Music Night of Pham Duy

Fri 22 Jul 2011, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the music night of Pham Duy who is a prolific Vietnamese songwriter. He, along with Van Cao and Trinh Cong Son, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of modern (non-classical) Vietnamese music. Well-known Vietnamese singers such as Cam Van, Duc Tuan, Viet Hoan, My Linh, Khanh Linh together with other new singers will perform Pham Duy’s works.

Ticket price: 500.000, 700.000, 1.300.000, 1.500.000, 1.800.000, 2.000.000 VNĐ.

Tickets are avaible at Hanoi Opera House.

Contact ticket office: 04 22 120 455 – 091 438 7757 (Ms.Thoa), Hotline: 0914 897 757

“Tales in the City – Community Voices”

Exhibition: 09 Jul – 09 Sep 2011

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Nguyen Van Huyen Str., Cau Giay Dist., Hanoi

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology organizes a display titled “Tales in the City: Community Voices”, and screening of 3 films: “The Silent Teachers”, “The Trash Collector –

Village People in the City” and “Hiphop – My Life”. Each film lasts for about 15 – 20 minutes and the synopsis of each film is a part of the display. Both the display and film screenings are the result of applying new technique for displaying and film making.

The display and screening of 3 films is the result of project Communication based on community in Vietnam Using community based technique, the staffs are trained and build a model to display. They have worked with 3 communities in Hanoi: the tutors who are rural students, trash collectors, hiphop dancers from Minishock group. The display and screening of 3 films are the end-product of the 3 communities. They will also participate in the opening to share their ideas with the public.

Apart from the display and film screening, there are other educational events such as: the performance and exchange on 09 and 10 July 2011 among hiphop dancers from

Minishock in Hanoi and “khèn” dancer – a type of instrument of Hmong ethnic minority group from Pa Co commune, Mai Chau District of Hoa Binh province.

The public can also participate in some activities to experience the life of the above mentioned groups such as: taking photographs with the communities that you like, sharing ideas and hopes; drawing grafity and dancing with the dancers from Minishock group…

Ticket price

Adults: 25,000 VND

Children: 3,000 VND

Students: 5,000 VND

Tickets are available at the museum.

Idol Music Event 2011 in Vietnam

In HCMC: Fri 22 Jul 2011, 8 pm

Military Zone 7 Stadium – 202 Hoang Van Thu, HCMC

In Hanoi: Sun 24 Jul 2011, 8 pm

Giang Vo Exhibition Center – 148 Giang Vo, Hanoi

Idol Music Event 2011, brings about the chance to listen to the performances of American Idol winner David Archuleta and well known Vietnamese singers such as Ho Ngoc Ha, Tuan Hung, Uyen Linh, Van Mai Huong… This promises to be an eventful night.

David Archuleta won American Idol (round 7) at a young age. To date, this 21-year-old singer is one of the most famous singers with worldwide fanclub throughout the world.

David Archuleta’s talent has been showed through a lot of talent contests when he was 11 in his hometown in Utah. David will perform some of his most famous songs especially those from the newly released album entitled “The Other Side Of Down”. The Album is ranked 13th in the best-selling 200 album chart.

In HCMC, David Archuleta will perform with Vietnamese guest singers such as Ho Ngoc Ha, Tuan Hung, Ngo Thanh Van, Bao Thy, Noo Phuoc Thinh, Dong Nhi and Vietnam Idol 2010 winner: Uyen Linh – Van Mai Huong.

In Hanoi, Uyen Linh – winner of Vietnam Idol 2010 and second runner up winner Van Mai Huong together with Dam Vinh Hung and Tuan Hung will also perform.

Ticket price: 200.000, 500.000, 700.000, 1.000.000VND.

To purchase tickets, call: 04 22 120 455 – 0916 571 125 – 0914 897 757 – 091 493 7757 – 091 494 7757

Ticket booking via: Dongdo-show.com

Screening of “The Moon at the Bottom of the Well” at IDECAF

Sat 16 Jul 2011, 3 pm

You are invited to the film screening of “The Moon at the Bottom of the Well” of director Nguyen Vinh Son, starred by Hong Anh, Thanh Vy, Hoang Cao De.

Synopsis: Hanh is a teacher in a high school where Phuong – her husband is the head master. They are a happy couple. However, Hanh cannot conceive and is willing to let her husband to have a child with another woman just to make his mother happy. This is a secret between them. Unfortunately, the secret is revealed. Hanh realizes she has been used by both her husband and his side of the family. She is a victim of a dishonoured man and a victim of a judgmental society. In solitude, she finds love in the other world: the spiritual world.

Language: Vietnamese with French subtitle.

Ticket price: 15 000 VND, free for members of IDECAF.

Tickets are available at IDECAF.

Workshop and Performance of Contemporary Dance

22 – 23 Jul, 3 – 5 pm

Sun 24 Jul 2011, 3 pm

Open Stage Vietnam, 25 Phan Phu Tien, D.5, HCMC 

You are invited to the Open stage program in July 2011 with 2 workshops. On 22 and 23 July, the target audiences are those with basic knowledge about contemporary dance and Pham Bao Trung will lead the workshop and on 24th July, the exchange contemporary dance performance will take place.

These workshops will provide you with some of the movement technique in contemporary dance, connecting all parts of the body especially the hands. If applied correctly, the dancers will have graceful postures and movements. You will get to know some exercises to gain more knowledge and confident in Contemporary Dance. You will gain useful knowledge about this form of art.

Registering for 2 workshops, you can participate in the exchange performance on 24th July 2011 for free.

Price: 80.000 VND/workshop (register before 20/07/2011)

(Discount of 20% for 5 or more people)

Chamber Music and Ballet Suite “Monsoons”

Tue 19 Jul 2011, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

You are invited to the performance of HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera. Part one of the program is the extract from famous chamber music works of Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi… Part 2 is the performance of ballet suite monsoons which was of great success in 2011. The performance is choreographed and directed by the People’s Artist Ha The Dung – Head master of HCMC Dance School.

Program

Part 1: Chamber Music “Melodies of Love”

Verdi from opera La Traviata

“Brindisi”

“Un di felice”

Soprano: Ngọc Tuyền

Tenor: Duy Linh

HBSO Choir

Mozart

“Sull’aria…che soave zeffiretto” from opera The Marriage of Figaro

Soprano: Như Ngọc, Thu Hà

“Papageno, Papagena” from opera The Magic Flute

Soprano: Triệu Yên

Baritone: Danh Hùng

Puccini from opera La Bohème

“Che gelida manina”

“Si, mi chiamano Mimi”

“O soave fanciulla”

Soprano: Thanh Nga

Tenor: Phạm Trang

Mozart

“La ci darem la mano” from opera Don Giovani

Soprano: Triệu Yên

Baritone: Thanh Minh

Rossini from opera The barber of Seville

“Una voce poco fa”

“Dunque io son”

“Finale”

Soprano: Cho Hae Ryong

Baritone: Thanh Minh

HBSO Choir

Part 2: Ballet suite Monsoons

Choreographer: Hà Thế Dũng

Assistant Choreographer:

Nguyễn Phúc Hùng

Nguyễn Phúc Hải

Phan Thị Hồng Châu

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

Painting exhibition “Miscellaneousness”

Opening: Fri 15 Jul, 6 – 8 pm

Exhibition: 15 Jul – 03 Aug 2011

Himiko Cafe, 324Bis, Dien Bien Phu, Ward 11, Dist 10, HCMC

You are invited to attend the painting exhibition “Miscellaneousness” of artist Phan Thanh Minh.

The Project: Graffiti in the Alley

12 Jul – 07 Aug 2011

Zerostation, The quarter 288 (“Cư xá 288”), Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Str, D.3, HCMC

ZeroStation will collaborate with Click 9, one of the graffiti teams in HCMC, to create an art project using graffiti as a tool to awaken the interaction between people living in the neighborhood where ZeroStation is located and art.

This is a typical quarter in the heart of Saigon with a large yard where daily activities taken naturally, kids play football, their parents chatter, etc. in the afternoon. Click 9 will draw graffiti continually pictures on the wall of ZS for nearly a month (since 12 July- 07 August). It this period of time, the artists will have an opportunity not only to draw graffiti and thereby create lively visual art space for the neighborhood, but also have an opportunity to communicate and interact directly with the residents as well as to create a close approach by suggesting people to involve in the process of drawing with them.

For nearly one month, there will be plenty of graffiti paintings to be drawn, to be deleted, and to be re-drawn, thereby emphasizing the ephemeral nature of street art practices and non-institutional as well as the progress of a public art project which is not (only) based on the aesthetic object, and (still) mainly on the relationship and the openness of dialogue

Last Brush at Hanoi Rock City

Thu 14 Jul 2011, 8.30 – 10 pm

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

It is with minty sadness that Hanoi must kiss goodbye to one of its most prolific and charming singer songwriters, Joshua Lee, as he takes his Last Brush with friends this Thursday night.

Josh has given so much to the city through the chilly winters to the blazing summers, not only with his quirky and loveable live performances, but also leaving behind with us a Toothbrush album. As the first band to ever step onto the HRC stage in front of a live audience, Toothbrush will always have a special place in Hygiene Rock City’s own heart. He will be missed, but not before we’ve squeezed the last joyful dregs out of his music tube!!

So join Josh and friends to make it a wonderful Thursday night send off at this free party in HRC.

Free entrance.