Vice President U Myint Swe attends symphony in Nay Pyi Taw

 February 6, 2018

Vice President U Myint Swe and his wife attended performance of the Myanmar National Symphony Orchestra at the Myanmar International Convention Center-2 (MICC-2) in Nay Pyi Taw.

Last night’s entertainment was a collaboration between MRTV’s national orchestra and a band of Japanese musicians under the tutelage of Mr. Yunosuke Yamamoto as conductor and composer.

Attending the event were union ministers, Members of Nay Pyi Taw Council, Japanese Ambassador Mr. Tateshi Higuchi and other officials.

Among the songs performed by the orchestra were Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1 Les Toreadors, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (excerpt), Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 and No. 1, Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus, Myanmar’s Will and Myanmar’s Scenery, Maha, Beauty and the Beast, Despacito and Mahn Taung Yeik Ko.

After the performance, the Vice President and wife conferred congratulatory wreaths to Mr. Yunosuke Yamamoto and Japanese pianist Ms. Kyoko Koyama. Union Minister for Information Dr. Pe Myint next conferred wreaths to the choir members and Mr. Tateshi Higuchi conferred wreaths to MRTV’s National Orchestra. A similar event will be held at the National Theatre on Myoma Kyaung Street in Yangon on 9 February.

Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar