HCM City (VNA) - Renowned Vietnamese and foreign music producers,musicians, singers and bands will gather at the first Ho Chi Minh CityInternational Music Festival from December 13-15.

Ho do (HOZO), the largest outdoor music show in HCM City, is organised by thecity’s Department of Culture and Sports.

Talented artists of HCM City will kick off HOZO, Huy Tuan, the music and artdirector of the festival, said.

Le Thanh Tam, one of the leading producers of the Vietnamese music scene, andthe Saigon Pop Orchestra, along with singers Vo Ha Tram and Duc Tuan and Oplusband, will open the festival, Tuan said at a press meeting held early this week.

The event will feature performances in a variety of music genres, from jazz,pop and traditional music with high artistic quality, he added.

City residents and tourists will enjoy an international music atmosphere withperformances of local and international artists over three days, he said.

“Music lovers can expand their boundary of musical enjoyment and discover newmusic genres and artists,” he added.

The Vietnam Allstars band, a special band established for the festival,includes leading musicians such as Hoai Sa, Anh Quan, Duc Tri, Phuong Uyen, DungDat, Hong Kien, Phan Thanh Tan and Nguyen Quan, and pop music singers Thu Minhand Ho Ngoc Ha.

The international line-up includes Cosmopolitan Urbane Jazz band fromAustralia, Russian modern music group ESSE-Quintet, Japanese drum group SAI, Cheezeband from the Republic of Korea, Colombian band La Chiva Gantiva, and Indianmusician and producer from Ricky Kej.

Meanwhile, a workshop on the music industry and international exchange duringthe 4.0 industrial revolution will be held during the festival.

Workshops on world music trends as well as jazz performances will also beincluded.

With the message “More Music, Less Plastic”, HOZO will create activities toraise the community’s awareness about environmental protection.

The opening night show will be broadcast live on HCM City Television (HTV)./.