Playback Theatre

Time: 29 Apr 2011, 7.30 – 10.30 pm

Location: The Black Box, 56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi

Playback theatre uses technique of responsiveness, storytelling, exchange between audiences and performers. In program of playback theatre, one of audiences will tells

about one moment or one story in his or her life, chooses actors for each character in story and all audiences will see this story playing back immediately in the stage.

Tickets are not for sales but each participant must pay a fee of VND75 000 to attend.

 

A Spring Romantic Night – Opera and Ballet

Time: 28 Apr 2011, 8 pm

Location: Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

The Vietnam National Opera & Ballet proudly presents a Spring Romantic Night – Opera and Ballet that includes Piano Concerto by F. Chopin and extracts from famous Operas and Ballet.

Program

Part I

Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Opera “Evgeny Onegin”

Mozart Papageno’s aria from opera “Magic flute”

Baritone: Manh Dung

Puccini Mimi’s aria from opera “La Boheme”

Soprano: Vanh Khuyen

Grieg Spring

Mozart Ave verum corpus

Chorus and Orchestra

Tchaikovsky Trike’s cuplet from opera “Evgeny Onegin”

Bass: Manh Chung

Chopin Concerto No.2 for piano and Orchestra

Solo piano: Phuong Ly

Part II including extracts from the famous Classical Ballet:

1. Walse from Nutcracker

- Music: Tchaikovsky, Choreography: Philippe Cohen

- Performers: Van Nguyen , Thu Lan and others dancers

2. Duo from Nutcracker

- Music: Tchaikovsky, Choreography: Philippe Cohen

- Performers: Chuc Quynh, Hoang Anh

3. Duo Spactacus

- Music: Khachaturian, Choreography: Igor Moiseev

- Performers: Diem Quynh, Trí Thanh

4. Spanish dance from Swan lake

- Music: Tchaikovsky, Choreography: M. Petipa

- Performers: Tuyet Dung, Thu Hang, Quoc Tuan, Van Nam

5. Duo “Friendship” from Giselle

- Music: Adam, Choreography: Jean Coralli

- Peformers: Phan Long, Viet An

6. Duo from Shcherazade

- Music: Rimsky Korsakov, Choreography: Pokine

- Performers: Diem Quynh, Van Nguyen

7. Coda Chopiniana

- Music: Chopin, Choreography: M.Forkin

- Performers: Hoang Anh and others dancers

Ticket price: VND150 000, 250 000, 350 000, 500 000

All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House, or with the free delivery service below:

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Rock ‘n’ Roll at Hanoi Rock City

Time: 22 Apr 2011, 8.30 pm

Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Get your teeth into some Good Friday rock ‘n’ roll this Easter weekend with Freebirds and A.K.A.T, two bands renowned for their infectious live performances.

Vietnam’s psychedelic-stoner rock band of the moment are back. A lot has happened since we last saw them in the capital. A.K.A.T have been in the studio writing and recording for their debut album, teasing us with demo releases, and organising/performing in the monthly Wasted Youth of a Nation events that have taken Ho Chi Minh City by storm in 2011.

Influenced heavily by bands such as The Velvet Underground, Pixies and Melvins in their early days, the band has steered into a new direction after a change of members, looking now towards artists like Sleep, Acid King and Electronic Wizard.

With an abundance of personality, A.K.A.T have quickly established themselves as one of the most proactive bands in Vietnam; a catalyst and advocate for a more versatile music scene in Vietnam. The trio is made up of long-term best friends Bush and To (Da Lat) and Singaporean drummer, Moe, and were united by a Black Flag tattoo on Moe’s leg.

Freebirds possess the kind of energy and umph that we all love to see in a cover band. 7,000 people in Hai Phong will no doubt tell you the same – the band recently rocked a huge audience out there. The instrumentalists are all long-term Vietnamese musicians and the band is fronted by charismatic, smiley front woman Tash (Aus) along with other guest vocalists.

Respected for their technical excellence and superb song choices, Freebirds never fail to deliver high-powered, dynamic shows that get the crowd up on their feet and raring for more. Having fully recovered from a few broken wings (the bassist broke his foot, the guitarist his hand!) we are delighted to welcome Freebirds back to stage life with their debut performance at HRC.

Ticket price: VND50 000 (at door)

Lecture “Shamanism in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam”

Time: 20 Apr 2011, 6.30 – 8 pm

Location: 54 Traditions Gallery, 30 Hang Bun, Hanoi

The talk will focus on the importance of the old and new artifacts, paintings and ceremonial tools used by the shamans. Mark will also discuss the practice and ethics of being a collector of these fascinating objects. We have a lot of expertise here. Mark is an avid collector of the tribal art of Vietnam (and Africa). His own substantial collection includes many paintings and tools used by tribal groups residing from Thai Nguyen to the mountains of the China border. Mark along with business partner Nguyen Thi Nhung and the 54 Traditions Gallery staff, have assembled and prepared exhibits at two Major – major museums in Hanoi, as well as at the East-West Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Cost: VND150 000

To register: Becky Buglar at beckypantling@googlemail.com

Film Screening “Humanity”

Time: 22 Apr 2011, 8 pm

Location: L’Espace, Hanoi

You are invited to film screening “Humanity” of director Nicolas Klotz with the cast of Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Édith Scob, Lou Castel, Laetitia Spigarelli, Valérie Dréville, Delphine Chuillot, Rémy Carpentier, Nicolas Maury, Erwan Ribard.

Simon works as psychologist at Human Resources Department of  SC Farb, a petrochemical company, subsidiary of German multinational company. In company, he is in charge of selection of human resources. In the investigation of one of managers of company, perception, desire and life of Simon are disordered and become turbulent.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Ticket price: VND10,000 VND20,000

Duo d’Accord in Hanoi and HCMC

Time: 08 & 09 May 2011, 8 pm

Location: Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

10 May 2011, 8 pm

HCM City Opera House, No 7, Lam Son Square, Dist.1, HCMC

The two pianists Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler together form the fascinating piano duo Duo d’Accord. They play virtuoso works for two pianos as passionatly as compositions for piano, four hands. In addition to their own arrangements the duo performs works works composed specifically for them and remarkable revivals of classic pieces.

Shortly after the founding of the Duo d’Accord 1999, the enormous potential of the two musicians became evident – they at once won the two most important piano competitions worldwide, including the first prize of the “Murray Dranoff” Competition in Miami.

The international career of the musicians then began, with performances in Europe, the USA and Asia, and the production of outstanding CDs. Collaborations with major orchestras and renowned musicians such as Heinrich Schiff and Christoph Poppen followed.

In addition to their concert career, Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler teach at the Conservatory in Innsbruck, where each leads a class in piano. They live in Munich and have a daughter.

Program

J. S. Bach/Max Reger – Concerto for Two Pianos in C minor, BWV 1060

Johannes Brahms -3 Hungarian Dances

Nr. 10 in E-Major

Nr. 7 in A-Major

Nr. 6 in D flat major

Maurice Ravel – La Valse

Peter Tschaikovsky from the Nutcracker Suite: Danses characteristiques

I. Marche

II. Danse de la fee dragée

III. Danse des Mirlitons

IV. Danse Arabe

V. Danse Chinoise

VI. Danse Russe Trepak

Franz Liszt – Réminiscences de Don Juan.

Concert Paraphrase on Mozart’s Opera “Don Giovanni”

Astor Piazzolla - Tangata

Free tickets are available Wed 04 May 2011 at 2 pm at:

1. Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc

2. Goethe-Institut HCMC, 18, Duong so 1, cu xa Do Thanh, District 3

 

Ludovico Einaudi in Concert

Time: 24 Apr 2011, 8 pm

Location: Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

The Embassy of Italy in Vietnam presents a special concert held by the Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi, performing in Hanoi for the first time in his brilliant and successful career. The concert will also see the participation of Flutist Le Thu Huong from the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

Pianist Ludovico Einaudi born in Turin, Italy, Einaudi’s mother played to him on the piano as a child. He began his musical training at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, gaining a diploma in composition in 1982. That same year, he studied with Luciano Berio and gained a scholarship to the Tanglewood Music Festival.

After studying at the Conservatory in Milan, and subsequently with Berio, he spent several years composing in traditional forms. In the mid-1980s he began to search for a more personal expression in a series of works for dance and multimedia, and later for piano. His music is ambient, meditative and often introspective, drawing on minimalism, world music, and contemporary pop. He has made a significant impact in the film world, with four international awards to his name.

His father was Giulio Einaudi, a publisher, and his grandfather, Luigi Einaudi, was President of the Italian Republic between 1948 and 1955. He currently resides on a vineyard in the Italian region of Piedmont.

Ludovico Einaudi’s concert will be the opening event of the Y-Viet 2011, an initiative promoted by the Embassy of Italy and its partners that intends to tight the relations between Italy and Vietnam bringing the best of contemporary Italian culture and society to the people of Vietnam.

Program:

Maestro Einaudi will perform compositions from his last album Nightbook:

- “In Principio”

- “Lady Labyrinth”

- “Nightbook”

- “Indaco”

- “The Snow Prelude N. 15″

- “Eros”

- “The Crane Dance”

- “The Snow Prelude N. 2″

- “The Tower”

- “Reverie”

- “Bye Bye Mon Amour”

- “The Planets”

- “Solo”

and others from his previous albums like “Le Onde” (the Waves), “I Giorni” (days), “Una Mattina” (One Morning), “Divenire” (Becoming), “Eden Roc”…

Ticket prices from VND150 000

All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House, or with the free delivery service at www.ticketvn.com or by email: ticketvn@fpt.vn

Or call: 091348 9858, 098306 7996, 35651806.

Symphony Concert

Time: 10 May 2011, 8 pm

Location: Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to a symphony concert conducted by Carlos Cuesta (Spain) and performed by violin soloist Smietana Alija Anna (Poland) and Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra.

Program:

D.Shostakovich

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Interval

R.Schumann

Symphony No.4

Ticket price: VND100 000, 200 000

All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House, or with the free delivery service below:

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ticketvn@fpt.vn

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0983067996

Film week to screen world’s disaster movies

CMC-based BHD Cinema will open a film week screening well known Asian and Hollywood disaster movies to raise awareness about environmental issues this Sunday.

The event, titled “Film for Humanity Week,” is to mark World Environment Day and remember victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The movies to be screened, all of which explore the theme of man-made natural disasters and environmental problems, include the Korean blockbusters Tidal Wave and The Host, a 2006 movie that still holds Korea’s all time box office record of 13 million tickets sold.

Others are China’s Aftershock, which won the Best Picture at the 2010 Asian Movie Awards and Japan Sinks, a Japanese movie winning Best Visual Effects at the same award in 2007.

Hollywood’s 2012 about mankind’s doomsday is also on the screening list.

Five percent of ticket sales will be sent to the Japanese victims.

The movies will be screened at BHD Star Cinema, at No. 3-3C, 3/2 Street, District 10. Tickets cost VND 40,000 each.

Young artists’ daring creations in ‘Portrait’

A daring and exciting ten-day painting exhibition by four artists Nguyen Van Hoach, Nguyen Duy Nhut, Pham Huy Hoang and Van Kim Toan opened at the HCMC Association of Fine Arts last week.

On display are 25 paintings made of oil on canvas and three lacquer works. The artists have in common a similar style of abstract and expressionism.

Each work is a portrait of people’s feelings as they go about their day-to-day life, giving visitors a chance to see themselves in the pieces.

The novel creativeness of the artists bodes well for the future of Vietnam’s art scene.

The exhibition at 218A Pasteur Street, HCMC’s District 3 ends on April 24.

 

Reading festival held for first time

Vietnam will hold its first reading and copyright festival on Saturday, a day earmarked for worldwide celebrations in conjunction with UNESCO.

The festival will be held at the Literature Temple in Hanoi on April 23 under the theme ‘Reading for Wednesday’ by the Ministry of the Culture, Sports and Tourism.

A series of contests will be organized including book arrangements, drawing, a public speaking contest on favorite books and fast reading skills. There will also be book exhibitions and book donations for libraries.

In HCMC’s Le Thi Rieng Park, 875 Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, District 10 from 7a.m. to 5.30p.m. the city will play its part. Thai Ha Books have organized a talk on reading culture and reading style orientation for the younger generation, as well as a campaign to spend 20 minutes each day reading books and a book discount program.

Phuong Nam Cultural Corporation will hold several discussions with famous local writers and book signing programs from Thursday to Saturday at bookstore chains across the country. At 9.30a.m. to 11.30a.m. on Saturday there will be an online discussion with young authors concerning internet literature. The discussion will be launched at www.nhasachphuongnam.com.

World leading opera singers to come to Hanoi

The 15th annual Hennessy Concert 2011 will return to the Hanoi Opera House on April 22 with three world leading opera singers.

The concert will honor Italian and French operas, performed by French soprano Noral Amsellen, Mexican tenor Fernado de la Mora, Chinese basso Hao Jiang Tian and pianist Katherine Chu.

Opera extracts of world-renowned composers such as “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini, “Manon” by Jules Massenet, “The Pearl Fishers” by Georges Bizet and “Faust” by Charles Gounod will be presented to Vietnamese audience at the Hanoi Opera House.

The concert will be broadcast live on a huge outdoor screen in front of the Hanoi Opera House.

Organized for the first time in 1996, the annual Hennessy concert brings together international artists of classical music to Vietnam, offering the public a chance to enjoy classic works by talented composers from all over the world.

The concert is co-organized by the Performing Art Agency and Moet Hennessy.

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