The first performance will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on August 5, followed by a show in Ho Chi Minh City. Both shows will be conducted under the baton of talented Japanese Honna Tetsuji.

Tetsuji has served as music director and principal conductor of the VNSO since 2009. He was appointed conductor of the Osaka Symphony Orchestra from 1995 to 2001 and was a frequent guest conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra from 1998 to 2001. Since 2021, he has been the artistic advisor to the Vietnam Young Music Academy (VYMI).

Meanwhile, skilled piano soloist Nguyen Dang Quang will perform at the concert this year. The 25-year-old talent is notable for starting his piano studies when he was just nine.

In 2020, he completed his undergraduate training programme, majoring in Classical Piano Performance, at the University of Montreal (Canada) after being given a full scholarship from the Vietnamese Government under the guidance of Professor Dang Thai Son.

He finally completed his master's degree programme in 2022 and is now pursuing a doctorate degree at the University of Montreal.

During the Toyota Concert 2023, pianist Nguyen Dang Quang and the VNSO will treat audiences to classic pieces by composers Sergei Rachmaninoff and Jean Sibelius.

All of the proceeds will be granted to promising students as a way of supporting them to pursue their passion for classical music.

The annual event first held in 1998 is jointly organised by Toyota Motor Vietnam and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO), aiming to help the public get closer to classical music.