Keppel Scholars’ Appreciation Concert

01 Oct 2011, 8 pm
Concert Hall, L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

Past and present Keppel Scholars of the Conservatory and friends perform an evening of French chamber work including the famous The Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns. The concert is presented by the Conservatory’s Vietnamese students in appreciation for Keppel Corporation’s support towards their studies at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

Program:
RAVEL Introduction & Allegro
SAINT-SAENS   Septet in E-flat major, Op. 65
SAINT-SAENS   The Carnival of the Animals

Members of group:
NGUYEN NGOC HUY violin
DANG VIET HA violin
JONATHAN LEE viola
TRINH HA LINH cello
TRAN DUC MINH double bass
KELLY LOH BAOYUN flute
BENJAMIN NG CHOONG YEN clarinet
VU TIEN DAT trumpet
NGUYEN DUY ANH percussionist
MAK WEI EN MATHEW piano
PHAN GIA ANH THU piano
CHEN YIHUAN piano

About Keppel Scholars of the Conservatory: Currently studying music at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YSTCM), National University of Singapore (NUS), this is a multi-national ensemble from Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam. Members are all recipients of full scholarship from YSTCM, NUS, and Keppel music program for Vietnamese students. This given the ensemble many opportunities to learn from some of the most experienced teachers and world-renowned artistes, who help to develop their talent and musicianship. The group's aim is to reach out and bring classical music to the society through performances.

Free tickets are available at L’Espace from Fri 30 Sep 2011.

Exhibition “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”

Opening: Fri 30 Sep, 6.30 pm
Artists’ Talk: Sun 2 Oct, 3 pm
Exhibition: 30 Sep – 15 Nov 2011
The Bui Gallery, 23 Ngo Van So St., Hanoi, Vietnam

The Bui Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Love’ showing work on paper by Truong Tan, Nguyen Minh Thanh, Nguyen Quang Huy, Tracey Emin and Louis Bourgeois.

Like the collection of short stories by Raymond Carver, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”, the works in this exhibition are reflections on love – drifting between the language of simplicity and that which manifests itself when confronting those complex emotions, individualities, solitude and overwhelming passion.

The women in Quang Huy’s new paintings are suffocating between crumbling reality and their shattered dreams, but appearing as magnetic angels, intriguing and magnificent, they fight for the name of love.

With Minh Thanh, the tranquil imagery, so bitter in his paintings, questions the reality, the essential, the unconditional nature of Love, and questions whether it can make one complete. And Truong Tan, with works from 1993 and 1994; could it be that violence and harsh reality are the seeds of the deary gentleness which every human being seeks when in love?

”What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” also features a few pieces by two extraordinary contemporary female artists – Louis Bourgeois and Tracey Emin. Their works here candidly confront themes of identity, sexuality and the fear of loss and abandonment.

Artists are probably at their clearest when composing on paper; they reveal their honesty, their hearts, their minds and their desires. Through this exhibition, Bui Gallery hopes that the endearing spirit of these artists will satisfy visitors, especially those who are themselves wondering about the complexities of love.

Screening of “Two Days in France”

Sat 01 Oct 2011, 3 pm
IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

You are invited to the film screening of “Two Days in france” of director Julie Delpy, stared by Adam Goldberg, Julie Delpy and Daniel Brühl.

Synopsis: Marion is a French photographer. She lives in New York with Jack – an interior designer. To create something new for the relationship, they decide to go to Venice. However, the trip doesn’t turn out as good as they expect because Jack suffers from gastritis. Therefore, they decide to go to Paris where Marion still has some relatives.

Once again, their romantic get-away has another problem: her parents are grumpy, some of her ex boyfriends have also shown up and Jack is so passionate about taking photographs, the two of them hardly have anytime for relaxing!

Will they overcome this? Or will they fight and become masters of arguments?

Language: French film with Vietnamese subtitles.

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

Bread & Circus and Good Mouth Feel Live

Sat 01 Oct 2011, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Pinch, punch, first of the month. Get ready for a Saturday night of music that will turn your knees to jelly, including live performances by Bread & Circus, and Good Mouth Feel, followed by DJ set.

Bread and Circus: The duo Phuong Dang and Luke Destefano. Quirky. Baroqueish. Theatrical. And soul piercing. Power vocals, elegant piano and some serious drum action.

Good Mouth Feel: These three lads and the lady on drums need little introduction on the live music circuit in recent Hanoi history. Let’s just put it this way: have you ever seen Good Mouth Feel not excite the crowd into a wild frenzy of sweat and swagger? Nope, us neither.

Ticket price: 60 000 VND at door (includes a free beer)

Screening of “Daughter from Danang” by FVH

Thu 06 Oct 2011, 7.30 pm
Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

Friends of Vietnam Heritage (http://fvheritage.org/) is proud to present you the documentary “Daughter from Đà Nẵng” (81 minutes). The film won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

A heartbreaking documentary that upsets your expectations of happily-ever-afters, Daughter from Đà Nẵng is a riveting emotional drama of longing, identity, and the personal legacy of war. To all outward appearances, Heidi is the proverbial “all-American girl”, hailing from small town Pulaski, Tennessee. But her birth name was Mai Thị Hiệp. Born in Đà Nẵng, Việt Nam in 1968, she’s the mixed-race daughter of an American serviceman and a Vietnamese woman. Fearing for her daughter’s safety at the war’s end, Hiệp’s mother sent her to the U.S. on “Operation Babylift”, a Ford administration plan to relocate orphans and mixed-race children to the U.S. for adoption before they fell victim to a frighteningly uncertain future in Vietnam after the Americans pulled out. Mother and daughter would know nothing about each other for 22 years.

Now, as if by a miracle, they are reunited in Đà Nẵng. But what seems like the cue for a happy ending is anything but. Heidi and her Vietnamese relatives find themselves caught in a confusing clash of cultures and at the mercy of conflicting emotions that will change their lives forever. Through intimate and sometimes excruciating moments, Daughter from Đà Nẵng profoundly shows how wide the chasms of cultural difference and how deep the wounds of war can run–even within one family.

Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Cost:100,000 VND
Limit:90 people

Registration:Please email Thu at fvh.films@gmail.com. Please leave your mobile phone number so we can contact you in case of any last minute changes.

Notes:Your reservation is not confirmed until you receive an email from us. Please pick up and pay for your tickets on the evening of the event at the cinema. The box office will be open from 6:30 to 7:15 PM. As a courtesy to those on the waiting list, please cancel if you can’t come by calling 0167 670 3835. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. While we cannot pre-book seats, if you come early you can pick your favorite seats.

Dongsonian Art Exhibition

Opening: Mon 26 Sep 2011, 10 am
Exhibition: 26 Sep – 03 Oct 2011
Viet Art Centre, 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi

On the occasion of the new academic year, the Việt Nam University of Fine Arts would like to introduce a special exhibition which presents all of the research findings into Đông Sơn fine arts made by the Centre for Southeast Asian Prehistory. This exhibition hopes to promote pride and love among students for the preservation of Vietnamese cultural heritage.

The Việt Nam University of Fine Arts last collaborated with the Centre for Southeast Asian Prehistory in 2006 for the exhibition “The Ancient Stone Site of Sapa in the Eye of Visual Arts”. We are very pleased to collaborate once again for another significant fine arts event.

Đông Sơn fine arts marked a high point for the prehistoric fine arts of Việt Nam and Southeast Asia. From the late 19th to early 20th centuries, Western scholars paid close attention to the artistic work of the ancient Đông Sơn people. But it was not until the establishment of the Việt Nam Institute of Archaeology (1968) that Đông Sơn fine arts was studied scientifically and systematically. It was studied as part of the research project “The Hùng Kings’ Foundation of the Country” for four years.

In 2003, the Việt Nam Institute of Fine Arts (directly under the Việt Nam University of Fine Arts) published Vietnamese Patterns from Prehistory to the First Half of Feudalism by Nguyễn Du Chi. Đông Sơn fine arts was systematically delineated in the second chapter of the book, Prehistoric Patterns. Also in 2003, the Centre for Southeast Asian Prehistory, under the management of Dr. Nguyễn Việt, conducted an intensive interdisciplinary, international research project about prehistoric fine arts in Việt Nam. The special issue “Research of Fine Arts” by the Việt Nam University of Fine Arts had the honor of publishing all the materials of this meticulous and important project.

HFH Vietnam Photo Contest

From 19 Sep to 14 Oct 2011

Habitat for Humanity Vietnam are having a photo contest to celebrate our 10th anniversary in Vietnam and to mark the annual United Nations World Habitat Day (October 3)!
This year’s theme for World Habitat Day is “cities, natural disasters and climate change.” So our photo contest asks people to take pictures of the impacts of climate change on their home.

Contest schedule
Contest starts: September 19
Contest closes: October 14
Winners announced: October 19
Prize ceremony: October 28 (location TBA).
Contest details, info, press release, rules and regulations and poster all available at www.habitatvietam.org in both Vietnamese and English.

Future Lounge at Rooftop

Every Tue from 27 Sep to 31 Dec 2011, 9 pm
The Rooftop Bar & Restaurant, 19th Floor, Pacific Place, 83B Ly Thuong Kiet Str, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi

The Rooftop is proud to present Future Lounge, an amazing music event featured by DJ Cache, one of the best DJ of Australia.

Future Lounge is a weekly event to showcase the best professional club DJ, DJ Cache from Australia.

DJ Cache started in the basement of a friend’s house with a hefty vinyl collection of Trance, Techno, Big Beat and Jungle. In 2001 he moved to London, England, and witnessed just how influential the DJ movement had become. He started collecting vinyl and soon became hooked on where music could take you. Over several years he jammed with friends and gained insight from more experienced djs, mcs, singers and musicians from all walks of life. Today his major influences are from the organic rhythms of Quantic, the playful jazz wobble of Mr Scruff, the pounding dub-step of Bassnectar and the prolific pop, indie, dance hall remixer Diplo (aka Major Lazor). Before Hanoi, he was a resident of X&Y Bar (Voted #1 music venue in Australia 2010) as well as a slew of other special guest appearances throughout Australia.

For Reservation: 01239549900 – 0439461901

Photo Contest “Dance With Us: Motion Across Cultures”

”Dance with Us: Motion Across Cultures” Photo Contest is calling for participation
Deadline: 25 Oct 2011

Whether it’s a spontaneous dance with our families or a formal performance, we express ourselves through movement in every culture. Grab your camera, get creative, and capture a movement that celebrates your unique culture. Important notes:

•You must be at least 14 years old to enter the contest.
•If you are under 18, you need permission from a parent or guardian to participate.
•Each member may submit a maximum of two (2) entries for consideration in the contest.
•Entries will be judged by a panel from the U.S. Department of State and leading arts organizations on originality, creativity, effectiveness, and photo quality. What are these?
•Submissions will be accepted from September 13 until October 25, 2011.
•Read our full rules to learn more.

How to participate:

1. First, you must sign up for ExchangesConnect.
2. Take an original digital photo that addresses our theme and represents dance in your community or culture.
3. Click the “Enter the Photo Contest Now” button below for further instructions on adding required information, a descriptive title, a caption, and tagging your photo.

Screening of 2 Sessions of the “Best of”

October 2
Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

This Sunday come and join us for two sessions of the “Best of” screenings at the Hanoi Cinematheque.

At 6pm, you are invited to a 48HFP “Best of Asia” 2010 Short Film Screening in Hanoi, Vietnam. Come see 15 specially selected 2010 season films from our fellow Asian film makers from countries such as Singapore, China, Malaysia, Mongolia and More!

At 8:30pm see our special screening of the 48HFP BEST OF THE WORLD 2010 Screening. We have made a selection of the best films to show you with a special feature of the MAKING OF “THE GIRL IS MIME” the winner of the 2010 48HFP Competition starring Martin Freeman – star of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe and upcoming Lord of the Rings film – THE HOBBIT!

Screening Schedule
6 – 8 pm: Screening Best of Asia
8.30 – 10 pm: Screening Best of the World

Ticket price: Best of Asia 2010: FREE!
Best of the World 2010: 60.000VND (50.000VND/for members of Cinematheque)

The First Anniversary Event of Mekong Creations

26 Sep – 02 Oct 2011, 10 am – 8 pm
Mekong Creations, 13 Hang Bac Str, Hanoi and 141 Bui Vien, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, Dist 1, HCMC

Mekong Creations is celebrating its first anniversary. Come and enjoy some retail therapy with a 10% discount from 26 Sep until 02 Oct 2011 (10 am – 8 pm). We have a wide range of handmade, innovative household and gift items, made from bamboo, water hycainth papier mache and silk.

Mekong Creations is a NGO supporting communities by providing employment to women in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Exhibition “H”

Opening: Wed 28 Sep, 4 pm
Exhibition: 28 Sep – 05 Oct 2011
Applied Arts Center, 5 Phan Dang Luu St., Ward 3, Binh Thanh Dist., HCM City, Viet Nam

The art exhibition “H.” of artist Nguyen Quang Hoang and sculptor Pham Cong Hoang comprises of 20 works of oil paintings, acrylic and metal sculptures. The two artists want to bring to the visitors a small slice of the colourful life using their own technique.

Both artists were born on 1960, graduated from HCMC University of Arts and work at Dong Nai Decoration Arts College. One artist works at graphic department and the other at sculpture department.

Nguyen Quang Hoang specializes on oil paintings while Pham Cong Hoang is an expert on sculptures and metal.

Final Round of KPOP International Contest in Vietnam

Au Co Art Center, 08 Huynh Thuc Khang Str, Hanoi

You are invited to the Final Round of KPOP International Contest in Vietnam. It is the perfect opportunity for candidates to show their talents, passion and their hard work on the stage. 17 dances will be performed all together in various styles including group performance, duo and solo performance.

The winner from the K-Pop International Contest in Vietnam will participate in “The 1st K-Pop International Contest” organized by the Korean Ministry of Cultural, Sports and Tourism in 27th November in Seoul, Korea with many representatives from all over the world. Also, the organizer will sponsor the winner’s the total cost of travelling to Korea to participate in the this contest.

In the Kpop International Contest in Korea, famous Korean stars would turn up and the participants would have a change to meet and perform with them. The program is expected to be broadcasted in more than 70 countries on KBS World chanel.

With the support of more than 100.000 Vietnamese who live in Korea and the same number of Koreans living in Vietnam, hopefully the representative from Vietnam would achieve high result in the contest and he/she would be the ambassador to contribute to the close relationship between the two countries.

Members of Korean Cultural Center are eligible to receive tickets

Tickets are distributed:
- At the reception on the 2nd floor of the Korean Cultural Center (Ms. Ngọc)
- Each member: 01 ticket (bring your membership card to receive ticket)
- Time: from 27 Sep 2011 (Tuesday) (Morning: 9 -12 am, Afternoon: 2 – 5 pm)

÷ Note: the number of tickets is limited. First comes, first serves.
÷ Contact: Korean Cultural Center
Tel: 043 9445980~1 (107) Fax: 043 9445983

Meeting with Author Beppe Severgnini

Italy & Vietnam: Culture and Enterprises
Mon 03 Oct 2011, 5 pm
Creative Space Club, 36 Dien Bien Phu Str, Hanoi

In the framework of Y Viet 2011 and on the occasion of the XI Edition of the Italian Language Week in the World, the Embassy of Italy in Vietnam, in cooperation with Nha Nam Publishers proudly organizes a meeting with the journalist Beppe Severgnini, author of The Head of the Italians (Nha Nam Publishers). The meeting will be held at the “Creative Space Club” Trung Nguyen Café (36 Dien Bien Phu -Hanoi), on Monday 3 October 2011 at 5 p.m.

With some foreign friends the author discovers Italy and its homes, squares, shops, churches, stadiums and beaches: ten days and thirty places giving an overview of the culture and values of the Italian people. The head of Italians is the last unexplored region of the Country, and it is interesting a tour in it.

A tour across Italy with these foreign friends, in which the author “translates” the Country: the unknown rules  of the streets and the orderly anarchy of an office, the talkativeness of trains and the wisdom of an Hotel, the reassurance of a church and the crowding of a bedroom, the importance of a beach and the democracy of the living room. This book helps Italian and Vietnamese people getting closer to each other and get a complete image of Italy, through many lifestyle hints, from North to South, from food to sport and finally from morality to politic.

Beppe Severgnini has been writing for the Corriere della Sera , the most renowed newspaper in Italy, since 1995 and has just published La pancia degli Italian. Berlusconi spiegato ai posteri (Rizzoli 2010, Berlusconi Explained to Posterity and Friends Abroad). Since 1998 he has been moderating the online forum “Italians” the subject of his book Italians. Il giro del mondo in 80 pizze (Rizzoli 2008). He has written for The Economist (1993-2003) and for the New York Times Syndicate (2007-2009). In 2004, Beppe Severgnini was voted European Journalist of the Year in Brussels. Severgnini’s books, published in Italy by Rizzoli, are bestsellers.

Beppe Severgnini teaches at the Walter Tobagi School of Journalism at the University of Milan/IFG. He has been a research fellow/writer in residence at MIT/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009) and has taught at Middlebury College, Vermont (2006), and at the universities of Milan-Bocconi (2003 and 2006), Parma (1998) and Pavia (2002), which elected him “Alumnus of the Year” for 1998. He has also lectured at many universities in Italy and abroad.

For further information:
Embassy of Italy, Ms. Hoa 04.3 8256256 (ext. 116) or culturale.hanoi@esteri.it

Screening of “The Love Songs”

Fri 07 Oct 2011, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the screening of “The Love Songs” of director Christophe Honoré, starred by Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni. The film has received many awards and nominations.

The Figaroscope Newspaper has reviewed about the film as follows:

“The film brings both nice and sorrow moments at the same time which is something quite commonplace in our modern time.”

Film synopsis: Because of love, Julie accepts the love triangle with her boyfriend’s collegue. However, it’s a burden for the young women to cope with the situation when she wants to live with her loved one. Once the love triangle stops, everything becomes fragile especially Ismaël’s life (Julia’s boyfriend). He tries to control his feelings and gets mixed up with the vagueness and disappointment.

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

Performance with two Ballet Stars from Opéra de Paris

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