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Over-100-year-old British orchestra to perform in Vietnamese capital

Xinhua, February 22, 2017 Adjust font size:

As many as 95 artists from 113-year-old Britain's London Symphony Orchestra will perform on pedestrian street in Vietnamese capital Hanoi on March 4, according to local officials on Wednesday.

To Van Dong, director of Hanoi department of culture and sports, said on local Sai Gon Giai Phong (Sai Gon Liberation) newspaper on Wednesday that the program, which will open at 19:45 local time (12:45 GMT) on March 4, is scheduled to last for 105 minutes.

During the concert, Vietnamese audience will have chance to enjoy high art presented by one of the five most prestigious symphony orchestras in the world, said Dong.

The upcoming outdoor performance in Hanoi is part of Asian tour of the London Symphony Orchestra this year. The orchestra, established in 1904, delivers over 70 performances in Britain and over 70 others worldwide each year. Enditem