A Night of Mozart & Rachmaninov

Sat 09 June 2023, 08 pm
Saigon Opera House
No. 7 Công trường Lam Sơn, Bến Nghé Ward, D.1, HCMC

One of the most admired composers and pianists of his generation, Sergei Rachmaninov was born 150 years ago. To celebrate the anniversary of his birth, The HBSO is presenting an evening of his music along with pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Beginning the evening is the overture from Cosi fan Tutte, K. 588. The two-part opera was performed only five times during Mozart’s lifetime. As social norms changed in the 19th and 20th Centuries, audiences began to see the opera’s exploration of infidelity as vulgar and inappropriate. Thus it was not until after World War II that it was routinely performed again.

The overture will be followed by Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K 467. Completed in 1785, the string, brass, piano and woodwind performance will likely be familiar to audiences as it was used in numerous films including the popular 1967 Sweedish movie Elvira Madigan, for which the concerto is sometimes referred. It combines Mozart’s signature force and delicacy via the interplay of the piano and background symphony.

Honna Tetsuji will conduct the evening’s performances. He studied under Kazuo Yamada and Michiyoshi Inoue and served as the Permanent Conductor of the Osaka Symphony Orchestra and Music Advisor and Conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. Currently serving as the Music Director of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.

An incredible young talent will be on the piano, underscoring the lasting ability of the legendary composers to inspire. Le Trang Linh was born in Hanoi in 2007 and began studying piano at the age of seven at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. Currently a student at the Colburn Music Academy, she has won competitions in Japan, Italy, England, the US and Poland.

SiaM vol. 26: The Wind, the Chopsticks and the Cactus

Sat 17 June 2023, 08 pm
Tita Art
164A Trấn Vũ, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Sun 18 June 2023, 08 pm
Complex 01
Lane 31, alley 167 Tây Sơn, Quang Trung, Đống Đa, Hà Nội

If you are willing to let your perception of the world down for a night, if you are open to the idea of taking these leaps with us, then join us on the nonlinear, unexpected journey of vol. 26. “The Wind, the Chopsticks and the Cactus” will bring you through time and space, through settings and cultures, via the music of composers Franz Strauss, Đỗ Hồng Quân, John Cage and Carl Reinecke. Witness an unusual yet fluid and universal discussion within music, as recounted by the masterful, creative, and adventurous storytellers that we know and love: the oboe, the horn, the piano, the cactus (a percussion instrument).

Performing artists:
Hoàng Mạnh Lâm, oboe
Alexander Oon, French horn (guest artist)
Liao Hsin-Chiao, piano
Chaiyaphat Prempree, percussion (guest artist)
Ngô Hoàng Bách, percussion (guest artist)

In partnership with: Tita Art, Việt Thương và Steinway & Sons, Complex 01 and Polygon Musik, Zebra Entertainment

Ticket price:

The concert will happen at two locations and times:
– Night 1: 20:00, Saturday, 17 June 2023
Tita Art, 164A Trấn Vũ, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
– Night 2: 20:00, Sunday, 18 June 2023
Complex 01, ngách 31, ngõ 167 Tây Sơn, Quang Trung, Đống Đa, Hà Nội

Exhibition “When I Miss You, Má”

 

Wed 31 May 2023, 03 pm
Vui Studio
3C Tống Duy Tân, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

Artist: Lê Nguyễn Duy Phương

The book is another way of looking at documentary photography through a son’s nostalgia for his mother, who passed away not long ago.

With objects and photographs of his mom, Duy Phuong journeys through time with photography while taking pictures. He remembered his mother through his own thoughts, recalling their protracted and never-ending conversations.

His photography combines the poetic and documentary elements once again, but this time with personal and family archives.

“When I Miss You, Má” is an event in the framework of Photo Hanoi’23 – International Photography Biennale

Exhibition “AMBER 3 Personality 1 Passion”

Opening: Jun 9, 6 pm
Exhibition: Jun 09 – 13
Lunet Art Galerie, 3rd Floor, Lunet Art General, 63-65 Hoang Dieu Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi

From September 6, 2023, Lunet Art is pleased to introduce to the art-loving community the lacquer painting exhibition “Amber,” with more than 30 works by three talented artists, Claudie Van, Ekkehard Altenburger, and Dinh Ngoc Canh.

Amber, in English, can refer to both a color and a fossilized resin material with a yellow-brown tint that is often used as a gemstone and considered a precious material in Western art. Similarly, Vietnamese lacquer is also known for its intense color and luster, often referred to as “son ta” or “cockroach wings” in Vietnamese culture. Vietnamese lacquer painters use this material on various surfaces, such as painted surfaces or gold and silver layers, to produce different color effects, clarity, and shine.

Exhibition: “A Decade Of Exposure”

19 May – 19 July 2023
Art Vietnam Salon Gallery
2 alley 66 Yên Lạc, Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

Curator: Suzanne Lecht

Artist: Nguyễn Thế Sơn

Nguyen The Son will select eight photo reliefs from his original work, “Transform” created ten years ago and respond to them with eight new ones as these structures appear today in 2022. Working with the architectural researcher Yen The, Son has studied the history and life of the inhabitants and the buildings. By examining the lives of the original inhabitants, the artist gains an insight into how the lifestyles and the building structures have changed and yet what also remains the same.

Exhibition “Japanese dolls”

Until Jun 20, 08 am – 05 pm
1st Floor, Danang Fine Arts Museum, 78 Le Duan Street, Hai Chau District

Introducing nearly 70 pieces of dolls, both traditional and modern, that were made in Japan, displayed in 2 sections: human-shaped dolls and wooden dolls Kokeshi.

Exhibition: “Grace And Strength – Restitution Of A Photographic Residency”

18 May – 18 July 2023
The French Institute in Hanoi
15 Thien Quang, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
Artist: Philippe Marinig

Philippe Marinig is not a sports photographer. His matter is elsewhere. Intrigued by the formal, aesthetic and spiritual similarities of many martial arts, Marinig seeks to understand the deep links that could exist between practices that seem a priori distant. The visitor is seized by the power released by the bodies, in these choreographies crystallised by the lens of the photographer. As he progresses in the observation of the works, the feeling grows that the true force of the subjects is suggested rather than shown.

Marinig captured the grace and the strength of young Võ practitioners, as they proudly demonstrated their skills with traditional weaponry and martial postures.

This exhibition offers the visitor a stage of restitution of the work he started in 2019 and continues to pursue, in preparation for a more accomplished exhibition to come which will constitute a collection of images revealing strong and unexpected links between cultures and men that everything seems to oppose, imposing a universal reading of practices, preparatory rituals, pageantry and gestures through their spiritual and cosmogonic dimensions.

French Embassy hosts AFP’s “Road to 2024” photo exhibition

Until June 24,

Featuring 24 photographs snapped by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographers to celebrate the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

AFP photographers captured a range of unique images during previous Olympic competitions and events leading up to the 2024 Games which will be held in the French capital. Audiences will be able to experience and relive the most memorable moments of these major sporting events thanks to AFP’s distinctive perspective, which combines a expertise, creativity, and innovation.

Double Exhibition “Ngẫu biến”

13 May – 11 June 2023, 09 am – 08 pm
REI Artspace
371/4 Hai Bà Trưng, District 3, HCMC

REI Artspace would like to present the double exhibition “Ngẫu biến” by two artists Hồng Lĩnh and ng. anhanh.

For Hồng Lĩnh, painting is a way to connect the human condition through the words and lines of poetry, which are the imprints of life, of the soul with love for the homeland. Not only drawing poems on paintings, she also composed and published poetry books imbued with human love.

ng. anhanh comes to painting whenever she wants to express or convey an extraordinary state in which language has become completely powerless.

Exhibition “Created in Italy - An aptitude for the impossible”

Until June 18,
The Hanoi Museum

Showcasing the journey of Italian industrial design with 31 exhibits representing the prominence of technological innovation and production.

Exhibition “Teatros”

Opening: Sat 13 May 2023, 06:30 pm
Exhibition: 13 May – 13 June 2023, 07 am – 07 pm
Artist talk: Thurs 18 May 2023, 06:30 pm – 08 pm
Matca Space for Photography
48 Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Twenty or more images of Havana cinemas make up the “Teatros” series (2018–2022). Before the revolution, Havana had at least as many movie theaters as New York or Paris, when Cuba was a vacation destination for (primarily) American tourists. Many have not been used for decades, either given a new purpose or withered away with the Cuban economy. Most structures are from the 1940s and 1950s, while some were constructed just after the revolution by the Castro government.

Most of the photographs in the series are digitally stitched and made up of several different shots. The individuals in the foreground were indeed present at those locations, though (in some cases) not simultaneously. They were photographed separately and then superimposed on each photo, questioning the veracity of the photographic moment. The photos could therefore be more suggestive of fiction and fabrication. Instead of relying on photographic luck, the photographer assumed the role of a director (CFR. cinema/theater) who determines the scenario.

The exhibition is part of a series of programs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam – The Kingdom of Belgium (1973 – 2023) and a part of the Photo Hanoi’23 International Photography Biennale.

Exhibition “Road to 2024″

May 24 – June 24
French Embassy in Vietnam, 57 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hanoi

Curator: Manan Vatsyayana

Agence France-Presse proudly presents 24 incredible photos celebrating the Games and the Olympic spirit in the “Road to 2024” exhibition.

AFP photographers captured these unique images from previous Olympic competitions and events leading to the 2024 Games in Paris. The audience will be able to experience and relive the most memorable moments of these major sporting events thanks to AFP’s distinctive perspective – a blend of expertise, creativity, and innovation.

Exhibition “Peculiar Interfaces”

Until July 23 (off Monday), 09 am – 07 pm
The Outpost, Roman Plaza Tower B1 (Floor 2), To Huu Street, Hanoi

In realising the growth of digital media in everyday context and the lack of its discussion in the local art conversations, The Outpost seeks to introduce artworks that engage with the amplifying presence of smart machines and digital technology through our exhibition and acquisition activities. “Peculiar Interfaces” serves as an abstract to The Outpost’s long-term dedication to explore and unpack how technology is impacting our relationships to one another, and to the world around us.

Exhibition ‘No more, not yet’

Display: Feb – June, Wed & Fri, 10 am – 04 pm
EMASI Nam Long (D.7)
Tues & Thurs, 10 am – 04 pm
EMASI Vạn Phúc, Thu Duc Dist., HCMC
*and every last Saturday of the month

Nguyen Art Foundation (NAF) proudly invites you to the opening of ‘No more, not yet’, an exhibition that looks back on Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai’s shapeshifting artistic practice in all its multiplicity. Winner of the Artist Excellence Award (inaugural edition, initiated by The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre and managed by in-tangible institute), her work is presented here alongside nearly 20 artists whom she calls her colleagues and friends. The exhibition will be on display from February to June 2023 across the campuses of EMASI Nam Long and EMASI Van Phuc.