VietNamNet Bridge - Music lovers in Vietnam are soon to be enthralled by a line-up of spellbinding and enchanting concerts in the European Music Festival 2017. The festival will take place from 17 November to 2 December 2017 at the Youth Theatre, 11 Ngo Thi Nham in Hanoi and the Conservatory of Music, 112 Nguyen Du in Ho Chi Minh City.

This year, Vietnamese audiences will once again have the opportunity to enjoy entertaining concerts by virtuoso artists from Austria, Belgium (Wallonia- Brussels), Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. 

With a total of seventeen concerts in both cities, the Festival will invite artists and audiences of all ages to enjoy musical performances, exploring the combination of classic and contemporary rhythms. 

The audience will be taken on a journey through melodious and delicate tunes of classic music, improvising and engaging jazz, unique and soulful rhythms of R&B, captivating blues melodies with great songs and special voices.

European Music Festival 2017 will commence on November 17 in Hanoi by the Bay Collective – an open project by Vietnamese-Danish pianist Tri Minh and Danish singer/songwriter Nay Ruby – who will share the stage with Vietnam top singer Diva Thanh Lam and multi awards winner from Denmark Michael Møller and with other Vietnamese artists; while in Ho Chi Minh City, Janice, a singer from Sweden, will kick off the event with intense and soulful pop and electronic R&B.

The festival will continue with with a broad spectrum of glowing jazz melodies presented by Mezcal Unit (France) and Veronika Harcsa (Hungary). It will also present a series of classical concerts from Duo Karolina Mikolajczyk and Iwo Jedynecki (Poland), Duo Christoph Angerer and Ines Schüttengruber (Austria), Duo Nazareno Ferruggio and Pham Quynh Trang (Italy), Piano Duo Andreas Kern and Paul Cibis (Germany).

Performances by Quintet Inattendu with contemporary music (Belgium) and Voiski with electronic music (France) will complete the array of the musical nights during the festival.

Festival schedule:

In Hanoi

17/11 – THE BAY COLLECTIVE • Denmark-Vietnam • Jazz – Pop

Guest artists: Thanh Lam/Michael Møller

20/11 – THE DUO KAROLINA MIKOŁAJCZYK & IWO JEDYNECKI • Poland • Classical

21/11 – JANICE • Sweden • Soulful pop – Electronic R&B

22/11 – DUO CHRISTOPH ANGERER & INES SCHÜTTENGRUBER • Austria • Classical

23/11 – PIANIST DUO FERRUGGIO & PHẠM QUỲNH TRANG • Italy • Classical

24/11 – QUINTET INATTENDU • Beligum (Wallonia-Brussels) • Contemporary, traditional

25/11 – MEZCAL UNIT & GRAY HAWK PERKINS • France • Jazz

1/12 – VERONIKA HARCSA • Hungary • Jazz

2/12 – PIANO BATTLE • ANDREAS KERN & PAUL CIBIS • Germany • Classical music show

In HCM City:

18/11 – JANICE • Sweden • Soulful pop – Electronic R&B

19/11 – DUO CHRISTOPH ANGERER & INES SCHÜTTENGRUBER • Austria • Classical

20/11 – THE DUO KAROLINA MIKOŁAJCZYK & IWO JEDYNECKI • Poland • Classical

21/11 – VOISKY • France • Live electronic music

22/11 – THE BAY COLLECTIVE • Denmark-Vietnam • Jazz – Pop

Guest artists: Thanh Lam/Michael Møller

28/11 – QUINTET INATTENDU • Beligum (Wallonia-Brussels) • Contemporaty, traditional

01/12 – PIANO BATTLE • ANDREAS KERN AND PAUL CIBIS • Germany • Classical music show

02/12 – VERONIKA HARCSA • Hungary • Jazz

Free of charge tickets can be collected from 14 November in Hanoi and 15 November in HCMC at the following locations:

Hanoi: Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Tel: 024 3734 2251/52

9 am – 12 pm / 1 – 5 pm

L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Tel.: 024 3936 2164

From 12 pm on Tue 14 Nov (Mon to Fri: 9 am – 6.30 pm and 7 – 8 pm / Sat: 9 am – 7 pm)

EU Delegation in Vietnam, 24th flr west wing, Lotte building, 54 Lieu Giai, Tel: 024 3941 0099

10 – 11 am / 3 – 4 pm

HCMC: Goethe Institut, 18 Road no. 1, Do Thanh apartments, Ward 4, District 3, Tel.: + 84 28 3832 6716

8 am – 12 pm / 2 – 5 pm

IDECAF, 31 Thai Van Lung street, District 1, Tel.: 028 3829 5451

8 – 11 am / 1 – 4.30 pm

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