The Sun Symphony Orchestra
Established in 2017, under the umbrella of the Sun Group, the Sun Symphony Orchestra (SSO) aims to become one of Vietnam’s premier classical orchestras, enriching the lives of the country’s people through music and bringing a new standard to the Vietnamese cultural scene. Through a rigorous audition process, the orchestra is comprised of some of the finest musicians from around the world and Vietnam. The Sun Symphony Orchestra serves as the nation’s cultural jewel, bringing international-caliber performances to its enthusiastic audiences. In addition to its Mainstage Concert Series, the orchestra is becoming popular for its chamber music performances and for its significant role in educating and mentoring the young people of Vietnam. Since its official launch in May 2018, the Sun Symphony Orchestra has already garnered a reputation for its consistent artistic quality, having earned accolades from prominent composers, international artists and eminent cultural authorities.
Under the baton of Maestro Ochanine, the orchestra has already collaborated with some of the most famous artists in the world including: Korean soprano Sumi Jo, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, Russian violinist Sergei Dogadin and well-known Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy. In 2019, the Sun Symphony Orchestra wishes to continue creating performances that capture the attention of people from all ages and backgrounds, a vision in which our Board, musicians, and staff believe. Most recently, the Sun Symphony Orchestra has partnered in an Educational Series with the Vietnam National Academy of Music, where the orchestra hopes to inspire the next generation of young people and to share with them their passion and knowledge in music.
Driven to build a leading orchestra of international quality, it is the vision and motivation of Maestro Olivier Ochanine and the Sun Symphony Orchestra to continue their hard work and pursue excellence.
Board of Management
Chairman of Sun Group
CEO of SSO
Mr. Đặng Minh Trường
A heartfelt welcome from the Sun Symphony Orchestra!
Since as far back as 2007, the Sun Group has maintained a mission of providing the highest quality to our patrons. In doing so we have raised the standards and expectations of the Vietnamese people. The creation of the Sun Symphony Orchestra is a testament to the value we place on improving the lives of our community members through music. The SSO has become an indispensable and integral part of Vietnam’s cultural scene and has embraced its potential role as an effective driver of economic development which makes this city an attractive place to live and work for this and future generations.
We invite you to join us on this exciting journey for Vietnam.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to welcoming you to our concerts.
The Sun Symphony Orchestra
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Music Director / Principal Conductor
Mr. Olivier Ochanine
Dear friends of the Sun Symphony Orchestra,
It is a pleasure for me to welcome you to the Sun Symphony Orchestra’s first full, public concert season.
A new, professional symphony orchestra does not often emerge in today’s world. The Sun Symphony Orchestra is extremely grateful for the huge support that the Sun Group has provided in helping us to launch an orchestra of international standard in Vietnam. I’ve been involved with the creation of this orchestra since the very beginning and can emphatically say that the Sun Group has been fully committed to making this project succeed and grow in the years to come.
Our musicians have shown great aptitude, discipline and devotion to the Sun Symphony Orchestra’s vision. I am impressed with their ability to adapt in the whirlwind of changes that inevitably take place in an orchestra’s inaugural year. The musicians have been an absolute joy to work with, and this chapter in orchestra music for Vietnam is one with which I am so proud and grateful to be involved.
Our first official season, entitled ‘Symphony of the Rising Sun’, features some extraordinary guest artists and a wide array of music that is sure to pique our audience’s interest. We will serve musical offerings by way of our Mainstage Concert Series, which is outlined in this brochure. We also continue our popular chamber music concerts as well as our educational series in collaboration with the Vietnam National Academy of Music.
We look forward to welcoming you to our concerts and hope that you enjoy our first official season, ‘Symphony of the Rising Sun’.
Olivier Ochanine
Music Director / Principal Conductor
Olivier Ochanine is a French conductor and flutist, holds a master’s degree in Conducting from the University of Southern California and has pursued a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting, at the Cincinnati College – Conservatory of Music.
Olivier is the First Prize Winner of the Antal Dorati International Conducting Competition in Budapest, Hungary (2015), where he surpassed nearly 120 other conductors from 23 countries. He also has won the prestigious The American Prize (2015) in the Professional Orchestra Conducting division and is the Second Prize Winner of the London Classical Soloists International Conducting Competition (2015).
Regularly praised for his charisma on and off the podium, he is known for his breadth of orchestral repertoire and was the youngest Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). He has conducted concerts with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and is a regular guest conductor with the Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra (China). He has also conducted the Cincinnati College-Conservatory Orchestras, Budapest MAV Symphony Orchestra, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, I Virtuosi Italiani, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, and Gyor Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.
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The Orchestra
Hojin Kim
Concertmaster
Korean concertmaster Hojin Kim received her Bachelor of Music degree from Mannes College The New School for Music in New York City. She furthered her studies at the school on a President’s Full Scholarship …
Hojin Kim
Concertmaster
Korean concertmaster Hojin Kim received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Mannes College – The New School for Music in New York City. She furthered her studies at the school on a President’s Full Scholarship and was a student of Ann Setzer in the Professional Studies Diploma Program. Upon graduation she was presented with the George and Elizabeth Gregory Award for Excellence in Performance.
She has also participated in masterclasses by renowned violinists such as Joseph Lin, Pamela Frank and Martin Beaver.
Hojin has served as concertmaster of the Mannes Orchestra and has performed at various New York City venues, including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She has collaborated with the Metropolitan Opera, the International Contemporary Ensemble and The New England Symphonic Ensemble. Recent appearances include collaborations with distinguished musicians including Vladimir Feltsman and Kaija Saariaho. She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Hương
Associate Concertmaster
Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Hương
Associate Concertmaster
Nguyen Thi My Huong started playing the violin at the age of 3 with her father. She continued her studies in Viet Nam, Hungary and Austria. She graduated with a Bachelor’s of Music and Master’s degree from the Vietnam National Academy of Music and did her Post-Graduate Studies with scholarship at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria.
She has participated in various chamber music and orchestra training courses including, the Asian Youth Orchestra and the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo. She has also attended courses in Guangzhou, Bonn and Los Angeles.
My Huong regularly participates as a soloist and chamber musician with Vietnamese and International artists. She has collaborated as a Concertmaster for the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and has been invited as a Guest Principal 2nd Violin for the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. She is also a proud member of the Hanoi Ensemble and the Aurora String Quartet.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Đỗ Phương Nhi
principal of 2nd violins
Do Phuong Nhi graduated with a “Master of Performance” in 2022 at The Norwegian Academy of Music with Professor Elise Båtnes, and Orchestra Academy at The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. She graduated her Batchelor at the Barratt-Due Music Institute with Professor Stephan Barratt-Due in 2020.
Đỗ Phương Nhi
principal of 2nd violins
Do Phuong Nhi graduated with a “Master of Performance” in 2022 at The Norwegian Academy of Music with Professor Elise Båtnes, and Orchestra Academy at The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. She graduated her Batchelor at the Barratt-Due Music Institute with Professor Stephan Barratt-Due in 2020.
Nhi has been an active soloist since 11 years old, attended young talents programs at Barratt-Due in Norway, and debut Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra the same year. She has been performing with national and international orchestras, such as Trondheim Solistene, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Camerata, Forsvarets Musikk Orchestra, Romerike Symphony Orchestra, Barratt Due KAMFIL Orchestra, and the Fort Collins Orchestra in USA.
In 2015, she won first prize in the Sparre Olsen competition for young talents in Norway, held in Gjøvik.
Nhi has officially performed in orchestras and touring in Norway such as Oslo Philharmonic, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, The Norwegian Opera and Ballet, Det Norske Kammerorkester, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. She has recorded several albums with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in previous years, with labels such as Deutsches Gramophone in 2022, and Lawo (2023). In 2024, she participated in the Pacific Music Festival, touring in Japan. Other previous festivals such as Pablo de Casals (in France), Rheingau Music Festival and Young Euro Classic (in Germany), Valdres Summer Symphony and Fjord Classics (in Norway).
Since 2023, Nhi has been participating as guest-leader at the Sun Symphony Orchestra, and guest-concertmaster at Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.
She plays a violin made by Bernadel in France, 1899.
Do Phuong Nhi has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since December 2024.
Đào Hồng Nhung
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Đào Hồng Nhung
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At the age of 4, Dao Hong Nhung’s first experience with music was on the piano before switching to the violin at the age of 6. She began her musical studies at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in 1998 and was awarded several scholarships including Texas Music festival scholarship, Toyota Scholarship, Norway Music Festival Scholarship and the Korean Exchange Bank Foundations’ Scholarship. She was also earned a place to study at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music under scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance in 2015.
She has many experiences serving as section violin and associate concertmaster including with the Asian Youth Orchestra and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Dư Vũ Khánh Chi
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Du Vu Khanh Chi first experienced music on the piano at the age of 4 before moving on to learn the violin at 9. In 2014, she graduated from Vietnam National Academy of Music under the tutelage of M.A. Ho …
Dư Vũ Khánh Chi
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Du Vu Khanh Chi first experienced music on the piano at the age of 4 before moving on to learn the violin at 9. In 2014, she graduated from Vietnam National Academy of Music under the tutelage of M.A. Ho Viet Khoa and Prof. Ngo Van Thanh.
She has performed in numerous countries including Thailand, Germany, Japan, Russia, Brunei and Myanmar.
Du Vu Khanh Chi has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since March 2018.
Nguyễn Thị Huyền Anh
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Nguyễn Thị Huyền Anh
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Huyen Anh Nguyen started learning the violin at the age of 9 and has studied in Vietnam, Italy and United States. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from The Boston Conservatory of Music and a Master’s Degree from Lynn Conservatory, USA.
She was a regular member of various ensembles and orchestras in the United States, including the Hemenway Strings, the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and the South Florida Symphony Orchestra.
Huyen Anh has worked with remarkable violinists including Lynn Chang, Elmar Oliveira, and exceptional conductors such as Fabio Luisi and Lorin Maazel. She joined the Sun Symphony Orchestra in September, 2018.
Lã Diễm My
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Lã Diễm My
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La Diem My started studying violin at Vietnam National Academy of Music at the age of 8. After attaining her Bachelor’s degree in 2013, she joined the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and was a member for almost 5 years.
She has performed in the Beethoven Music Festival, Germany in 2009 and the Asian Orchestra Festival, Japan in 2012. She was also a member of the Southeast Asia Youth Chamber Orchestra in 2012 and 2013.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Roman Vorobyov
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Roman Vorobyov
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Roman Vorobyov began playing the violin at the age of 7 in Belarus and studied at Brest Music College and Belarusian State Academy of Music in Minsk where he earned his qualification as a violinist, violin teacher and chamber orchestra conductor.
From 1999 until 2018, he was a violinist in the State Chamber Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus and has performed with many famous conductors and soloists from around the world.
Roman has collaborated as a guest musician with Belarusian State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater in Minsk, and the Russian Philharmonic, St. Petersburg.
He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Nguyễn Đăng Quân
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Nguyễn Đăng Quân
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Nguyen Dang Quan officially started studying the violin at the Vietnam National Academy of Music at 10 years old. He attained his Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance at Vietnam National Academy of Music in 2014.
He has performed in international music festivals in Germany (2009) and Japan (2012).
After working for the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra for more than three years, Quan has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since March 2018.
Trần Thị Lan Hương
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Phạm Thị Hồng Ngọc
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Phạm Thị Hồng Ngọc
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Pham Thi Hong Ngoc began playing the violin at 10 years old. She officially studied the violin at Vietnam National Academy of Music at age 12. In 2016 she earned her Bachelor’s degree under the guidance of the well-known violinist Bui Cong Duy and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree.
She has received many scholarships including those from Kumho and the Toyota Foundation and has participated in international music festivals in Germany, Japan, Singapore and Thailand.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Mikela
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Mikela Asano started taking violin lessons at the age of four. After graduating from Tohoku International School, she moved to the United States to pursue her study at Indiana University Bloomington Jacobs School of Music
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Japanese violinist Mikela Asano started taking violin lessons at the age of four. After graduating from Tohoku International School, she moved to the United States to pursue her study at Indiana University Bloomington Jacobs School of Music. Mikela received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music and Performer Diploma under the tutelage of Federico Agostini, Kathleen Winkler, and Sibbi Bernhardsson, with the generous help of numerous scholarships and fellowships, such as Artistic Excellence Fellowship, Jascha Heifetz Scholarship, Music Deans Scholarship, Leonard Bernstein Scholarship and International Recognition Scholarship.
After receiving intensive orchestra training at Jacobs School of Music, Mikela started performing with professional orchestras. She was a member of Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. She was also a core member of Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra for three years. She has been invited to many professional orchestras in the US, Japan and Vietnam as a guest musician. Recently, she joined the Japan tour of the special orchestra celebrating 50th anniversary of the friendly diplomatic relationship between Vietnam and Japan.
Mikela hes been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since December 2019.
Đào Thị
Hải
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Đào Thị Hải passed the elementary level exam in Violin at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music in 2002, now known as the Vietnam National Academy of Music. She then continued her studies in the four-year intermediate program and pursued a Bachelor of Music at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. She graduated with honors in 2016, majoring in Western Instrument Performance with a specialization in Violin.
Đào Thị Hải
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Đào Thị Hải passed the elementary level exam in Violin at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music in 2002, now known as the Vietnam National Academy of Music. She then continued her studies in the four-year intermediate program and pursued a Bachelor of Music at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. She graduated with honors in 2016, majoring in Western Instrument Performance with a specialization in Violin.
She has participated in many large concert performances in collaboration with the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra and the Hanoi Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, she won third place in Category B at the 4th ASEAN International Concerto Competition for Piano and Violin held in Indonesia.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2022.
Filippova Viktoriia
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Victoria Filippova was born in Saratov, Russia. At the age of six, she began studying the violin. In 2018 she graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. After that, she worked at the Kunming International Philharmonic in China and the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra in Moscow.
Victoria Filippova
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Victoria Filippova was born in Saratov, Russia. At the age of six, she began studying the violin. In 2018 she graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. After that, she worked at the Kunming International Philharmonic in China and the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra in Moscow.
Since 2022, she has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra.
Halubouskaya Sviatlana
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Halubouskaya Sviatlana
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Halubouskaya Sviatlana started playing the violin at the age of 7 in Belarus. At the age of 15 she began her studies on the viola. Svetlana studied at the Republican Music College and Belarusian State Academy of Music in Minsk. She is laureate of various international competitions including the E.Koka in Moldova, 2nd prize (2005) and the M.Elsky in Minsk, 3rd prize (2008). She was a grant-aided student of the Special Fund of the President of Belarus Supporting Talented Youth (2005). She has also participated in masterclasses with world-renown violists including, Y.Bashmet, V.Rodin, N.Kozhukhar, D.Subow.
From 2008 until 2018 Sviatlana was the 2nd soloist viola with the Bolshoi Theater of the Republic of Belarus. She has played as a guest musician and soloist with Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra, the Minsk Chamber Soloists (since 2005), the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the CIS (2008), the Internatıonal Youth Festıval Bayreuth (2010, 2011), and the Bashmet Festival in Minsk (2015, 2016, 2018).
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Varona Seville Gerry
associate PRINCIPAL
Gerry Varona had considered a career in philosophy before seriously deciding to pursue music. In his youth, he participated in the music program of the Sala Foundation in Cebu City, Philippines.
Gerry Varona
associate principal
Mr. Gerry Varona had considered a career in philosophy before seriously deciding to pursue music. In his youth, he participated in the music program of the Sala Foundation in Cebu City, Philippines. Studying under Jeffrey Solares, he won the National Music Competition and performed as a viola soloist in various events and concerts.
In the United States, Mr. Varona had the honor of studying under incredible professors such as Atar Arad, Stephen Wyrczynski, Jerzy Kosmala, Rami Solomonov, James Levine, Matthew Daline, and many others. He collaborated as a soloist or chamber musician with various great artists, including Jaime Laredo, Joel Smirnoff, Kevork Mardirossian, Dr. Dinos Constantinides, and played under Maestro Franz Welser Most at Indiana University and Maestro Jung Ho Pak in the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen.
His ten-year career in Brazil included playing in the Orquestra Filarmonica de Minas Gerais and the Quarteto Guignard. With these institutions, Mr. Varona has performed in upwards of three thousand concerts all around Brazil as well as internationally, and has played in the Frutillar Music Festival in Chile, where the quartet performed Bela Bartok’s Quartet No. 2 and Claude Debussy’s String Quartet.
He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2024.
Trần Thị Ngọc Thủy
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Trần Thị Ngọc Thủy
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Tran Thi Ngoc Thuy graduated from the Vietnam National Academy of Music under the coach and Teacher of Excellence, Nguyen Van Thuong. She continued to study at the Codarts University for the Arts (Netherlands) majoring in Viola performance under the guidance of Ron Ephrat, Viola Principal of Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also participated in Master classes with Professor Nobuko Imai in Japan.
She had been a member of Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra for 6 years before joining the Sun Symphony Orchestra in 2018. She has performed with many orchestras including the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Orchestra, the Lauren Kantorij Cathedral Orchestra and the Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra.
Đỗ Hương
Trà My
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Do Huong Tra My was born in 1990. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in 2014 and her Master’s degree at National University of Music Bucharest in 2018.
Đỗ Hương Trà My
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Do Huong Tra My was born in 1990. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in 2014 and her Master’s degree at National University of Music Bucharest in 2018.
She has attended Chamber music group, Orchestra training courses, and Viola performance Masterclasses in many countries such as Japan, Thailand, China, Romania, Spain, Norway, Germany, Hungary and the USA. Also, she had been playing for the prestigious orchestras both in Vietnam and in Romania, including Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra, Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Sun Symphony Orchestra, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Romanian Radio National Orchestra etc.
In 2018, she returned to Vietnam and started collaborating with the Vietnam National Academy of Music as a Viola teacher.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2019.
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Maria Jose Romero Rodriguez
Associate Principal
Maria Jose Romero Rodriguez
Associate Principal
María José Romero studied cello in Venezuela within the renowned National System of Youth Orchestras ¨El Sistema¨ and attended the Simón Bolívar Conservatory and UNEARTE (Experimental University of the Arts).
She participated in classes and performed with many renowned musicians including William Molina, Germán Marcano, Raphael Wallfisch, Roel Dieltiens, Alvaro Bitran, Gustavo Dudamel, Sung Kwak, Claudio Abaddo, Krzysztof Penderecki and José Antonio Abreu.
At the age of 18, she won the audition to join to the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orquestra where she played from 2007 to 2015. As a member of this prestigious orchestra she has participated in many international tours, including concerts at the Salzburg Festival, Austria and the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland. Maria is currently the Associate Principal Cello of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Trần Thị Mơ
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Trần Thị Mơ
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Tran Thi Mo received her Bachelor’s degree from the Vietnam National Academy of Music (formerly Hanoi Conservatory of Music) in 1982 and earned her Master’s degree from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 1991.
Since 1984, she had been a member of Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra where she served as Principal Cello from 2000 to 2017. She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
She was awarded the title of Artist of Excellence and People’s Artist by the Vietnamese Government in 1990 and 2016 respectively.
Tran Thi Mo has recorded and performed on many Vietnamese and foreign stages.
Đào Tuyết Trinh
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Đào Tuyết Trinh
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Dao Tuyet Trinh studied Cello at the Hanoi College of Art and the Vietnam National Academy of Music. She attained her Bachelor’s Degree in Music and Master’s in Performance at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.
In 1990, she became a member of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, where she was the Principal Cello in 2014. She was invited to perform chamber music in the Philippines, Indonesia, China, Thailand and the United States.
She has participated in the classes of Prof. Dang Kim Thuan, Prof. Nguyen Ngoc Hien and Prof. Vu Huong in Vietnam and Chamber Music Masterclasses with Prof. Edward Shmirder in the United States.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Trần Hồng Nhung
Tutti
Young cellist Tran Hong Nhung was born in 1995 in a family with a long musical tradition. Therefore, she was familiar with classical music in a very natural way from a young age. She has studied cello since the age of six under the guidance of one of the leading cello professors in Vietnam, Professor, People’s Artist Hoang Duong, for 11 years.
Trần Hồng Nhung
tutti
Young cellist Tran Hong Nhung was born in 1995 in a family with a long musical tradition. Therefore, she was familiar with classical music in a very natural way from a young age. She has studied cello since the age of six under the guidance of one of the leading cello professors in Vietnam, Professor, People’s Artist Hoang Duong, for 11 years.
In 2013 and 2014, she passed twice in a row in the contest to recruit members of the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) one of the most qualified young orchestras in Asia. In the AYO, she was honored to be the only Vietnamese cellist to be the concertmaster. Then, after her success in the AYO and excellent academic results with a total score of over 9.7 in all subjects, she was admitted directly to the university level and accepted to study at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. In Russia, she spent five years pursuing double degrees under the guidance of Professor Igor Ivanovic at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Professor Rostislav Burkin, who has won many international Concours at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music.
2017: First prize of the International Concours Competition for Young Cellists in Russia held in Suzda.
2018: Voted in the top 100 promising young artists in Europe and performed at the Viva Cello Festival featuring the 100 best Russian cellists in the most modern theater in Russia, and participated in many master classes of world-famous cello professors, especially Steven Isserlis.
2019: participating in a 3-month professional training course at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music with top professors, and graduating with distinction with double degrees in performance and pedagogy at the Russian National Academy of Music.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2019.
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Marc John Ramirez
Principal
Marc John Ramirez
Principal
Before moving to Hanoi, Marc John Ramirez held the position of Principal Contrabass for the Orquestra Gulbenkian, Lisbon where he collaborated with world renowned conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Barenboim and Esa-Pekka Salonen. He has performed with some of greatest soloists of our time such as Lang Lang, Maxim Vengerov and Evgeny Kissen. Recently he was the Professor of Contrabass studies at the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra in Portugal.
Born and raised in New York City, he received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Timothy B. Cobb, Principal Contrabass of the New York Philharmonic. Upon graduation, he was honored to receive the prestigious Pablo Casals Award for his outstanding musicianship and his tireless pursuit for artistic excellence.
He shares a visionary quest with all the wonderful teachers he has ever studied with; that through the power of music one can find a higher meaning in their lives. His life’s motto: “If you are not having fun, you are not doing it right!”
He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
David Leonardo Carpio Contreras
Associate Principal
David Leonardo Carpio Contreras
Associate Principal
David Carpio was a student in the renowned National System of Youth Orchestras, ¨El Sistema¨ in Venezuela. He went on to study at the Simón Bolívar Conservatory and UNEARTE (Experimental University of the Arts).
He has received classes and performed with many renowned musicians including Néstor Blanco, Catalín Rotaru, Ernst Weissensteiner, Jeff Bradetich, Godfried Engels, Claudio Abbado, Giuseppe Sinopli, Eduardo Mata, Gustavo Dudamel and José Antonio Abreu.
David was a member the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orquestra from 1994 to 2015 where he was the Principal Contrabass. He was also the Principal Contrabass with the National Orchestra of Ecuador and the Associate Principal Contrabass with the Jalisco Philarmonic, Mexico.
Currently David is a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Ngô Toàn Thắng
Tutti
Ngô Toàn Thắng
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Ngô Toàn Thắng graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance in June 2000 from the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He has participated in Masterclasses with Prof. Stephen Tramontozzi ( USA) and of Prof. Paul Ellison ( International Society of Bassists Chairman) .
He has played regularly with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet, the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera.
Thang has participated with the Asian Youth Orchestra where he performed not only in Vietnam but in other parts of Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. He has had the opportunity to work under many conductors including Music Director Sergiu Comissiona (USA), Mark Churchill (USA), Tan Dun (China) and Richard Pontzious (USA).
Thang is an award recipient from Mr. Hoang Tuan Anh – Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Bruno Francesca
PRINCIPAL
Francesca Bruno is an Italian flutist, born and raised in Rome. She obtained her Master of Advanced Studies at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana di Lugano under Andrea Oliva.
Francesca Bruno
principal
Francesca Bruno is an Italian flutist, born and raised in Rome. She obtained her Master of Advanced Studies at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana di Lugano under Andrea Oliva.
Francesca began her orchestral experience at the age of 12 with the Youth Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
She has since worked with various orchestras in Rome, including the Roma Tre Orchestra and Europa Incanto, where she performs as a soloist with the orchestra, in solo recitals with piano, and in chamber music groups.
As a soloist, she received awards in the E. Krakamp flute competition in 2012 and 2013 (3rd and 2nd prizes) and won first prize at the Audimozart International Flute Competition in 2018.
In 2017, she won the substitute audition for principal flute with the I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra in Milan, where she frequently worked as an extra player. In 2019, she also substituted in the flute section of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
In 2019, her career took a new path when she moved to Asia after winning a position with the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra in Japan under conductor Yutaka Sado, who later selected her to perform a solo recital in 2022. In 2023, she joined the flute section of the Firdaus Orchestra in Dubai, and the following year, she became the principal flute of the Sun Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi.
Nguyễn Ly Hương
2nd flute
Nguyen Ly Huong studied the Flute at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in 2000. In 2014, she studied for her Master’s degree at Malmö Academy of Music – Lund University, Sweden. She has won many …
Nguyễn Ly Hương
2nd flute
Nguyen Ly Huong studied the Flute at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in 2000. In 2014, she studied for her Master’s degree at Malmö Academy of Music – Lund University, Sweden.
She has won many national and international awards including 1st Prize at the International Flute Competition in Nanning, China in 2013 and 1st Prize at the National Chamber Music Competition “Autumn” organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2007.
She has been a member of several international ensembles including the Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra, the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra in the Beethoven International Music Festival in Bonn and Berlin (Germany) in 2009 and the Asian Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo and Fukushima (Japan) in 2012. She has been a member of Malmö Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.
In 2014, she performed as a soloist with the London Royal Opera Orchestra – Covent Garden in the Toyota Classic Concert and has also participated in the Utspel Chamber Music Festival in Malmö, Sweden.
She has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
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Bagaskoro Byar Sumirat
Principal
Bagaskoro Byar Sumirat
Principal
Bagaskoro Byar Sumirat received a chance to study at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Singapore on a full scholarship under the guidance of Rachel Walker and Carolyn Hollier.
He has participated in music festivals and academies including The Modern Academy in Hong Kong (2015), Obomania Academy in France (2016) and GLOMUS in Brazil (2017). He also had a chance to join the Asian Youth Orchestra in 2016 and 2017 for their Asia and world tour concert. Bagas has performed with professional orchestras, such as the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, the Singapore Lyric Opera, the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra Singapore, the Jakarta Concert Orchestra and the Nusantara Symphony Orchestra.
“Neo Indonesian Music for Oboe” is his first solo album, released in 2016.
Currently he holds the position of Principal Oboe with the Sun Symphony Orchestra, Hanoi.
Hoàng Mạnh Lâm
Associate Principal
Hoàng Mạnh Lâm
Associate Principal
Hoang Manh Lam started learning oboe at the age of 12 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music under guidance of A.Prof/Dr./Teacher of Excellence Ngo Phuong Dong. In 2011, he pursued a Master’s degree at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, on a Wesbenson Foundation scholarship.
In 2007, he studied with Prof. Asger Sevendsen in a Masterclass of instrumental music in Sweden.
He was formerly a member of the Cisma Symphony Orchestra (China), the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and the Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (Germany). He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Phan Việt Cường
2nd Oboe
Born in a family with an artistic tradition, Phan Viet Cuong studied Oboe at a young age. He achieved an outstanding academic record while at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and has won scholarships …
Phan Việt Cường
2nd Oboe
Born in a family with an artistic tradition, Phan Viet Cuong studied Oboe from a young age. He achieved an outstanding academic record while at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and has won scholarships to study at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Austria) through a scholarship granted by the French government.
With a career spanning over 20 years in professional classical music field, he has been a soloist many times and has performed in many Vietnamese and foreign professional orchestras.
He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
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Vladimir Pavtchinskii
Principal
Vladimir Pavtchinskii
Principal
Vladimir Pavtchinskii studied in Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium and has collaborated on many occasions with Guy Braunstein, former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Vladimir has played with the Brussels Philharmonic, the Royal Flemish Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and the Nederlands Camerata in Amsterdam.
In 2004, he was awarded the Grand Prix of the International Competition of the Association of “Arts and Education in the 21st Century” and in September of the same year, received the 3rd prize at the “Madeira-Music” International Clarinet Competition, Portugal where there were more than 120 candidates. In 2005, he was awarded the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Grant. In 2007, he not only won the “José Augusto Alegria International Clarinet Prize” but later also received 2nd prize at the “Terras La-Salette International Woodwind Competition”.
He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
Nguyễn Minh Hoàng
Associate Principal
Nguyễn Minh Hoàng
Associate Principal
Nguyen Minh Hoang started playing Clarinet at the age of 11 and attended the Vietnam National Music Academy where he studied with Nguyen Lam and Nguyen Quoc Bao.
Hoang earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree under the direction of Professor Joachim Klemm and with Accompanying Professor Sonja Gimaletdinow at C.M.von.Weber Music Academy in Dresden, Germany.
As a member of the Orchestra of Dresden Music Academy, he has toured in Köhl and Leipzig. He has taken part in the Masterclasses of Prof, Milan Rericha and Prof. Jörg Widmann.
From 2015 to 2017 he served as the Principal Clarinet of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. He has been Associate Principal Clarinet of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
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Sebastian Chaves Vargas
Principal
In 1996, Sebastian Chaves began his musical studies at the National Institute of Music in San Jose, Costa Rica. He went on to earn his Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Music …
Sebastian Chaves Vargas
Principal
In 1996, Sebastian Chaves began his musical studies at the National Institute of Music in San Jose, Costa Rica. He went on to earn his Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Music Performance from the Louisiana State University and received a Master’s of Music in Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston, USA.
From 2005, as a freelancer he frequently played with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops, the Boston Ballet, the Boston Philharmonic, the Verbier Festival – Chamber Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Portland Symphony and the Hartford Symphony. In 2015 he became a section bassoonist with the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra. Since 2018, Sebastian holds the position of Principal Bassoonist with the Sun Symphony Orchestra.
Yuta Yasutake
Associate Principal
Yuta Yasutake
Associate Principal
Yuta Yasutake was born in Chiba, Japan. He started to playing Bassoon when he was 9 years old. He studied at SHOBI College of Music in Tokyo under Prof. Ryohei Nakagawa, Prof. Masayuki Okamoto, and received a Diploma upon completion. He has participated in various masterclasses most notably one by Prof. Milan Turkovic.
In 2011, he participated in the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra. He was also a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) which is one of the most famous youth orchestras in Asia, and was chosen as a member of the AYO for their Asian Tour in 2015 and World Tour in 2017.
He has been the Associate Principal Bassoon Player of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018, and has his own line of bassoon reeds that are sold around the world.
Nguyễn Duy
Long
tutti
Nguyen Duy Long began his bassoon studies at age 10, as a pupil at the Hanoi Conservatorium of Music. He was accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on a full scholarship where he completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music.
Nguyễn Duy Long
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Nguyen Duy Long began his bassoon studies at age 10, as a pupil at the Hanoi Conservatorium of Music. He was accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on a full scholarship where he completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music. While studying, he also attended the prestigious Pacific Music Festival in Japan in 2014.
Long has been a regular contract player with the Opera Australia Orchestra and has also appeared with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and other leading groups in Australia. In Vietnam, he has served as principal bassoonist with both the Hanoi Philharmonic and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. Long has gone on tours to the USA, Germany and Japan, which provided him the opportunity to perform at world famous venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Suntory Hall (Japan) and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (USA).
In demand as a soloist and chamber musician, Long had premiered pieces written for him by composers Gao Ping and Ben Hoadley, both commissioned by Professor Jack C. Richards. He had performed concertos with the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and Inspirito Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Nguyen Phu Son.
Long has moved back to Vietnam from Australia in December 2019 to join the Sun Symphony Orchestra.
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Alexander Oon
Principal
Alexander Oon
Principal
Alexander Oon graduated with First Class Honours for his Bachelor’s Degree at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, in partnership with the Royal College of Music. He was also nominated as Best Graduate and was awarded the Embassy of Peru Award. He attained his Master of Performance Degree with Distinction at the Royal College of Music in London, on a Christopher Hogwood and Lee Foundation Scholarship.
In July of 2016, Alexander was selected as one of the five Horn players from around the world to participate in the renowned Pacific Music Festival. In the summer of 2017, he was also admitted into the Lucerne Festival Academy, a prestigious event which focuses on contemporary classical music.
During his time in London, Alexander has performed and recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra, and also successfully auditioned for the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Pathway Scheme. He occasionally performs with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Since September 2018, he currently serves as Principal Horn with the Sun Symphony Orchestra.
Clark Dean Stewart
4th Horn
Clark Dean Stewart
4th Horn
Clark Stewart, studied with Michael Thornton, Principal Horn of the Denver Philharmonic and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, while working on a Masters of Performance and Pedagogy degree at the University of Colorado Boulder. A previous Masters of Horn Performance was granted to Stewart from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, while studying under Marty Hackleman, former Principal Horn of the U.S. National Symphony Orchestra. He received a Bachelors at the College-Conservatory of Music with Randy Gardner, a retired member of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Stewart has performed with orchestras across the United States including the Kansas City Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic and the Wichita Symphony.
He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2018.
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Yamanoi Daiki
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Daiki Yamanoi was born in a musical family in Yamaguchi, Japan. He began playing the trumpet at the age of 10 in the school brass band. He studied business administration at Komazawa University and then attended Shobi College of Music, where he obtained a diploma.
Daiki Yamanoi
associate principal
Daiki Yamanoi was born in a musical family in Yamaguchi, Japan. He began playing the trumpet at the age of 10 in the school brass band. He studied business administration at Komazawa University and then attended Shobi College of Music, where he obtained a diploma.
He studied opera at Seiji Ozawa Music School with artistic director Seiji Ozawa, and he also studied wind orchestra at the Geigeki Wind Orchestra Academy. which is affiliated with the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. He won 2nd prize in the Japan Classical Music Competition in 2015.
He has reinforced his musical talent through experiences of performing various music genres, including Orchestra, Wind orchestra, British brass band, Musical, and so on.
He has performed with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, the Japan National Orchestra with pianist Sorita Kyohei, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and various professional orchestras.
He has been a member of the Sun Symphony Orchestra since 2022.
Yuki Urushihara
2nd Trumpet
Yuki Urushihara was born and raised in a musical family. His father is a cellist and his mother is a violinist. He started to play the trumpet when he was 7 and the piano at the age of 12. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree and is currently …