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Hanoi Social Club’s 1 Year Anniversary
31 Aug and 01 Sep 2012, 8pm
Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi
You might have heard it was coming. Well, it’s finally here. THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of The Hanoi Social Club !!
So as our present to you we’re throwing a party to say “thank you”. We’ve got a weekend full of music (and really good music, too!!) door prizes, free drinks, dancing – you know – A PARTY!!!
Friday night:
ZIPPY the Uke Goddess – fun, funny and funky
smokin’ GOOD GRAEFF – top shelf folk/pop/country
hip shaking MUSBABA – African rhythms to burn down the house
Saturday night:
the XEOMISTAS – Brazillian choro music. Haven’t seen these guys before? A guaranteed present for your ears, these guys. Bringing us a rare injection of South American culture. The night will only get hotter as it gets later – rat vui!!
Free entry.
2 Free beers from 7 to 8:30
Talk about Art in the Streets
Beyond the burqa: Shamsia Hassani clears rubbish from in front of one of her graffiti creations in an industrial park in Kabul. Photograph: © Omar Sobhani/Reuters
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 8 pm
San Art Laboratory
40/18 Pham Viet Chanh Street, District Binh Thanh, HCMC
Please join us for an informal sharing of art and graffiti and all things painted in public with visiting guest artists, Shamsia Hassani (Kabul, Afghanistan) and El Mac (Los Angeles, USA) who will share their recent and ongoing work. Both Shamsia and El Mac are in town, working in collaboration with The Propeller Group on a new work for the forthcoming ‘Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’
See here for more news on our guests: Shamsia Hassani, El Mac
Language: This event will be held in Vietnamese and English.
Free of charge.
For further information, contact: hello@san-art.org
Application for Course about Contemporary Arts
Goethe Institute is calling for applications of Contemporary Art course
Deadline: 07 Sep 2012
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Goethe Institute is offering a course in Contemporary Art. All classes will be in Vietnamese.
Future Shorts Autumn 2012 in Hanoi
Fri 31 Aug 2012, 7 – 11 pm
The Boombox Lounge
01 Nguyen Khac Can Str, Hanoi
SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY THIS MONTH…..through the eyes of filmmakers all over the globe..
Future Shorts welcomes autumn in Hanoi with the most exciting short films from around the world. Our festival is the biggest pop up film festival of its kind, showcasing Festival screenings take place in over 144 cities and 55 countries with an audience of more than 25,000 people.
Highlights include: Grant Orchard’s BAFTA and Sundance Jury Award-winning short “The Morning Stroll”, the experimental documentary “We’ll Become Oil” about the Gulf of Mexico, and the stop-motion animated “Notes on Biology”, the winner of Best Short at SXSW. In “Street Vendor Cinema” from Brazil, a filmmaker and his team set up a stall that makes and sells short films on demand, where wild fantasies come to life in the middle of a bustling marketplace.
Ticket: 100 000 VND + 1 free drink
Contact details
hanoi@futureshorts.com
www.futureshorts.com/vietman
www.facebook.com/futureshortsvietnam
Screening Documentary Film “Black Gold”
Sun 26 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
ProjectBlack’s ninth documentary features artist Dinh Duc Vinh who breaks from his family’s tradition as coal miners in Mau Khe to become an artist but at last he is drawn back to his family’s village finding something heroic and beautiful in the soot of the miners and even the mines themselves. These feelings he translates in to intricate oil paintings finding that a sense of romance can come from an acute eye examining even the most unlikely of sources.
“Cerberus From The South” at Hanoi Rock City
Sat 25 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
Ha Noi’s metalheads are always thirsty for metal show. In 25 August 2012 they ‘ll be satisfied with X-Metal, a metal show with the participation of Disgusted, Wừu, ROT (from Ho Chi Minh City) and a Ha Noi’s band, Nuranium. X-Metal: “Cerberus From The South” organized by X-Metal Group.
X-Metal – “Cerberus From The South” is the following of “Full Moon Resurrection” show in the Disgusted’s tours in 2012. The metalheads in the Capital city could not forget the exciting night of Disgusted and Wừu in the show at the HRC on 30/4/2011, Wasted Youth of a Nation – a “Tornado” of metal from Ho Chi Minh City. Together again, they are going to satisfy the Ha Noi’s metalheads with Brutal Death by Disgusted, Experimental /grindcore by Wuu, Raw Black Metal by ROT and Metalcore from Nuranium.
This year, Nuranium has been concentrating on recording their debut album, so this is clearly the singular show that they can join in 2012.They remained their power on stage and can burn out them with Metalcore? Come join them with X-Metal: “Cerberus From The South” to get the answer!
Ticket
Ticket price: VND100,000 at door
Music Night “She Bangs the Drums 2″
Fri 24 Aug 2012, 8.30 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
“She Bangs The Drums” is back, with Bangkok’s beautiful and brilliant Rumba and Fusion rhythm guitarist/singer, Nok La Fiesta, and San Francisco sensation Jean Marie joining the local fun for a special one-off.
A 100% all-female line-up will take the night by the scruff of the stars and strike a note with Hanoi’s finest music scene audiences.
This time around, local and touring talents will join their chord strumming, string picking hands in unison with one collective, simple and charming aim – to delight.
Expect soulful, gorgeous vocals:
NOK LA FIESTA (THAILAND)
JEAN MARIE (U.S.A)
MICHELLE STEWART
LETHAL LIZZLE (dj set)
Ticket
Ticket price: 50 000 VND at door (50% discount for holders of a valid Vietnamese student card)
Watch the last event:
Screening of 48HFP Best of Asia 2011
Thu 23 Aug 2012, 6 pm
Fun Society
73 Mac Dinh Chi, Dist 1, HCMC
Are you looking for team members for the 48HFP? Do you want to be part of a team for the 48HFP?
We are holding a special ‘Meet & Greet event on Thursday 23 August 2012 between 6pm and 7.30pm to help Producers find Crew, and Crew to find producers. This is a great opportunity for filmmakers, production crew and actors to connect with other likeminded creative people.
After our Meet and Greet gathering we will be screening the 48HFP Best of Asia 2011, so you can stay around and watch some of the best films from all over Asia. We are screening films from Mongolia, Singapore, Australia, Japan, China, India, Malaysia & Vietnam.
If you’re interested in attending our Meet and Greet event, please confirm your attendance on Facebook.
Entry fee for the screening is: 40,000 VND including 1 free drink. The ‘Meet and Greet’ event is free of charge.
Call for Rehearsals of Mozart’s Coronation Mass
New season begins for Hanoi International Choir
Mon 27 Aug 2012, 7.30 pm
Vietnam National Opera Ballet
11 NGO Nui Truc, Hanoi
Would you like to sing at the Hanoi Opera House with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra? Come and sing the Coronation Mass by Mozart (performance on 20 and 21 October 2012, conducted by Tetsuji Honna) with the HANOI International CHOIR (chorus Master: Graham Sutcliffe)
Rehearsals begin on Monday 27 August at 11 Ngo Nui Truc (Vietnam National Opera Ballet - VNOB)
Requirements: Enthusiasm, commitment and willingness to work hard for a truly professional performance. Ability to read music is an advantage but no previous choral experience necessary. NO AUDITIONS
Please contact GRAHAM SUTCLIFFE (Chorus Master) at grahamhn@fpt.vn to register your name.
Rehearsals every Monday evening at 7.30pm. Occasional extra rehearsals may be scheduled on Wednesday evenings if necessary. Intensive evening rehearsals with orchestra in week before the concert.
An Evening of Opera at LUNA – Programme 21
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 8.30 pm
Luna d’Autunno
78 Tho Nhuom
Hoan Kiem Distr. – Ha Noi
Another evening for lovers of opera at Luna d’Autunno.
This is a monthly event, and a great chance to enjoy live opera in an informal and intimate setting.
This month: An Evening with Puccini
Detailed program below:
Screening of “Noise and Resistance”
Tue 28 Aug 2012, 8.30 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
The Onion Cellar continues its monthly film curation at CAMA ATK, this time with an official screening of Noise and Resistance – a documentary about European DIY Punk scene. The screening is the next step on the “alternative” road that has been going through every ATK / Onion Cellar collaboration, from We Don’t Care about Music Anyway to last month’s Black Power Mixtape.
The 21st century. The age of the Money God, multinational corporations and bankers with ridiculously huge bonuses, the age of living your life out in some megalopolis doing mundane jobs (that you hate) until your retirement a few years before your death. Capitalism.
But as they say, “Every heart is a revolutionary cell”. There is always a thriving underground within even the most mind-numbing mainstream.
Noise and Resistance (dir – Francesca Araiza Andrande & Julia Ostertag) takes you straight to that underground. It is a film about DIY Punk, though it concerns itself not with a shallow definition of what Punk music is (it actually appears in various forms in the film: from British sludge metal to Russian underground hip-hop); rather, the film is a detailed exploration of the Punk spirit, of what it means to break free from the mainstream and to live in alternative ways.
Catalonian squatters (who double as festival organizers), anti-fascists in Moscow, queer trailer park inhabitants in Berlin, Swedish feminists, Dutch trade unionists, or members of the renowned British CRASS collective, whether they spend time building self-contained communities in Norwegian woods or touring Europe with their own Mexican cashes – the people that we meet in the film all share the same belief: that there are always alternatives to this reality, and they are by no means unrealistic. It is this attitude and of course the musical bond between them that make the scene look like one big, interconnected family. As CRASS’ Penny Rimbauld puts it: it’s not really “Doing It Yourself” – it’s “Doing It Together”. Even if it sometimes means risking your own life.
Noise and Resistance is an authentic and inspiring film, whether you are a sociologist, a fan of Punk (or music in general), a dreamer, or just someone who is curious about the genuine alternatives out there. The film is claimed to “have the best punk sounds you’ve heard for years” – which is justified. Featuring music and appearances from: Penny Rimbauld and Gee Vaucher (CRASS), Moscow Death Brigade, What We Feel, Seein’ Red, La Casa Fantom, Fall Of Efrafa, Sookee, Antimaster, Sju Svara Ar, Radical Cheerleaders, and many others.
Languages: various European languages – with English subtitles
Ticket
Ticket price: 50 000 VND (on the door)
Kathryn Farmer returns to Metropole
U.S. jazz singer Kathryn Farmer will make her long-awaited return to Le Club at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi.
Farmer is also a pianist and organist but she is most famous as a sultry vocalist and that voice has taken her on worldwide tours and to international jazz festivals in the U.S. Europe and Japan.
When she is not traveling the world, she has local gigs at prestigious New York City venues. In the jazz encyclopedia, she is listed as Madame Jazz and one of the great pianists, vocalists and organists in New York City today.
Farmer graduated from the New England Conservatory, earning a BA in Music.
After college, Farmer was embraced by the early eighties jazz community in New York.
She will perform from Tuesday to Sunday at 8:45 p.m. from August 31 until January 1, 2013. Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is at 15 Ngo Quyen Street, Hanoi.
Hoi An-Japan cultural exchange
August 24-25
Hoi An Town
The 10th Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange will take place between August 24-26 in Hoi An city, in the central province of Quang Nam to respond to the National Year of Heritage Tourism 2012.
During the three-day event, a wide range of activities have been scheduled including a photo exhibition “The long way of Hoi An-Japan cooperation and exchange”, another featuring the reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, an introduction of the history of Japan and Hoi An city in Vietnamese and English, and the inauguration of Luong The Vinh primary school built with financial assistance from Japan.
Environmental activities will also be a feature, with a community clean-up programme called ‘One Hour for a Cleaner Hoi An’ and the launch of a garbage reduction project modeled after Naha city in Japan.
‘The Country’s Border, Sea and Islands’ Exhibition
August 19-28
Trang Tien Exhibition House
Ten sculptures and 150 paintings, graphic works and photographs are on display, featuring the beauty of the natural landscape and the daily lives of soldiers stationed in the country's border areas, seas and islands.
The works were inspired by the artists’ field trips to Mong Cai city (Quang Ninh province), Tam Dao district (Vinh Phuc province), Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa provinces, Hai Phong and Hue cities and the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago to study the lives of the soldiers stationed there who spend their days and nights protecting the country’ sovereignty.
The event, held jointly by the Hanoi Fine Arts Association, the Border Guard High Command, and the Hai Phong city Association of Literature and Arts, aims to boost patriotism, national pride and the determination to defend national sovereignty.
Exhibition features Con Dao prison from 1930-1945
August 18-28
Ton Duc Thang Museum
Ho Chi Minh City.
Over 130 photographs, documents and artifacts are on display, offering insight into the undaunted spirit of revolutionary soldiers under the shackles of the enemy at the Con Dao prison from 1930-1945.
The exhibition is made up of three sections showcasing an overall view of Con Dao prison, the prison from 1930 to 1945, and Con Dao prison today.
Con Dao prison, part of the barbaric prison system in the past, was known as ‘Hell on Earth’, where the French colonialists and US imperialists imprisoned and brutally tortured Vietnamese political prisoners.
More than 20,000 revolutionary soldiers sacrificed their lives in Con Dao prison for the cause of national independence and freedom, including martyrs of the revolution such as Le Hong Phong, Nguyen An Ninh and Vo Thi Sau.
Music Night “Jugglin’ ‘Round Towns”
Sat 25 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu, Hoan Kiem
This American Songwriters Series features two female artists, Michelle
Stewart and Jean Marie, performing LIVE at the Hanoi Social Club.
Jean Marie is a visiting artist hailing from San Francisco, California,
offering what she calls, “Bedroom Folk.” To listen to Jean Marie’s
latest release, Secret Pocket, visit here.
Michelle Stewart has been a local musician here in Hanoi since 2010 and
will be performing solo for this intimate concert. To check out more of
Michelle’s work, visit her website.
Ticket
Ticket price: 60,000VND at the door. All Ages
Learn French through dance at Idecaf
Idecaf will hold classes for students aged 8-14 years old who are keen
to learn the French language through modern dances. French teacher
Valerie Neef, a dancing instructor, will together with her students
explore modern dances such as modern jazz, hip hop and claquette and
through the rhythm of dance students will learn French vocabularies
related to performing gestures as well as discuss choreography with the
instructor.
The classes will open from September 8. Registration can be made from
now until September 7. Idecaf is located at 31 Thai Van Lung Street,
District 1.
Debussy exhibition in town
VinGallery will celebrate the 150th anniversary of C. Debussy’s birth
with a music concert and painting exhibition by French artist Zan Doan
who left the city at 14.
He left HCMC when he was 14 and spent two decades studying painting at
L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris.
He returned to Saigon in 2007 and was amazed to discover a metamorphosed city, vibrant with noise and light.
The exhibition will take place from Saturday at VinGallery with the gig
at Inspirato Music Center. Both are located at 4-6 Le Van Mien Street,
Thao Dien, District 2.
Vu Lan Festival in Suoi Tien Park
For Vu Lan Festival, which is also celebrated as Mother’s Day in
Vietnam, Suoi Tien Park will organize numerous activities. For a
starter, over 700 Buddhist monks from HCMC and neighboring provinces
will gather to recite prayers and make offerings as well as other
Buddhist rituals. The life and the journey to find the truth and take
the veil of the Buddha will be depicted. On these two days, guests
visiting Suoi Tien will have a chance to enjoy complimentary vegetarian
food with entrance fees discounted 50% for all visitors.
Vu Lan Festival will be held from August 30-31 at Suoi Tien Park, 120 National Highway 1A, HCMC’s District 9.
Ballroom Blitz Summer Garden Party
Sat 25 Aug 2012, 6 pm
American Club
19 – 21 Hai Ba Trung Str, Hanoi
CAMA rekindle their collaborations with China’s FakeMusicMedia to kiss
the summer goodbye with a ballroom blitz garden party at the American
Club, Saturday 25 August with a stunning line-up of local and foreign
talent.
TICKET GIVEAWAYS: We have 2 x 2 FREE tickets to the Ballroom Blitz Summer Garden Party.
Deadline to register is midnight on Thursday 23 Jun.
Italian disco is the sound of the summer in Hanoi as CAMA lure Italy’s
favourite producer, Rodion, to Vietnam’s capital. Since the release of
his EP For Ever in 2010, featuring Jeppe Kjellberg from WhoMadeWho,
Rodion has been in demand all over Europe. Described by Mixmag as “the
new genius of Italian Dance music” and much loved by the likes of Prins
Thomas, Lindstrom and DFA Records, the disco cowboy mixes the euphoria
of Balearic house with the atmosphere of Morricone’s soundtrack
compositions to hip swinging effect. Las Vegas-style slow disco ballads,
beautiful Italian melodies, house and futuristic crooner pop are all
part of the fun.
In 2007, the moustachioed Roman released his debut album Romantic Jet
Danceon Gomma. Since then, Rodion’s singles and remixes have brought his
sound to some of the best clubs across Europe, from Moscow to Paris;
London to Istanbul. Somewhere between French synthesizer funk and
Italian horror movies, Rodion’s sound is at the same time cinematic and
danceable. His recent tracks have been released on the some of the
world´s finest dance labels like Gomma, Eskimo, Bang Gang and Bearfunk
and find themselves in the playlists of people like Franz Ferdinand,
Erol Alkan, Andrew Weatherall, James Holden and Cosmo Vitelli.
Kicking off the evening’s entertainment will be One Black Eye. This
expat band has been making waves for their rock and roll take on the
sea-shanty and all things gutsy. Frontman and songwriter Chad Park’s
baritone voice is often rightly likened to Tom Waits or Nick Cave while
his lyrics cover some of the same themes as the former: Americana fairy
tales of bars fights, empty desserts, gospel chain gangs and lost
highways.
Next up is Tri Minh, a man who needs little introduction to Hanoi based
lovers of electronic music. Almost single-handedly forging out a
home-grown electronic music scene in the capital via his Hanoi
Soundstuff music festival, Tri Minh has also won fans for his record
Hanoi Love Stories and by playing the biggest parties both in Hanoi and
across Europe.
Completing the line-up, CAMA are delighted to showcase VN Tribes. The
brainchild of DjY and Mr Pat, VN Tribes are two fantastically talented
musicians whose concoctions of House and Vietnamese traditional music
has to be danced to be believed. While DjY spins some of the world’s
smoothest tracks, Mr Pat works his sampler like a pianist. You can
search all you like but you’ll not find anyone else successfully
throwing together Dan ca, Hat Ru, Vong Co, Cai Luong, Nhac Tai Tu, Quan
Ho, Ca Tru and even the atonal drones of funeral music with dance floor
grade beats.
Check out their performance:
Pat: “I am trying to achieve a Vietnamese influenced harmonious new
sound. With VN tribes, I feel myself as an experimental architect trying
to build a new kind of house. I see the tracks DJ Y plays as the groove
and foundation and my part as the melody and interior design. To a
certain degree, when both match, we create harmony and we’ve got our
hit.”
We’re dusting off the big top ballroom to protect us from the rain, so
polish your blue suede; BBQ fun, green-grass dancing and European
ballroom disco fever are here to see off the summer at CAMA’s biggest
party of the season.
Ticket
Ticket price: VND 100,000 in advance; VND 200,000 on the door; Free with a Vietnamese Student Card
Advance tickets available now from CAMA ATK, 73A Mai Hac De, open 18h-24h, Wed-Sat.
Exhibition of George Burchett
Opening: Fri 24 Aug, 5 pm
21N, 49 Lang Yen Phu, Tay Ho, Ha Noi
You are invited to an exhibition of iPrints by Hanoi-born Australian artist George Burchett.
All the drawings were created on iPad and iPhone during live sessions in and around Yen Phu in June-August 2012.
Hong Kong – Exhibition “Vietnam Now”
Exhibition: 24 Aug – 09 Sep 2012
Hongkong Land, The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong
Vietnam Now portrays a country on the move, a country in great
transition, paying homage to the past, living in the present and looking
forward into the future.
How to modernize without losing one’s tradition and culture is a dilemma
that plagues Vietnamese of all ages and all walks of life. In Vietnam
Now, this struggle is given visual expression by six of the country’s
most outstanding artists in works that include oil on canvas, painting
on silk, bronze sculpture, 3D photography, contemporary calligraphy and
performance.
Widely exhibited in Vietnam, these six artists are now emerging on the
international stage. Never seen before in Hong Kong, their innovative
and thought-provoking works honor and preserve the past while adapting
and integrating traditional subjects and techniques in ways that
resonate with modern-day audiences.
Although deeply familiar with the traditions of their country, the
artists represented in Vietnam Now are confronting issues of rapid
modernization and globalization. In their varied and provocative works,
they reveal dreams both broken and fulfilled and break new artistic
ground as they help drive their country into an international future
after decades of isolation.
Ha Tri Hieu- Hope
Ha Tri Hieu, a member of the Gang of Five, one of Vietnam’s most widely
known and highly respected artists, works in oil on canvas reveal a
culture emerging with hopes and dreams of the future. Nguyen Thi Chau
Giang’s signature works on silk explore the issues facing the women of
Vietnam today, as they progress on the path to becoming modern. Nguyen
Thi Chinh Le’s soulful works of bronze sculpture depict daily life, the
trials and tribulations of being alive in today’s complicated world.
Nguyen The Son presents his innovative 3D photographs which examine the
impact that rapid development has on the physical and moral landscape of
the Vietnamese. A scholar and intellect, Son questions at what price
comes this highly touted progress? What are the ramifications of
increasing materialism and rampant development?
Le Quoc Viet and Nguyen Quang Thang, members of the avant-garde
calligraphy group, Zenei, will exhibit their works of contemporary
calligraphy. In addition, as artists and scholars, with a passion to
keep Nom, the original language of Vietnam alive, the two will engage
the audience in an interactive calligraphy performance. By writing
characters in Han Chinese, Vietnamese Nom and abstract forms, the
audience and artists will create a work of art that emphasizes the
interaction of different cultures and how this interaction creates
global modernity.
Le Quoc Viet-This is what I heard
Curated by Suzanne Lecht, of the Art Vietnam Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam,
this is the second exhibition of Vietnamese artists presented by Ms.
Lecht and Hongkong Land. In May 1997, the exhibition “The Changing Face
of Hanoi” introduced five of the country’s leading artists whose works
also reflected the impact of the rapid development as Vietnam was just
emerging on the world stage.
The exhibition, Vietnam Now, will be accompanied by a documentary film
portraying the lives of the artists – how they live, how they work, and
the issues they address, produced by Art Vietnam Gallery in association
with documentary filmmaker Bill Perna of Perna Content.
Painting Exhibition “Cảm” at Viet Art Centre
Opening: Sat 18 Aug, 6pm
Exhibition: 18 – 23 Aug 2012
Viet Art Centre
42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi
You are invited to a painting exhibition by a group of three young
students from Vietnam University of Fine Arts: Nguyen Tien Dung (born in
1990), Le Van Hoan (born in 1988) and Truong Hong Van (born in 1985).
“Magic Club” – A Performance of Wizardry
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 8 – 10 pm
Sun 19 Aug 2012, 5 – 6 pm
The House of Son Tinh
31 Xuan Dieu str., Tay Ho dist.
Ha Noi
The Sơn Tinh Nights cultural entertainment extravaganza continues this
month as we are proud to welcome the supremely talented magician Adi to
Sơn Tinh LoungeBar, supported by the emerging talent Tu Bathazer Lee.
Reserve your free ticket for Saturday evening’s show simply by “liking”
the Highway4 Restaurants Facebook page. Meanwhile there will be a
nominal fee of VND 50,000 (includes a free glass of Sơn Tinh Apricot
liquor) for “non-likers”. Warm up for the show by enjoying our Sơn Tinh
“Magic Hour” (18h-20h) – “buy 1 get 1 free” on all Sơn Tinh liquors.
We also offer an “open-stage” session for any promising magicians to showcase their talents.
Give the kids a treat with the chance to enjoy a performance of wizardry
with supremely talented magician Le Viet Adrian & upcoming talent
Tu Bathazer Lee. Free entrance for all kids under the age of 14. Parents
can either join their kids for the show (for free) or relax in the bar
and garden, enjoying our unique range of Sơn Tinh Cocktails.
Simon Gesell’s Techno Set
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Sebastien gathered plenty of plaudits when he supported Simon Whetham’s
Hanoi performance with an experimental set of unexpected sounds.
Finally, CAMA can welcome him back for his own event, only this time
he’s got something more upbeat in mind.
Sebastien is going to be showcasing the best of European labels to
produce a set of minimal and vocal House and Techno. Growing up in the
center of Europe, Sebastien’s knowledge of German and French music is
hard to beat as is his grasp of technology. Expect on the fly loops to
be married with a new toy – one much loved by the likes of Richie
Hawtin, Björk and Daft Punk, allowing Sebastien to give the audience a
special mobile DJ experience…
Sebastien will be spinning from 9pm, ably supported by the CAMA
Soundsystem’s large selection of quality tunes. The bar will be open
from 6pm with our new permanent happy hour in effect till 8pm. Sapporo,
house wine and all cocktails are half price – all the excuse you need to
get down early, enjoy great tunes in a relaxed environment and try our
newly introduced bar snacks.
Free Entry.
Notice: Doors from 6pm
Happy Hour 6pm-8pm
Sebastien Gessel 9pm-midnight
17, 18 and 19 Aug 2012, 8pm
HCM City Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
You are invited to the concert “Autumn Melodies 2012″ which will be held for 3 consecutive nights from 17th to 19th August at HCMC Opera House. For more information of the program for each night, see below:
17 August 2012: Musical performance of “Dido and Aneas” by Henry Purcell
18 August 2012: Ballet Carmen and contemporary music performance “Fragments of Dreams”
Director: The People’s Artist Kim Quy
Choreographers: Nguyen Phuc Hai, Nguyen Phuc Hung
19 August 2012: Concert
Part 1: Orchestra concert
Part 2: Famous film’s soundtrack
Director: Le Phi Phi
Ticket
Ticket price: 500 000, 350 000, 250 000 VND and 100 000 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
Screening of “Please Vote for Me”
Fri 17 Aug 2012, 6 pm
Big Halle, Goethe Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
DOCLAB cordially invite you to the screening of “Please vote for me” by Chinese filmmaker Weijun Chen. Please Vote for Me is a portrait of a society and a town in through a school, its children and its families. Wuhan is a city about the size of London located in central China. It is here that director Weijun Chen has conducted an experiment in democracy.
A Grade 3 class at Evergreen Primary School has their first encounter with democracy by holding an election to select a Class Monitor. Eight-year-olds compete against each other for the coveted position, abetted and egged on by teachers and doting parents. Elections in China take place only within the Communist Party, but recently millions of Chinese voted in their version of Pop Idol. The purpose of Weijun Chen’s experiment is to determine how democracy would be received if it came to China.
The film is one of ten selected as part of the Why Democracy? project, which saw interpretations of democracy by 10 film makers from around the world broadcast on 42 television networks in October, 2007, to audiences of more than 300 million people in nearly every country in the world. Before the screening we will screen a short Indonesian film “Our School, our Life” by Steve Pillar Setiabudi on the corruption problems in schools in Indonesia.
Language: The films have English and Vietnamese subtitle.
The screening is non-profit and aims for studies and research only.
Free Entrance.
Group Exhibition “Multiple Directions”
Multiple directions
Opening: Sat 18 Aug, 6 pm
Exhibition: 18 Aug – 08 Sep 2012
Cactus Contemporary Art
17/12 Nguyen Huy Tuong Street, Ward 6, Binh Thanh District, HCMC
You are invited to attend group exhibition entitled “Multiple directions” of seven young artists: Pham Tran Viet Nam, Nguyen Van Du, Truong Cong Tung, Ha Thuy Anh, Phan Thi Mai Phuong, Nguyen Anh Thao, Phan Anh.
“Multiple directions is the beginning of many beginnings .It belongs to choice alternatives because every one and every interest in regards to the different aspect of life. It marks an impulsive beginning of the young.-Said by artists group.
Screening of “Oublier Cheyenne”
Fri 17 Aug 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Oubilier Cheynne” (“Looking for Cheyenne”) (France, 2006, 90 minutes) of director Valérie Minetto. “This is an impressive and optimistic movie.” – Le Parisien.
Film synopsis: Cheyenne, is a journalist. She decides to leave Paris and moves to live in the countryside. She left behind the one woman that she truly loves, Sonia, who is a physics and chemistry teacher in a high school in Paris. Sonia makes all the efforts in the world to forget Cheyenne. But it is not easy.
How to balance between the things you want and the things you can do? Between things we think and things we can do? Between friends you love and friends you want to ignore?
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Ticket:
Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Subscription Concert Vol.54 “Rachmaninov Night”
17 and 18 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the Subscription Concert Vol.54 “Rachmaninov Night” with the performance of conductor Le Phi Phi, piano soloist Guigla Katsarava and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. For more information, see below:
Program
Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.2 C minor Op.18
Symphonic Dance Op.45 (Vietnam Premier)
Ticket
Ticket prices: 200.000, 350.000, 500.000 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.
Piano and Percussion Concert
Sat 18 Aug 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the concert with pianist Tran Thi Tam Ngoc and percussionist Tran Xuan Hoa . The duo Piano – Percussion will bring to the audience a special music night with works of classic and modern era. For more information about the duo, see below:
About pianist Tran Thi Tam Ngoc:
2003 – 2007 – Full scholarship at Yong Siew Toh Music Academy, Singpapore.
2007 - 2011 – Full scholarship for the Master on Performance at Boston School of Music.
She is guest pianist for solo and orchestra concerts at the Opera House of Vietnam, Singapore and the United States.
1st Prize Winner of the Southeast Asia Chopin International Piano Competition in Kualar Lumpur, Malaysia (2004)
1st Prize Winner for the Piano and Orchestra Contest at Boston School of Music (2007, 2008 and 2009).
Percussionist Tran Xuan Hoa:
Currently lead percussion player at Vietnam National Opera and Ballet.
Member and co-founder of the quartet Go Group
Regular guest and lead player of ASEAN Group in the tour to 10 countries in ASEM under the conduct of famous Japanese conductor Yoshi Fukumura.
Member of Lang du group
Tickets:
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Concert Beethoven 2nd
24 and 25 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Worker Theatre
42 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to the concert “Beethoven 2nd” with conductor Kim Xuan Hieu, cello soloist Tran Thi Mo and Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. The artists will perform famous works of L.V.Beethoven and Edward Elgar. For more information, see below:
Program
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto E minor Op.85
L.V.Beethoven Symphony No.2 D major Op.36
Ticket
Ticket prices: 150 000, 250 000, 300 000 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.
Screening of “2 Days in Paris
Fri 24 Aug 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “2 Days in Paris” (France – Germany, 2007, 1 hour 36 minutes) of director Julie Delpy. “It’s been quite a while I haven’t laughed so much while watching a movie in the cinema. Julie Delpy is both our Woody Allen and La Bruyère” – Positif Magazine.
Film synopsis: Marion is a French photographer, she lives in New York with Jack, a interior designer. In order to refresh their relationship, they go to Venice but the trip was ruined because Jack had upset stomach… As a result, they decided to go to Paris where Marion has her family there.
And once again, their romantic trip has another obstacle: from the cranky parents, the annoying ex-boyfriends and the fact that Jack is so caught up in photography, they have no time to relax!
Will they overcome such difficulties?
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Tickets:
Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Performance of Japanese Rapper COMA-Chi
Thu 23 Aug 2012, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Hanoi: CAMA, in collaboration with the Japan Foundation, will bring famous female Japanese rapper COMA-CHI to Hanoi for one night only on Thursday 23 August.
COMA-CHI hit the music scene in 2003, building her reputation through performances in Tokyo and participation in MC Battles. She gained notoriety for her freestyle street rapping and for regularly showing the boys how it’s done on the sidewalk.
It didn’t take long for COMA-CHI to blow up and in 2006, she released her first solo album Day Before Blue. Featuring solid rhyming, and a telling influence from 90s hip hop, the album commanded attention, and got it from the Japanese music charts in its first week of release. In 2007, COMA-CHI’s efforts were recognised by Blast Magazine, who listed her as one of the Ten Future Japanese Rappers to watch.
In July of 2008, COMA-CHI announced that she had signed a record deal with the Knife Edge/Pony Canyon label, and made her major debut in 2009 with the album Red Naked. This was followed up by Beauty or the Beast? in 2010, an album which drew plaudits for COMA-CHI’s singing ability as well as her talent for spitting self-made rhymes. Lately, the queen of Japanese hip hop founded her own management company, Queen’s Room, a move she hopes will give her greater creative control to develop her sound.
COMA-CHI’s performance at CAMA ATK, 73a Mai Hac De will mark her Hanoi debut and the first chance for Hanoi hip hop fans to see the unique sounds of this talented, best-selling rap artist. She’ll be rapping, singing and DJ-ing, only at CAMA ATK.
Doors open 7pm; COMA CHI from 9pm
Ticket
Ticket price: VND 50,000; free entry with a valid Vietnamese student card.
Beethoven and Brahms Concert
Thu 23 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to a concert with famous works of Beethoven and Brahms. The concert will be performed by violin soloist Truong Son, cello soloist Thu Van, with conductor Do Kien Cuong and director People’s Artist Pham Anh Phuong. For more information about program and ticket, see below:
Program
Part I:
L.Beethoven- Namensfeier overture
J.Brahms - Double concerto for Violin and Cello
Interval
Part II:
L. Beethoven - The Creatures of Prometheus
Ticket
Ticket prices: 150 000, 250 000, 350 000, 500 000 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.
Piano Gala at L’Espace
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the piano concert at L’Espace performed by young talents from the Vietnam National Academy of Music . For more information, see below.
The 1st International Piano Competition – Hanoi organized by VNAM was a great success. The competition has encouraged many Vietnamese young talents to showcase their gifted skill within the region and in the world. Many young performers who have received an award continue to win other awards and medals. This competition has been ranked one among 10 cultural events in 2010 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In September 2012, the 2nd International Piano Competition will be held. And on this occasion, the VNAM would like to introduce a special concert with the participation of young talents who will join this year competition.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
OSUWADAIKO – A Traditional Drum Troupe from Japan
HANOI: Wed 22 Aug 2012, 8 pm
Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi
HOIAN: Fri 24 Aug 2012
Song Hoai Square, Hoian
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents a drum performance by OSUWADAIKO on Wednesday 22 August 2012 in Hanoi.
OSUWADAIKO is a professional Japanese drum troupe founded in 1951 by the Grand Head Master, Daihachi Oguchi (1924 – 2008). Listed in one of the top 3 Taiko (Japanese drum) troupes, OSUWADAIKO has been actively conducting performances and workshops all over the world, supported by 600 local supporting teams in Japan and international branches in the US, Canada, France, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand and other areas overseas.
In 2009, OSUWADAIKO conducted their performance on the auspicious occasion of the National Celebration for the 20th Anniversary of His Majesty The Emperor’s Accession to the Throne in Japan. In 2011, they participated in the 1st International Tea Festival in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam and caught the highest attention in the festival.
The feature of OSUWADAIKO is its usage of multiple drums in an orchestral style. They took ancient rhythms but broke them down and created new arrangements and compositions to accommodate an ensemble of drummers.
The highlight is the tune entitled “Ashura” which is ogre God in Indian mythology but later became the guardian deity of Buddhism, having three faces and six arms. OSUWADAIKO embosses the daring, brave and bold Ashura with its rhythms and beating rhymes.
In their coming-back tour in Vietnam, OSUWADAIKO will conduct a performance in Hanoi at Youth Theatre (11 Ngo Thi Nham) on Wednesday 22 August, followed by the participation in Hoian – Japan Festival 2012 from 24 – 26 August in Hoian. The performances are free of admission in both cities.
In Hoian, a performance will be on the opening day of Hoian – Japan Festival 2012 Friday 24 August 2012 at Song Hoai Square (Hoian City)
Free of admission. Advanced free tickets are required in Hanoi.
Free ticket distributions: from Fri 10 Aug, 2 pm at
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi (TEL 04-3944-7419)
[Opening hours] 09:00 – 18:00
For more information, please contact at:
Ms. Ha Nguyen (Ext. 113) / 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
About artists
Makoto Yamamoto
Born in the head family of Osuwadaiko who hands down Daidai Kagura (Sacred music and dance) of Suwa Taisha Shrine over generations. Makoto started to play drums at two and half years old under great masters, Daihachi Oguchi (his grandfather, the Great Grand Master of Osuwadaiko) and Mikio Yamamoto (his father, the Principal of Osuwadaiko Gakuen drum school). He grew up while traveling a lot for performance tours inside and outside of Japan. He served as the Head and Chairman of Osuwadaiko Children’s Troupe and appeared in the feature film “Heaven and Earth” (1990). He has been also actively performing as a drum solo player and performed the long tune “Ashura,” in which Makoto plays five different drums at the same time, jointly with the worldly famous synthesizer player KITARO. He is active in collaboration with many different genres such as bamboo flute, koto, piano, tap dance, and Japanese ancient court music, in order to explore new harmonizing sounds. He also served as the Headmaster of Nihon Taiko Juku [lit. School for Japanese Drums]. From 2009 to 2011, he toured in the US and Canada with big applause and standing ovation.
Kasumi Oguchi
An Osuwadaiko player with 29 years’ experience. Kasumi is a daughter of the Great Grand Master of Osuwadaiko, Daihachi Oguchi and a mother of Makoto Yamamoto. Accompanying Daihachi Oguchi and Makoto Yamamoto, she actively performs not only in Japan but also in over a dozen of countries. She has been highly acclaimed as a drum player who can express femininity and who has great hands to play 7different percussions properly in advanced style.
Hanoi Carnival 2012
25 and 26 Aug 2012, 9.20 am – 10 pm
Indochina Plaza Hanoi
239 Xuan Thuy Str, Cau Giay Dist, Hanoi
Hanoi Carnival 2012 is a cultural space where visitors can experience the pleasure to make new friends and learn through cultural exchange activities. Come to the fair, the youths will have the opportunity to explore the beauty of cultural traditions from many countries such as Vietnam, Japan, Korea, etc. In addition, there are plenty of flea market booths for you to unleash your shopping, a diverse food court area as well as an interesting entertainment area with dozens of popular modern games all waiting for you. The special feature of the event is a second-to-none music party throughout the festival’s period, with the most popular young artists, extraordinary traditional performances in the special cultural competition – cosplay.
Free entrance.
UK Film Festival 2012
29 Aug – 11 Sep 2012
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Hue, Danang and Hai Phong
Vietnamese cinema lovers are sure to be charmed by British Council’s UK film Festival 2012 taking place from 29 August to 11 September 2012, featuring famous UK movies from different periods of time from the 1960’s to 2010.
The UK film festival entitled ‘London calling’ aims to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games and for the first time, will be held in five major cities throughout Vietnam including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Hue, Danang and Hai Phong.
The film festival will showcase different aspects of traditional and contemporary London to Vietnamese audiences across a range of different genres including action, thriller, comedy and biography.
Many of the films have been nominated for prizes at the Oscars, BAFTA Film Award, Grammy Award and the Golden Globe.
Audience please visit our website to get more specific information on movies’ content and screening schedule.
FILMS BEING SCREENED
The Queen; Orlando; Defense of the Realm; Yellow Submarine; Made in Dagenham; Love Actually
Concert with Infinity
Wed 29 Aug 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the performance of the band INFINITY. The concert is the recreation of the history of music and cinema and it is also a special gift for the audience.
INFINITY
Singer: Hà Linh
Saxophone : Nguyễn Bảo Long
Piano : Nguyễn Tiến Mạnh
Keyboard: Lê Bằng
Basse : Đào Minh Pha
Drum: Phạm Đức Duy
Guest performers:
Piano : Vũ Tú Cầu, Thảo Nguyên
Violon : Trịnh Minh Hiền
Guitar: Doãn Việt Dũng
Visual effect: Nguyễn Hồng Quân
Program
The Phantom of the Opera
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Love Theme (Cinema paradiso)
Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission)
Schindler’s list
As time goes by (Casabanca)
God father theme
Làng Vũ Đại
Đến hẹn lại lên
Em bé Hà Nội
Time (Inception)
Together we will live forever (The fountain)
Beauty and the Beast
I don’t wanna miss the thing (Armaggedon) I don’t want to miss a thing (Armageddon)
Ticket:
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace from 09 Aug 2012.
Screening of “Jean de La Fontaine, le Défi”
Fri 31 Aug 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Jean de La Fontaine, le défi” (France, 2007, 1 hour 40 minutes) of director Daniel Vigne. For more information, see below:
Film synopsis: Paris resounds with a thousand noises on the morning of September 5, 1661. Fouquet, the powerful superintendent, is arrested by order of Colbert, and young King Louis XIV takes the throne. While other artists, renouncing their friendship, rush to pay court to the new monarch, a man stands up to affirm his support for the fallen superintendent. He is the poet Jean de la Fontaine. Without money, without resources, he resists, amuses himself, pirouettes, invents the “Fables,” and provocative pamphlets against a despotic and decadent regime. La Fontaine – Colbert: a confrontation that will endure until death. This is the first homage in film to the most popular of French authors; a modern fable about freedom of expression and the ties between art and power.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Ticket:
Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
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