Cine Sessions at Cinematheque

Thu 01 Mar 2012, 8.30 – 10.30 pm
Cinematheque
22A Hai Ba Trung Str, Hanoi

CINE SESSIONS is back with its eclectic mix of homegrown and traveling musicians.

ALWAYS, known for their Hanoi infused Electro-Acoustic sets, will be performing together with XUEER, a Singer- Pianist backpacking through Asia.

Entrance: 50 000 VND.

Jazz Concert with Franck Amsallem

IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

Come to a jazz concert with Franck Amsallem. He has produced 8 album, lived 20 years in the US and guided famous musicians like Gerry Mulligan, Charles Lloyd or Joshua Redman, Maria Schneider and Harry Belafonte. The artist also had a performance in Hanoi on 08 Mar.

He plays both classic and modern Jazz. Some of the well known pieces such as”I got Rhythm” or ‘Summer times’ bring great pleasure and inspiration to listeners.

Franck Amsallem has learnt from famous musicians who he’s met with during his time living on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean on the imperfection and how to forget oneself to let other shine.

Pianist Franck Amsallem has successed in his performances once he starts singing and playing the piano which inspire many people.

For more information, check out myspace of Franck Amsallen.

Ticket

Ticket price : 100.000 VND (reduction 50% for students)
Tickets are available at IDECAF

Performance of MEN with Go Lim

Sun 11 Mar 2012, 7 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Gender-bending, genre-smashing sensation MEN are preparing to hit Vietnam for the first time this March 11.

Riding the razor’s edge at the intersection of art, politics and culture, MEN have been winning fans worldwide since 2007 with their signature mix of dance, punk and pop. Fronted by feminist electropunk pioneer J.D. Samson (Le Tigre), MEN draw on the legacy of new wave icons like Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, 80s post-punk, synth-pop and 90s electro to create a politcially charged and uniquely millennial sound.

Pairing viciously catchy disco-punk with lyrics that leap from political economy, to queer culture to sexual politics Samson and bandmates Michael O’Neill and Lee Free are a band on a mission to provoke thought and challenge attitudes as much as they are to shake hips.
“Women still make 75% to the man’s dollar and queers are still being murdered, beat up, fired, unfairly treated, and aren’t allowed to marry,” Samson says.

“I’m the first to be optimistic about … everything that has changed in the past decade. But I’m realistic about the work that needs to be done, and I won’t stop speaking for what I believe needs to change.”

Coming straight from their Australia/New Zealand tour – including a headline performance at the Sydney Mardi Gras – MEN will hit Hanoi on Sunday March 11, joining local fem rockers Go Lim for a one-off show for CAMA at Hanoi Rock City.

Radical, raw, challenging, but above all danceable, MEN are one act not to miss in 2012!

Ticket

Ticket price: 200,000 VND (at the door)

Screening of “The Passing”


Thu 08 Mar 2012, 3 pm
DOCLAB
Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Video Art Video presents the screening of The Passing, a video art by famous video artist, Bill Viola. “The Passing is personal response to the spiritual extremes of birth and death in the family. Black-and-white imagery and underwater scenes depicts a twilight world hovering on the borders of human perception and consciousness, where the multiple lives of the mind-memory, reality, and vision-merge.” – Bill Viola, 1991.

Considered by many to be one of Viola’s most important and accessible works, The Passing speaks eloquently to human experience at its most profound, it is a meditation on the passage of generations. This one-hour video is a landmark of twentieth-century visual narrative as well as an expression of spirituality that is both deeply personal and universally understood.

Bill Viola (born in 1951) is a contemporary video artist. He is considered a leading figure in the generation of artists whose artistic expression depends upon electronic, sound, and image technology in New Media. His works focus on the ideas behind fundamental human experiences such as birth, death and aspects of consciousness.

The screening is non-profit and aims for studies and research only.

Language: English

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Musical Performance for Children

10 and 11/03/2012, 7 pm
Hanoi Drama Theater
42 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the musical performance in English titled “Choon-Hyang – The Real Love”. This is an interesting show in English with the performance of young talents. This can be considered as the epic love story of “Romeo and Juliet” of the land of kimchi. It’s about the beautiful young love which has to overcome many obstacles for the forever happy ending.

Choon – Hyang not only brings laughters to the children but also is an inspiration for the children to learn English through musical performace, especially when they could perform the show with friends of their age in English. Full of energy and very funny, this is truly a party for the eyes with break-dance performances, performing with Korean swords, Taekwondo and Samul-nori – a traditional dance played with many drums, etc. All are performed by children!

“Choon-Hyang – The True Love” has become an icon and has attracted many audiences from all over the world, from the US to China, from Singapore to Canada, from Japan to India……

For more information, contact:
The Korean Cultural Center
49 Nguyen Du, Hanoi
Tel: + 84-4-39445980

Exhibition “Lost Moments”

Opening: Sun 11 Mar, 5 pm
Exhibition: 11- 18 Mar 2012, 9 am – 5 pm
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Str, Hanoi

You are invited to a solo sculpture exhibition “Lost Moments” of artist Pham Thai Binh.

Fundraising Event at Joma Bakery Cafe

07, 08, 09 Mar 2012
Joma Bakery Cafe
22 Ly Quoc Su/54 To Ngoc Van

On March 7th, 8th and 9th, Joma Bakery Cafe will be celebrating International Women’s Day by donating 10% of sales to Hagar Vietnam, an organization committed to serving women recovering from exploitation and abuse in Vietnam. Grab your friends and family, and stop by Joma (#22 Ly Quoc Su in the Old Quarter or #54 To Ngoc Van in Tay Ho) for a coffee or delicious treat – all while supporting a great cause!

Hagar will also be auctioning off a piece of artwork created by a client during personal development training and a slew of Joma goodies (free coffees for a month!). Raffle tickets are 100,000VND and will be sold at the register from the 7th-9th. All of the proceeds will go directly to supporting survivors of human trafficking and domestic abuse at Hagar Vietnam.

For more information on Hagar, please ask our cashiers for a brochure or visit Hagar’s website.

Documentary Weeks at Cinematheque

Cinematheque
22A Hai Ba Trung Str, Hanoi

You are invited to a program of outstanding documentary films. BECAUSE WE WERE BORN, IN THE GARDEN OF SOUNDS, SHOOTING WITH MURSI and THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND are selected from the Margaret Mead Film Festival which is the longest-running, premiere showcase for international documentaries at American Museum of Natural History in New York in the United States – encompassing a broad spectrum of work, from indigenous community media to experimental nonfiction.

The Mead Festival screens documentaries that increase our understanding of the complexity and diversity of the peoples and cultures that populate our planet. It has evolved with the times while maintaining its important history, growing steadily to reflect the ever-evolving incarnations of storytelling, which remain steeped in the documentary tradition.

SCHEDULE

Tue 06 Mar
19:00 GRIZZLY MAN
21:00 ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Wed 07 Mar
19:00 ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
21:00 GRIZZLY MAN
Thu 08 Mar
19:00 WHY WE FIGHT
21:00 HAPPY PEOPLE
Fri 09 Mar
19:00 NIGHT MARKET
CYCLOS IN THE OLD STREETS
Sat 10 Mar
19:00 EYES OPEN
SECTION NUMBER EIGHT
AT WATER‚S EDGE
Sun 11 Mar
19:00 THAM VE VILLAGE ˆ NHAY BOI FESTIVAL
Mon 12 Mar
19:00 BECAUSE WE WERE BORN
Tue 13 Mar
19:00 IN THE GARDEN OF SOUNDS
Wed 14 Mar
19:00 SHOOTING WITH MURSI
Thu 15 Mar
19:00 THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND

The screenings from March 9-15 are sponsored by UNICEF. These screenings are open to the public, and no reservations are possible (and no donations requested). Please arrive early to claim your seat for these UNICEF presentations.

A Remembrance of the 3.11 Tohoku Earthquake

HANOI: Sat 10 Mar 2012, 8 am – 12 pm
Conference room (6F Building D), National Library
31 Trang Thi, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
HCMC: Mon 12 Mar 2012, 8 am – 12 pm
C103, Building C, University of Social Science & Humanities
10-12 Dinh Tien Hoang, District 1, HCMC

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam sincerely hosts a DVD screening and lectures on “A Remembrance of the 3.11 Tohoku Earthquake” in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake of the Pacific coast in Japan occurred on Friday 11 March with the magnitude of 9.0. The fourth biggest earthquake in the world in 20 & 21st centuries triggered a tremendously large scale of tsunami and resulted in 15,854 deaths, 6,023 injured and 3,276 people missing (as of 2 March 2012, source: Japan National Police Agency).

Thanks to the great supports from all over the world including Vietnam, people in Tohoku are now overcoming their difficulties and making efforts toward Tohoku’s earliest recovery, the restoration is still ongoing though.

On the occasion of one year after the disastrous 3.11 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan, this program aims to provide most updated information on the current situation and recovery of the affected area, as well as lessons and issues we have learned from this experience.

At first, we will look back over the disaster through visual images on DVD with Vietnamese sub-titles. Then, Prof. Toru Takanarita of Sendai University will talk about lessons we have learned, followed by a lecture by Prof. Taro Igarashi of Tohoku University on the role and activities of architects during and post 3.11 Earthquake.

Languages: Both lectures will be delivered in Japanese with simultaneous interpretation into Vietnamese.

Free admission but pre-registration is highly recommended.

For more information, contact:

Ms. Ha Nguyen (0168-741-6886) / Mr. Yoshioka (0123-384-4138)
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam TEL 04-3944-7419 www.jpf.org.vn

Pakistan Film Week

Cinematheque, 22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

The Pakistan Embassy is organizing a film festival on March 6, 7 and 8 to showcase three feature films that, taken together, tell the story of Pakistan’s development from a newborn nation into one struggling with religious demons. They’ll be shown at the Hanoi Cinematheque starting at 7 pm each evening.

Here’s the line up:

March 6 – “Jinnah” – details here
March 7 – “Ramchand Pakistani” – details here
March 8 – “Khuda Kay Liay (In the name of God)” - details here

Exhibition “The Life of Snails”

Opening: Sat 10 Mar, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 10 – 30 Mar 2012, 9 am – 8 pm
Cactus Contemporary Art
17/12 Nguyen Huy Tuong Str, Ward 6, Binh Thanh Dist, HCMC

Cactus Contemporary Art is pleased to invite you to attend the inaugural solo exhibition of artist Phuong Quoc Tri entitled “The Life of Snails”, will be held on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 5:30 pm. The works will be exhibited at the Cactus Contemporary Art Gallery through of March 30, 2012 and you can view daily at Cactus Contemporary Art from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm.

Screening of “Rapt”

Fri 02 Mar 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the film screening titled “The Kidnap” of director Lucas Belvaux at L’Espace. The film received the César Award in 2010 for the best French film and many César Awards in 2010 for best actors and actresses. Télé Ciné Obs rated this film “one of the best films of Yvan Attal”.

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.

Exhibition “Landscapes of Vietnam”

COpening: Tue 06 Mar, 2 pm
Exhibition: 05-10 Mar 2012, 8 am – 5 pm
Exhibition House, 29 Hang Bai Str, Hanoi

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Hanoi has the pleasure to present the exhibition of the eminent Polish landscape painter Franciszek Ryszard MAZUREK. Born in 1951 F. R. Mazurek graduated from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Faculty of Fine arts. Since 1979 he has presented more than 30 individual exhibitions (in Poland, Ukraine, Germany, France, United Arab Emirates, Moldavia, Romania and Belgium and Vietnam, etc.) and participated in more than 11 group exhibitions (in Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Romania and Hungary).

In October 2011, with the sponsorship of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, the artist came to Vietnam to present his art works of the beauty of the landscapes of the Lublin region_ his hometown_ in Eastern Poland. This time, he came back with the Exhibition entitled ‘Landscapes of Vietnam’ featuring 33 paintings of the beauty of Vietnamese landscapes where he was travelling in October last year. With the same creative inspiration of finding what is usual and ordinary and transferring his observations onto his canvas, Mr. Mazurek’s paintings once again teach us to be humble to the passing of time; they preserve the shape of changing landscape characteristic of a particular place. One can find the beauty of this land in his paintings as well as the world full of memories and emotions. Regardless of what the opinion of modern painting is, this type of creative activity is another confirmation of the role which realistic art plays in contemporary world.

Free entrance.

The Electric Yard Dogs Night

Fri 02 Mar 2012, 9 pm
The House of Son tinh
31 Xuan Dieu, Hanoi

You are invited to a music night with the performance of The Electric Yard Dogs and special guest Dan bau Jim. Rock’n’ Roll meets Blues’n'Groove.

Screening of “The Thin Blue Line”

Sat 03 Mar 2012, 6 pm
DOCLAB
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội

DOCLAB cordially invites you to the screening of The Thin Blue Line, a film by American director, Errol Morris. The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 documentary film by Errol Morris, depicting the story of Randall Dale Adams, a man convicted and sentenced to die for a murder he did not commit. Adams’ case was reviewed and he was released from prison approximately a year after the film’s release.
Errol Mark Morris  is an American film director. In 2003, The Guardian put him seventh in its list of the world’s 40 best directors.Also in 2003, his film The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Languages: In English, with Vietnamese subtitles.

The screening is non-profit and aims for studies and research only.

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.

Electronic Hanoi

Sat 03 Mar 2012, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

After a year-long hiatus, Electronic Hanoi is back!

We return with another healthy dose of beats and basslines to provide you with some aural relief from life in this mad city! Some of Hanoi’s usual suspects, namely Vaughan, Cache and Cybersnack will be on hand to rock the Red Room and will be joined by special guest Marquez Lux fresh from Berlin.

Downstairs Synergy bossman Kulture will be taking care of business alongside those crazy kids otherwise known as the Nam Jam Collective. Expect the unexpected!

Red Room: Electronic
Vaughan (UK)
Cybersnack (Germany)
Cache (Australia)
Marquez Lux (Germany)

Downstairs: Grooves
Kulture (South Africa)
Nam Jam Collective (UK/IRL/NZ)

Live Visuals

Ticket

Ticket price: 50,000VND on the door

Music Night with Le Minh Son

4 March 2012
Hanoi Opera House
1 Trang Tien Str, Hanoi

To celebrate the International Women Day, a music night “With the Guitar” will be organized to welcome the audiences to listen to famous Vietnamese songs composed by musician Le Minh Son and many famous music piece performed by Son Flamenco Band. For more information, see below:
Language: Vietnamese

Ticket
Ticket prices: 500.000, 700.000, 900.000, 1.200.000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over www.ticketvn.com, ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.

www.cinet.gov.vn/Websitenganh/nhahatlon1/Default.htm
haseco@hn.vnn.vn

Exhibition “Shining Night”

Opening: Tue 06 Mar
Exhibition: 06 Mar – 06 Jun 2012
Vietnamese Women’s Museum
36 Lý Thường Kiệt, Hà Nội

To recreate the lives of migrant people and the problems they face in daily life, the Vietnamese Women’s Museum has been cooperating with Light (the Institute for Development and Community Health) to host a new temporary exhibition called Shining Night. The exhibition presents the stories of a typical group of migrants who are representative of thousands of others earning a living in the Long Bien market area. Day and night, they take part hard in manual labour, working as porters, rickshaw pullers, or carriers, facing many difficulties and challenges while they work.

With the assistance of the community as well as other social organizations, the migrants managed to overcome violence in their lives and now have an improved standard of living.

Tickets
Entry fee: VND 30,000

Performance of Famous Finnish Choirs

Tue 06 Mar 2012, 8 pm
Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi

You are invited to a performance by Dominante, one of the most famous Finnish choirs. During the past three decades, Dominante has become a desired choral performer in Finland thanks to its versatile repertoire ranging from traditional to ultramodern choral music and from musicals to orchestral works.

Founded in 1975 as a student choir within the boundaries of the Helsinki University of Technology campus, it still consists mostly of students of Aalto University, University of Helsinki and the Sibelius Academy.

Dominante has appeared on more than twenty recordings.  For its latest a cappella recording entitled “Lempeä”, Dominante was given the “Record of the Year” award by the Finnish Choral Directors’ Association in 2009.  In 2010 Dominante participated in the recordings of the complete works of Jean Sibelius for the BIS record label.  Dominante’s performances of these choral works for mixed choir have been critically acclaimed across Europe.  Dominante also encourages its members in vocal group activities.  Many of the choir’s quartets and quintets have won prizes in national contests.  The Choir has toured the world on a yearly basis and visited countries on all continents.

Ticket

Complimentary tickets are available at the Embassy of Finland at mai.hathanh@formin.fi

Jazz Concert with Franck Amsallem

Screening of “We Don’t Care about Music Anyway”

Hanoi: 6, 7 and 8 Mar 2012, 7 pm
ATK, 73A Mai Hac De, Hanoi
HCMC: Fri 09 Mar 2012, 8 pm
Café Saturday, 25B Tran Cao Van, District 3, HCMC

You are invited to four official screenings of “We Don’t Care about Music Anyway” – accompanied by live experimental sounds from a host of talented local musicians. “We Don’t Care About Music Anyway” is a documentary film associating and confronting the work of 8 musicians from Tokyo’s new music scene with the Japanese society.

“Rather than a film about music, we like to think of “We Don’t Care..” as a film about sound and its perception” say directors CédricDupire and Gaspard Kuentz. How else to approach Tokyo’s world renowned avant-garde music scene? The amplified sound of a controlled heartbeat; the screech of an electric cello played with ferocity; turntablism at its most esoteric; walls of guitar drones over 8-bit soundscapes: these are the points where a diverse, ultra-modern cityscape meets ancient traditions in creative youths.

For people whose wish to explore new terrains far outweighs any narrow-minded prejudices: the film is a real treat, one that will sonically transfer you to a different world – or take you closer to a reality that has always been there – or maybe both, depends on how you look at it.

Program

In Hanoi: film screening with live performances from: Tri Minh + Pham Quang Tran Minh (on the 6th), Vu Nhat Tan (solo set) (7th), Vu Nhat Tan + Bush Lam (8th).

In HCMC: film screening with discussions after the screening with Nguyen Manh Hung and Giang Writher.

Languages

In Hanoi: Japanese with English subtitles
In HCMC: Japanese with subtitles in English and Vietnamese

Ticket

In Hanoi: 100 000 VND. Tickets available now from ATK 73A Mai Hac De
In HCMC: Free entry.

Jazz concert

Thu 8 Mar 2012, 8pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the Jazz concert performed by pianist, musician and singer Franck Amsallem. He has produced 8 album, lived 20 years in the US and guided famous musicians like Gerry Mulligan, Charles Lloyd hay Joshua Redman, Maria Schneider và Harry Belafonte.

He plays both classic and modern Jazz.. Some of the well known pieces such as”I got Rhythm” or ‘Summer times’ bring great pleasure and inspiration to listeners.

Franck Amsallem has learnt from famous musicians who he’s met with during his time living on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean on the imperfection and how to forget oneself to let other shine.

Pianist Franck Amsallem has successed in his performances once he starts singing and playing the piano which inspire many people.

Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and for students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are on sale at L’Espace from 08/02/2012.

Screening of “Les Ambitieux”

Fri 09 Mar 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the French film screening “Les Ambitieux” (“The Ambition”).

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles

For more information, see L’Espace’s website

Tickets:

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

Duo Ancuza Aprodu – Thierry Miroglio

Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

The combination of piano and the percussion makes a great duo. Two international musicians, Ancuza Aprodu – Thierry Miroglio have performed together for many years at many festivals and stages from all over the world.

The audience will enjoy a journey of both traditional and modern music together with a program full of French contemporary works of Debussy, Ton That Thiet, Ohama, Teruggi and Yuasa, Xenakis.
Lived in France, Ancuza Aprodu is one of famous international soloist. She has performed many works from Barock until now in Europe, Asia, the United States and Africa. She has participated in many radio and TV programs as well as having many records – the most recent record has received “Diapason d’or”.

With many solo nights and performances in all over the world, Thierry Miroglio has great success in the past years. He is one of many devoted solo drum player with more than 300 performances for drum solo. In addition, he has participated in many activities of many studios (IRCAM, GRM, GRAME) to produce live audio and TV programs in France and other countries, solo multimedia and CD recording with many famous record labels.

Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for L’Espace members and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are on sale at L’Espace from 15 Feb 2012.

German Opera Night

09 and 10 Mar 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Trang Tien Str, Hanoi

In January 2010, the “German Year in Vietnam” was inaugurated with a brilliant performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony by the VNSO and the Berlin Philharmonic Choir under Alber’s direction. After another highly successful concert in 2011, when Alber and the VNSO jointly presented Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, we are now more than pleased to once again welcome Jonas Alber in Hanoi for our German Opera Night this year.

Under Alber’s direction, the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will present excerpts from Mozart‘s „Die Zauberflöte“, Beethoven‘s „Fidelio“ und Wagner‘s „Der Fliegende Holländer”, showcasing arias, duets and trios which have not yet been played in Vietnam.

Exceptional about these concerts is the fact that they were preceded by a period of intense preparation under the artistic direction of Mr. David Miller. David Miller, répétiteur and conductor at the Théàtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, has worked with world-class talents for many years. For the German Opera Night he conducted an intense workshop with eight of the VNOB’s soloists: Vu (Tenor), Thang Long (Soprano), To Loan (Soprano), Le Thi Vanh Khuyen (Mezzo-Soprano), Diep (Mezzo-Soprano), Trinh Thanh Binh (Tenor), Vu Manh Dung (Baritone), und Minh Dung (Baritone).

About Conductor Jonas Alber

Jonas Alber studied violin and conducting in Freiburg and Vienna. The Herbert von Karajan Foundation awarded him a scholarship in 1995. He was General Music Director at the State Theater Braunschweig by 1998, at the time Germany’s youngest conductor in this position and one which he held until 2007. Alber has since worked with renowned orchestras around the world.

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
„Die Zauberflöte“
- Ouvertüre
- Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Papageno)
Manh Dung (Bariton)
- Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Tamino)
Anh Vu (Tenor)
- Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen (Pamina + Papageno)
Dung/Long
„Die Entführung aus dem Serail“
- Marten aller Arten (Konstanze)
To Loan (Soprano)
Ludwig van Beethoven:
„Fidelio“
- Ouvertüre
- O wär‘ ich schon mit dir vereint (Marzelline)
Vanh Khuyen (M. Soprano)
- Mir ist so wunderbar (Marzelline, Leonore, Jaquino, Rocco)
Long/Vanh Khuyen/Thanh Binh/Dung
Carl Maria von Weber:
„Der Freischütz“
- Ouvertüre
- Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen (Ännchen)
Huong Diep (M. Soprano)
Otto Nicolai:
„Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor“
- Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain! (Fenton)
Thanh Binh (Tenor)
- Die Glocke schlug schon Mitternacht (Frau Flut, Frau Reich, Falstaff)
To Loan/Huong Diep/Minh Dung
Richard Wagner:
“Der fliegender Holländer”
- Ouvertüre
- Mit Gewitter und Sturm (Steuermann)
Thanh Binh (Tenor)
- Johohoe! Traft Ihr das Schiff (Senta)
Long

Ticket

Ticket prices:
S-450.000vnd; A-350.000vnd; B-250.000vnd; C-150.000vnd; Ermäßigung für Studenten: 75.000vnd

Tickets are available at:
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi
Tel.: 04 37342251/ 52/ 53 (ext. 9)

Opera House Hanoi
1 Trang Tien Str., Hanoi
Tel: 01653500268

Ticket reservation under: http://www.vnso.org.vn

Exhibition “Human Opera: Meiro Koizumi”

Opening: Tue 28 Feb, 6 pm
Exhibition: 28 Feb – 28 Mar 2012
San Art, 3 Mê Linh, Bình Thạnh, HCM City

San Art cordially invites you to the Opening Reception of ‘HUMAN OPERA: MEIRO KOIZUMI’, a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Meiro Koizumi. Emerging as one of the most distinguished artists of his generation, Meiro Koizumi imbues his personal thoughts and experiences of his own life into his practice, building and developing them into works with global stature.

In this exhibition, San Art presents two video works titled ‘Human Opera XXX’ (2005) and ‘My Voice Would Reach You” (2009). These works are emblematic of Merio Koizumi’s art where the human spirit and its mental dilemma in dealing with the complex contradictions of urban life are divulged and reflected. His remarkable art has been shown in major museums around the world.

For more information please visit website or email to hello@san-art.org.

Concert at HCMC Opera House

HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
Tel: 08 38299976

You are invited to the classical concert and opera of HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera with the performance of flutist Andjela Bratic.

Program
Part I:
Johann Strauss
Overture from operetta The Bat

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute concerto in D Major
Flute: Andjela Bratic

Giacomo Puccini
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta from opera La Rondine
Soprano: Cho Hae Ryong

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Parto, ma tu ben mio from opera La clemenza di Tito
Soprano: Cho Hae Ryong
Clarinet: Đào Nhật Quang

Part II:
Gioachino Rossini
Introduction, Theme & Variations for clarinet and orchestra in E flat Major
Clarinet: Đào Nhật Quang

Piotr Tchaikovsky
Suite from ballet Nutcracker

HBSO Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Nguyễn Anh Sơn

Tickets
Ticket price: 250 000, 150 000, 60 000 VND (for students only)
All tickets are available at:
Ticket Counter, HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC, Tel: 08 38299976
HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, 3 Phan Van Dat, D.1, HCMC. Tel: 08. 38237419/ 08. 62704450

America – Exhibition “Me Love You Long Time”

Exhibition: 16 Feb – 14 Apr 2012
Aljira – A Center for Contemporary Art
Newark, New Jersey

This spring Hanoi artists Nguyen Phuong Linh and Gabby Quynh-Anh Miller have work in “ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME”, at Aljira – A Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, New Jersey.

Me Love You Long Time is a group exhibition of contemporary art and video since the 1990s by artists from North America and particularly those working in and descendent from Southeast Asia who use various media and complicated visual strategies to upend or explore gender expression, sexuality, sex work, and new subjectivities.

For more information visit www.aljira.com
(artist website: Phuong Linh; Gabby Quynh-Anh Miller)

Exhibition “Houses Facing the Street”

Opening: Thu 08 Mar, 6 pm
Exhibition: 08 – 28 Mar 2012, 9 am – 7 pm
Artist Talk: Thu 15 Mar, 6 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Goethe-Institut Hanoi presents Nguyen The Son’s solo exhibition “Houses Facing the Street”. The exhibition focuses on an aspect of Hanoi’s rapid change which has spread without having been noticed: huge billboards that cover entire house fronts and compete for the viewer’s attention with their bright colors.

All the human eye perceives, however, is the colorful advertisement, the gaze does not penetrate, one speeds past. Hanoi’s residential buildings, which have long shaped the face of the city, are changing: Instead of windows and balconies which facilitate the communication between neighbors, tall billboards seal the houses off, both towards the street, the outside, as well as the inside. What remains is a lightless living space behind the façade losing in value as well as a city with a changed face.

Nguyen The Son seizes upon the issue of these billboards and, by digital means, makes it into entire streets. Using a unique printing technique on Xuan paper and silk, the artist manages to intertwine both old and new techniques in an appealing union. Furthermore, the exhibition features photographic installations which play with the beholder’s perception and blur the line between reality and fiction. This extraordinary exhibition by Nguyen The Son, who has already focused his attention on other phenomenons of Hanoi’s urban landscape in earlier works, invites the visitor to see Hanoi with different eyes.

Nguyen The Son was born in 1978. He graduated from the Vietnam Academy of Fine Arts in 2002, where he then filled a teacher’s position from 2002 until 2008. In 2008, he began the pursuit of his Master’s degree in Fine Art Photography at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Apart from his solo exhibitions “Headwash”(2005), “High Above” (2007) and “New higher Level” (2009), Nguyen The Son’s work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions in Vietnam and China from 2000 until today.

Free admission.

Lady Gaga and Britney Spears Tribute Show

07 and 08 Mar 2012, 8.30 pm
The Rooftop Bar & Restaurant
19th Floor, Pacific Place
83B Ly Thuong Kiet Str, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi

The Rooftop is proud to introduce “Lady Gaga and Britney Spears tribute show”, featuring Jeni Jaye, one of the most famous cover singers with many hits of Britney Spears and Lady Gaga. Highly regarded for nearly a decade now, Jeni Jaye’s Britney Spears tribute is regarded as one of the finest in Europe. Her polished Britney Spears show has been seen worldwide on MTV, BBC1, ITV1, SKY1 etc…

Enjoy famous songs of Lady Gaga and Britney Spears through the performance of Jeni Jaye and dancers from UK.

Since the tender age of 5 Jeni Jay has been a natural performer strutting her stuff of stage and screen. From playing ‘Mary’ in her school nativity to taking the lead role as ‘Cinderella’ at the Civic Theatre in Leeds in Jan 2000. Not only is 22 year old Jeni a natural on stage, but also an accomplished actress, having appeared in some of Britain’s top TV shows such as Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Heartbeat and Children’s Ward.

In Dubai, Jeni was asked to sing on Centre Court for the opening ceremony at the 2001 Dubai A.T.P. Tennis Championships, which was broadcast live on TV around the world! She has also appeared on stage and TV as ‘Britney’ with Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet and Eastenders, Jason Donovan, Roy Wood from ‘Wizard’, ‘Spider’ from Coronation Street and even ‘The Wombles’! Her recent one night ‘Britney Tribute’ show in Germany which was fantastically received by thousands of screaming Britney fans. Jeni has also toured the South of Spain.

Her stunning visual and vocal tribute to today’s Britney Spears and Lady Gaga draws on all Jeni’s considerable singing and acting abilities, to provide a contemporary, energetic and tightly choreographed show featuring her two stunning dancers, and of course all of “Britney’s” massive world-wide hits. From the funky pop classics such as ‘Baby one more time’ and ‘Oops…I did it again’ to her huge hit ‘Stronger’ and an incredible version of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Satisfaction’. She also performed many hits of Lady Gaga like Bad romance, Just dance very successful.

Free 1 shot of Whiskey or Vodka for each pax.
Please attend at The Rooftop 15 minutes before the performance
Invitation for 1 table (max 6 people), without children and formal suit.

Contact: Ms. Huong: 0914363486

Pots ‘n Pans Grand Opening
57 Bui Thi Xuan Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi

Presenting a delicate fusion of Vietnamese cuisine and international flair, Thao Nguyen and a group of former street and disadvantaged youth, who have developed from KOTO into rising stars of the Hanoian food scene, are igniting the city by bringing Pots ‘n Pans to the table this March with their Grand Opening.  

Pots ‘n Pans offers guests an upmarket lounge & dining atmosphere to complement its traditionally intricate Vietnamese cuisine infused with international techniques and style. Located at 57 Bui Thi Xuan Street, Hai Ba Trung District, the restaurant is only a short distance from anywhere, within the hub of the best Hanoi has to offer.

Coming to the Grand Opening night on March 23rd, you will bring yourself to an exciting experience of Pots ‘n Pans exclusive tastes with refreshments of our very own creation, meet our inspring team and our wonderful friends, and enjoy the unique atmosphere to be found nowhere else in the city.

RSVP essentials. Please email us at info@potsnpans.vn, or call us at +84 (0) 439 4402 04 / 05. For more information go to www.potsnpans.vn.

Exhibition “Cloudy Sky And Sometimes a Plane Pases by”

Exhibition: 20 Feb – 05 Mar 2012
Exhibition House
16 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi

You are invited to a painting exhibition “Cloudy Sky And Sometimes a Plane Pases by…” of artists Nguyen The Hung and Dinh Mai Thu Trang.

Screening of “We Don’t Care about Music Anyway”

Hanoi: 6, 7 and 8 Mar 2012, 7 pm
ATK, 73A Mai Hac De, Hanoi
HCMC: Fri 09 Mar 2012, 8 pm
Café Saturday, 25B Tran Cao Van, District 3, HCMC

You are invited to four official screenings of “We Don’t Care about Music Anyway” – accompanied by live experimental sounds from a host of talented local musicians. “We Don’t Care About Music Anyway” is a documentary film associating and confronting the work of 8 musicians from Tokyo’s new music scene with the Japanese society.

“Rather than a film about music, we like to think of “We Don’t Care..” as a film about sound and its perception” say directors CédricDupire and Gaspard Kuentz. How else to approach Tokyo’s world renowned avant-garde music scene? The amplified sound of a controlled heartbeat; the screech of an electric cello played with ferocity; turntablism at its most esoteric; walls of guitar drones over 8-bit soundscapes: these are the points where a diverse, ultra-modern cityscape meets ancient traditions in creative youths.

For people whose wish to explore new terrains far outweighs any narrow-minded prejudices: the film is a real treat, one that will sonically transfer you to a different world – or take you closer to a reality that has always been there – or maybe both, depends on how you look at it.

Program

In Hanoi: film screening with live performances from: Tri Minh + Pham Quang Tran Minh (on the 6th), Vu Nhat Tan (solo set) (7th), Vu Nhat Tan + Bush Lam (8th).
In HCMC: film screening with discussions after the screening with Nguyen Manh Hung and Giang Writher.

Languages

In Hanoi: Japanese with English subtitles
In HCMC: Japanese with subtitles in English and Vietnamese

Ticket

In Hanoi: 100 000 VND. Tickets available now from ATK 73A Mai Hac De
In HCMC: Free entry.

Screening of “A L’Origine”

Fri 23 Mar 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the film screening “A L’Origine” of director Xavier Giannoli. The film has received the César Award 2010 for Best supporting actress Emmanuelle Devos.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles

For more information, see below:

To read film’s synopsis, click here

Tickets:

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

Concert by Song Hong Chamber Group

Sat 17 Mar 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Song Hong Chamber Music proudly presents a spring concert with famous works of composers Franz Schubert and Antonín Dvořák. For more information you can see below:

Program
1. Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
String Quintet in C major op.163 for 2 violins, Viola and 2 Cellos
Intermission
2. Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Piano Quintet in A major no.2 op.81 for Piano, 2 violins, Viola and Cello

Members of Song Hong Chamber Music:
Piano: Pham Quynh Trang
Violin: To Trinh, Truong Son
Cello: Tran Thi Mo, Dao Tuyet Trinh
Viola: Ho Viet Khoa

Ticket
Ticket prices: 200 000, 300 000, 400 000, 500 000 VND.

Contact: Mr Pham Truong Son at 090 323 0685, email sonviolin@yahoo.com.

Screening of “L’illusionniste”

Fri 16 Mar 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the cartoon screening titled “The Magician” of director Sylvain Chomet. The film has received the César Award in 2011 for the best cartoon directed by Sylvain Chomet and Oscar 2011 nomination for the best cartoon by Sylvain Chomet.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles.
For more information, visit L’Espace website.

Ticket:

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

ACCV Annual Fundraiser

Fri 30 Mar 2012, 5 – 10 pm
Australian Embassy in Hanoi
8 Dao Tan St, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi

The Australian Charity for the Children of Vietnam (ACCV) is holding its annual charity event at the Australian Embassy in Hanoi. This event will be held on the Friday 30th of March 2012 from 5pm – 10pm and will help raise much needed funds for seriously ill children at the National Hospital of Paediatrics.

At the event there will be a children’s entertainment section starting from 5:00pm to 8:00pm and an adults entertainment section starting from 8.00pm to 10.00pm. Throughout the evening there will be fun activities, live music, auctions, raffles and food and drink, every ticket has a complementary free drink voucher.

Ticket

Tickets are 180,000VND at the door or 150,000VND if purchased before the event.

If you require any further information please contact Alison at accv@bigpond.com or Mai on 0979 032 169.

World Music with Kareyce Fotso and Aly Keïta

Thu 22 Mar 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
From L’Espace:
You are invited to the world music night with Kareyce Fotso and Aly Keïta. Kareyce Fotso plays blues, jazz or soul with traditional instruments and guitar and her amazing voice. She has received many awards including Visas pour la création award in 2009 (organized by Insitut Français) and many more.
Aly Keïta is a skillful balafon player (a wooden instrument of West Africa). He has brought this instrument to all over the world and to various audiences. He has performed with many famous people such as Omar Sosa, Joe Zawinul, Magid Bekkas…

Tickets:
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.