Ho Chi Minh , the current construction and protection of our Fatherland, love for the homeland, country, traditional Vietnamese culture and in the era of national growth; culture and international friendship.

The 2025 National Expanded Music Festival includes two areas: Festival of musical works (composed in 2024); Festival of Vietnamese voices and instrumental solos (performance festival).

There are 600 musicians and artists participating in the festival, coming from 38 Vietnamese musician associations in provinces and cities across the country, with more than 185 performances in 7 competition programs of the groups.

The organizing committee will award first and second prizes to musical works participating in the festival; gold and silver medals to performances by artists, singers and ensembles.

Vietnam - China Friendship Symphony performance at the ASEAN - China Music Festival on October 24 in China - Photo: Vietnam Musicians Association

Vietnam - China symphony by artists of the two countries

This year's festival is especially a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic relations, so the Vietnam Musicians Association in collaboration with the Guangxi Academy of Arts (China) organized the composition, staging and performance of the Vietnam-China Symphony music program on the closing night of the festival on November 2 at the Ho Chi Minh City Theater.

The 80-minute program was performed by the Hanoi Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) and Vietnamese and Chinese artists and singers.

Artists performing the Vietnam - China Friendship Symphony and songs composed by musicians of the two countries include: Do Hong Quan, Duc Trinh, Pham Ngoc Khoi, Xuan Bac (musician Xuan Bac at the Military University of Culture and Arts), and Chinese musicians: Hau Dao Huy, Lu Quan Huy, Dai Vi, Chung Tuan Trinh...

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