VNSO Concert Tour to USA

Sun 23 Oct 2011, 2 pm
Carnegie Hall
Mon, 24 Oct 2011, 8 pm
Boston Symphony Hall

VNSO will have a concert tour to USA this October with conductor HONNA Tetsuji, violin Le Hoai Nam and VNSO. VNSO will perform famous works of S.Barber, A.Dvorak, as well as some Vietnamese works.

PROGRAM
S.Barber: Adagio for String
Đàm Linh: Violin concerto “ Thăng long”
A.Dvorak: Symphony No.8 G Major Op.88
Trong Com (Vietnamese folk song, arranged for the orchestra by Ngo Hoang Quan)
Ly Hoai Nam (Vietnamese folk song, arranged for the orchestra by Ngo Hoang Quan)

Tickets

Sun 23 Oct 2011
Tickets: $60, $40, $25(Students/seniors 50% discount with proper ID at the Box Office)
Box Office: 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, New York City
CarnegieCharge: 212-247-7800, www.carnegiehall.org

Monday 24 Oct 2011
Tickets: $55, $35, $25 (Students/seniors 50% discount with proper ID at the Box Office)
Box Office: 301 Massachsetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
SymphonyCharge: 888-266-1200, www.bostonsymphonyhall.org

For more information, contact vnso.ustour2011@gmail.com

Screening of ‘Ensemble c’est Trop’

Fri 28 Oct 2011, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to L’Espace to the film screening “Ensemble c’est Trop” from director Léa Fazer, starring Nathalie Baye, Pierre Arditi, and Aïssa Maïga.

Synopsis: Clémentine and Sébastien are young parents who are suffering great pressure from their jobs and from their responsibilities to take care of the children. On top of that, Marie-France – Sébastien’s mother has just come to live with them. She has recently discovered that her husband Henri was having an affair and the mistress is pregnant. Upon receiving the news, she breaks down and has begun to react like a young girl in crisis which puts great constraints on young couple.

The birth of Sébastien’s brother and the joy of a father are the reasons for disagreements for members of this family…

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles

Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Cabaret Night in October

Sat 29 Oct 2011, 8.30 – 9.30 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

Come to Cabaret Night at L’Espace, the stage for new music talents. Come to L’Espace to enjoy great drinks and listen to fabulous French, English and Vietnamese songs.

If you are a song-writer, singer or you can sing in French, Vietnamese or English, contact Cédric Drouard to participate in the Cabaret Music Night at L’Espace: cedminimum@hotmail.fr.
Free admission.

Festival of Lights – Diwali

Sat 29 Oct 2011, 5 – 11 pm
Van Ho Exhibition Center, No 2 Van Ho Str, Hai Ba Trung Dist, Hanoi

The Indian Business Chamber, the Indian Embassy alongwith the Indian community are going to celebrate one of the biggest Indian festivals – the ‘Festival of Lights’ – ‘Diwali’ in Hanoi.

Over the years, the celebration of this festival has become a permanent fixture in the capital’s cultural calendar, growing from strength to strength each year. Last year, more than 1200 distinguished guests from all walks of life including the Government, business, professional and cultural communities, and especially the vibrant expat community attended the festivities. The event has now become one of the most sought after cultural events by the crème – de – la – crème of Hanoi.

This year, a grand cultural extravaganza is being organized over a weekend evening, which will feature Indian dances and music, fashion shows, games, lucky draws to liven up the event. There will also be theme stalls, handicrafts and a smattering of Indian gourmet delicacies and drinks to spoil one’s palate.

Ticket available at Incham Office, restaurants, bars 15th Oct 2011 (list of places will be updated soon)
Ticket Price:
Early Bird: 99,000VND
At gate: 149,000VND

More details to follows Inchamhanoi at:
Email: inchamhanoi@gmail.com
Telephone: 04 377 24248
Address: 1st Floor, Heritage Hotel, 625 De La Thanh Street, Hanoi
Handphone: Ms Nhung – 0904671944, Ms Lien – 0122 427 1865

Exhibition “Tò He”

Opening: Fri 21 Oct, 6 pm
Exhibition: 21 – 28 Oct 2011
Viet Art Centre, 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi

You are invited to the 8th solo exhibition of artist Le Kinh Tai titled “Tò He”. The exhibition displays 23 paintings and 9 sculptures of artist. You can read a part of a review about this exhibition by art critic, curator Nhu Huy and see some beautiful artworks in this exhibition below:

The title of the exhibition “Tò He”, which is also the 8th solo exhibition of artist Lê Kinh Tài, inspires my reflections on the ontological aspect of the artist himself. Tò he (toy figurine) is a traditional toy for children in Vietnam that is made from glutinous rice powder in form of edible figurine such as animals, flowers or characters in folk stories. Tò he was made and sold mostly on festivals, especially the Tết and the Trung Thu, which are Vietnamese children’s favorites.

By the act of naming his show “Tò He”, it seems that Lê Kinh Tài would more or less aspire to make a metaphor of his work as an artist. In this metaphorical peruse, his own artwork and career are referred to the practice and product of a traditional artisan, who has not only never been isolated to life, but also by his talent and creativity, gives joy, imagination and passion to the world.

Definitely, seeing the series of artworks in this exhibition, which includes 23 paintings (the biggest is 200 cm x500 cm) and 9 sculptures (Lê Kinh Tài himself insists to call his 9 sculptures as 9 “Tò He”), one cannot help admiring, firstly to his working efforts, and secondly to the joy that these artworks are able to give.

Right at this moment that the fundamental metaphor of art as a magic wand which could immediately turn its audience into the children by just one single touch seems to be perfectly manifested. In the world which is day by day becoming older and uglier, the ability of becoming a child seems to be a necessary need, even a vital demand for us to survive.

Becoming a child, in a sense, is to return to our ability of being surprised, which we seem to forget as we get matured. Becoming a child is also to come back to the magic of life, to our ability of being moved deeply by the little things that our grown-up minds may consider to be too frivolous to be noticed.

In these new paintings and sculptures of Lê Kinh Tài, the colors: Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Black, and White etc. seem to be no longer themselves anymore, just like the rice powder in the hand of the talented Tò he artisans, is no longer itself but lively animals and characters.  Lê Kinh Tài’s colors, by a magic way, now become vivid, resounded, sometime warmly, and sometime humorously. Even the texts written down directly by artist on the surface of some paintings, also by a magic way, no longer make any literature meaning but transform into the visual elements, without which the whole compositions can not be fully complete as they are and by which, release such a deep joy for us.

Viet Art Centre is located directly adjacent to the Vietnam University of Fine Arts.

Piano Festival 2011

18 – 23 Oct 2011
HCMC Conservatory of Music, 112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC

You are invited to the first Piano Festival in HCMC. The festival will be held from 18 to  23 Oct with seminars, masterclasses and 3 concerts performed by Piano Faculty and Excellent Students of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music and Guest Artists from Vietnam National Academy of Music, Hue Academy of Music and from many countries such as USA, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Singapore, Korea.

Detail program:

18 Oct 2011: Conference “The History of the Piano” with speaker MA. Vo Bao Lac Nhan – expert on educational psychology and teaching methodology at Stepman School (Koekelberg, Bruxelles ).

19 Oct 2011: Conference “Franz Liszt” with speaker MA Van Hung Cuong, conductor of the orchestra and teacher at North Virginia Community College.

20 Oct 2011: Piano Masterpieces: Taught by Professor Boris Kraljevic and Rena Cheung Phua – Head of Keyboard Studies – Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.

21 Oct 2011, 8 pm: “Piano Concert” performed by lecturers and brilliant students of the HCMC Conservatory of Music along with guests from the Vietnam National Institute of Music, the U.S., Montenegro, Bulgaria and Singapore..

22 Oct 2011, 8 pm: “Young Pianists” Concert performed by excellent students from Piano Department and international guests.

23 Oct 2011, 8 pm: “Piano Concert” performed by teachers at Piano Department and international guests.

Concert tickets:

Ticket price: 350.000; 300.000; 250.000; 200.000, 100.000 VND/ticket.
For more information, contact HCMC Conservatory of Music at: (08) 38 243 774 ext 130 during office hours.

The First Event “Inside out” of Project Black

Mon 31 Oct 2011, 7 pm
Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

Project Black is a year long project featuring young emerging Vietnamese artists who are exploring the edge and for that reason have remained outside the established Vietnamese art scene.Every month, in conjunction Fon Ya Gallery Taiwan, we will present a short documentary exploring the work and motivation of one of these artists. There will usually be a dance or musical performance before each show.

Our first event INSIDE OUT will be at the Hanoi Cinematheque on 31 Oct. See more information below:

We will be presenting Tran Huu Nhat from Hue. Using charcoal he creates vast paintings some several meters long as he struggles to make sense of his personal breakdown.

Opening the show will be an off the wall dance performance by Le Nguyen Manh and Le Anh Hoai plus a musical event by musician\artist Nguyen Minh Nam.

Ticket price: 60,000 VND. Contact email: infoprojectblack@gmail.com

Contacts:  Wei 0903168202   Steve 0936148365

UK underground rap talent AJ live

Fri 21 Oct 2011, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

HRC Proudly Presents raw UK underground rap talent AJ live in Hanoi, Friday 21st October. Supported by DJ Polo and Dirty Fingrz.

Hip-hop artist, freestyler and lyricologist AJ will bring his crowd-crunching rhymes and flows to grip the capital of Vietnam for one sizzling hot night of hip-hop. AJ’s success in the UK has been built on his clever wordplay, rhyming patters and quirky metaphors, delivering a current sound with an old school vibe.

With more than 10 years of experience under his belt, AJ has an impressive backlog of live shows, having performed at top festivals, The Secret Garden Party, Whychwood festival on ‘BBC Introducing’ stage, Invincible… and having shared the stage with some of the biggest names in today’s UK hip-hop, electronic and soul music scene, including:

Chase and Status, Ed Sheeran, Example, Annie Mac, and as the main support on Beatbullyz UK tour.

AJ has released two studio albums; most recently 2010′s ‘Lyricologist’, produced by ‘MrO’. His early love for music was inspired by acts such as the late Michael Jackson, Wu-Tang Clan, Sizzla and Big L. His diverse listening patterns have given him the taste for his own musical flow drawing on these inspirations to create rhymes reminiscent of these 90s hip hop acts.

At this moment in time, when UK hip-hop, dance, rap, grime and urban music is arguably in the best shape it has been for years, HRC is delighted to open the gates to this top, touring act.

Hanoi’s own DJ Polo will also be rocking the crowd, along with a special treat late night reggae set from the man AJ himself after the rhymes, and UK trip hop sounds provided by Dirty Fingrz.

Ticket price: 100 000 VND at door.

Painting Exhibition “Timelessness”

Opening: Mon 24 Oct, 6 pm
Exhibition: 24 – 30 Oct 2011
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St., Hanoi

You are invited to the painting exhibition “Timelessness”. ”Timelessness” is the first painting exhibition of the 3+ group including three authors from Hai Phong City: Bui Duy Khanh, Mai Duy Minh, Vu Ngoc Vinh. Every member has his own reason for living with art.

Three members of the 3+ group have the common point of paying attentions to the real life with variety of themes, from human universal philosophy to the times stories and simple and beautiful landscapes in the daily life although everyone has his own reason for art. They hope that they will not only follow this way but also carry many other colleagues along, making a new realistic painting trend in Vietnam: It will escape from rationalistic realistic descriptions to become the realistic painting of “one’s heart and mind” (Thai Ba Van, art critic).

Bui Duy Khanh (born in 1972) has loved painting since his childhood and learned to paint from a school teacher. Life with a lot of ups and downs seemed to take him far away from painting. However, painting as his childhood hobby is more like a part of his identity which cannot be cleansed in his mind and heart. The life is not always with ups and downs that like his love for painting cannot disappear. Now, his peaceful life gives him more time free, taking back his hobby of painting. In 2010, he learned to paint watercolor from a foreigner friend. His instinctive talent and true passion for painting helps to make his pieces of art full of his personal feelings. His paintings partly express his life peacefulness which is his reality as well as his lifetime dream. Although there are some mistakes of painting technique in his pieces but audience cannot easily deny the attractive descriptions of waves there. Most of his paintings are sea – pieces.

Vu Ngoc Vinh (born in 1978) is the only member working in Hanoi now. He has studied at the department of Fine – Arts Pedagogics – the Vietnam Fine – Arts University. He has had long time to earn his living by painting although he always thought himself that was not the best way to live and work with art. He understands that art means creativity finally. Therefore, his paintings in this exhibition are results of his creation which is completely with his heart and soul for the first time in his life. They express his concerns in today’s real life with pulling – about and loss and hopes.

Mai Duy Minh (born in 1976) is the most experienced member in the group. He had two solo exhibitions in Hanoi and the second one, Dust of Life, organized by the Goethe Institute, was said remarkable in his art life. In that exhibition, Mr Xavier Augustin, the director of the Institute, said: “Does not  follow contemporary art alternatives, Mai Duy Minh is the unique which is worthily notable in the younger generation of artists in Hanoi.” Continuing the style of harmonizing the realistic and surrealistic school in the last solo exhibition, Mai Duy Minh introduces the biggest painting in his art life till now, titled Promising Land, at size 540cm (width) x 200cm (height). This is certainly the biggest painting exhibited nationwide in Vietnam this year. The painting takes audience back to the basic matter of human life which has not been completely resolved although they themselves have been building the global civilized human life: the matter of bread and butter. It is actually the poor’s daily problem. However, it is sometimes a possession in the rich’s unconsciousness which influences their spiritual life and might take away their free and happy lives some time.

Hue – Exhibition “Variations”

Opening: Sun 23 Oct, 4.30 pm
Exhibition: 23 Oct – 23 Nov 2011
New Space Arts Foundation, Hue
2nd Floor, Number 15 Le Loi, Hue City

You are invited to the art exhibition “Variations” of artist Nguyen Thanh Trung. The exhibition is about life and its variations.

Exhibition “Sale Off”

Opening: Mon 24 Oct, 4.30 pm
Exhibition: 21 Oct – 04 Nov 2011
Exhibition House
16 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi

You are invited the exhibition “SALE OFF” of 3 artists Do Hiep, Trieu Long and Dinh Vu.

In this global financial crisis, hopefully “SALE OFF” would bring about some spiritual values while everyone seems to have to tighten on’e s belt! Come to the exhibition and select one that you really like for a very reasonable price!

Hue – Exhibition “Take Away”

Opening: Sun 23 Oct, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 23 Oct – 23 Nov 2011
New Space Arts Foundation, Hue
2nd Floor, Number 15 Le Loi, Hue City

You are invited to the art exhibition “Take away” of artist Lai Thanh Dzung.

Screening of “Tout Est Pardonné”

Sat 22 Oct 2011, 3 pm
IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

You are invited to the film screening of “Tout Est Pardonné” stared by Paul Blain, Marie-Christine Friedrich, Victoire Rousseau.

Synopsis: Victor lives in the captial of Vienne with his wife Annette and his small daughter Pamela. It’s spring and Victor quits his job to wander around, for the whole day and sometimes for the whole night. Even though she loves him very much, Annette believes he would come back to his normal self once they get back to Paris. However, in Paris, Victor stays the same. After a fierce argument, Victor moves out to live with a drug-addict girl that he falls in love with. Annette leaves Victor and disappears with Pamela. 11 years later when Pamela is 17 years old, she still is living with her mother in Paris. One day, she discovers that her father is still alive and she decides to find him.

Language: French film with Vietnamese subtitles.

Ticket price: 15 000 VND.
Tickets are available at IDECAF.

Screening of “24 City”

Sat 22 Oct 2011, 6.30 pm
DOCLAB, Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi

You are invited to the screening of “24 city” (112 min) by Chinese filmmaker, Jia Zhang-ke.

“When the state-owned Factory 420 becomes a luxury apartment complex known as “24 City,” the stories of three generations and eight characters meld together to offer an intimate glimpse into the history of China. The line between documentary and fiction blurs as the towering factories on which socialism was built are dismantled and employees are laid off, paving the way for a free-market economy. Located in Sichuan’s capital city of Chengdu, the 420 plant used to produce airplane engines. For more than 50 years, it was the center of life for hundreds of workers. Now, as builders prepare to transform the factory into luxury condos, interviews with real workers and ex-workers are intercut with vignettes about a lonely Shanghai woman (Joan Chen) exiled in Chengdu, a mother (Lu Liping) who lost her son on the long trip from Shenyang, and a young professional (Zhao Tao) pondering the uncertain fate faced by her elderly working-class parents.” ~ Jason Buchanan, Rov.
Free entrance.

If you’re interested in getting news, announcements from DOCLAB for its activities, workshops, and schedule of film screenings, etc., please email us at hanoidoclab@gmail.com to subscribe to DOCLAB news.

Art Exhibition “Nowhere”

Opening: Fri 28 Oct, 6 pm
Exhibition: 29 Oct – 20 Nov 2011, 9.30 am – 6 pm
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, 27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Artist’s Talk: Fri 04 Nov 2011, 7 – 8.30 pm
Nhasan Studio

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents an art exhibition “NOWHERE” by three emerging artists: Motoyuki Shitamichi, Mamoru Okuno and Tuan Mami.

This exhibition is a part of the project entitled “Emerging Artist Series,” in which we aim to introduce young promising artists to broader audience in Vietnam, as well as to provide an opportunity for the artists to explore further development of their creativities.

The said three artists met each other at Tokyo Wonder Site through the artist-in-residence program in Tokyo (JENESYS Creator Invitation Program for Tuan Mami). As their dialogues and discussions grew, they became interested in each other’s view and concept, and gradually felt the commonality in their artworks.

This exhibition is their first attempt, after finding congenial spirits in each other in Tokyo, to create new artworks through their observations and researches in Hanoi. Shitamichi and Mamoru stayed for a month in Hanoi for this project.

The conceptual message from the artists for this exhibition says,

“We pass by without knowing it, and yet, there it is.”

Shitamichi will visualize unseen memories and values in ordinary landscapes through simple materials and images, while Mamoru will help you to enhance your imagination through ordinary sounds and voices. Mami will also inspire you to think about the social relationships of human beings through his performance and photographs.

We do hope that the viewers will enjoy their artistic viewpoints of the world, which is demonstrated by the exhibition’s title, No-where, Now-here.

Free entrance, no closing days.

For more information, please contact:

Ms. Ha (091-541-6055)
Mr. Yoshioka (0123-384-4138)
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
Tel: 04-39447419 – Email: jpfhanoi@jpf.org.vn

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