Irish Concert with Mick Moloney

HANOI: Mon 14 Jan 2013, 7.30 pm
Youth Theatre, Hanoi
11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi
HCMC: Thu 17 Jan 2013, 7.30 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music, HCMC
112 Nguyen Du Str, Dist 1, HCMC

The Embassy of Ireland is delighted to welcome Mick Moloney, one of Ireland’s most renowned traditional musicians and musicologists, back to Vietnam for an evening of Irish music and song at the Youth Theatre in Hanoi on Monday 14 January 2013 and at the Conservatory of Music in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday 17 January 2013.

Mick will be joined by fellow Irish musicians Michelle Mulcahy, Louise Mulcahy and Dylan Foley, Irish dancer Niall O’Leary and Irish poet/playwright Vincent Woods. The concert will bring together the extraordinary talents of some of Ireland’s finest instrumentalists and one of the greatest dancers of our time. The group will showcase not only the best of Irish song but also instrumental music featuring the uilleann pipes, harp, fiddle, guitar and octave mandolin, accompanied by the dazzling dancing of Niall O’Leary, the World Champion of  Irish step dance. The ensemble plays a hugely varied repertoire ranging from traditional Irish tunes several hundred years old to beautiful music written by contemporary composers. Mick Moloney will perform songs in the Gaelic and English language and songs from the Irish American experience forged by hundreds of years of colonization and emigration. The group will also perform with the Vietnamese young artists from the Rhapsody Philhamony in Hanoi and artists from the Conservatory of Music in Ho Chi Minh City in a unique collaboration of Irish and Vietnamese musical styles. This will be a performance not to be missed.

Artists in the concert
-         Mick Moloney –  Songs, tenor banjo, guitar, octave mandolin
-         Michelle Mulcahy – Harp, fiddle
-         Louise Mulcahy – Flute, uilleann pipes
-         Dylan Foley – Fiddle
-         Niall O’Leary – Irish dancer
-         Vincent Woods – Poet/playwright

Tickets

Tickets for the event can be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis by contacting the Embassy of Ireland at irishembassyhanoi@dfanet.ie.  Tickets can be collected at the Embassy of Ireland, 2nd floor, Sentinel Place, 41A Ly Thai To, Hanoi from 8 January to 11 January 2013, from 9:00 to 15:30.

Venue in Hanoi: Youth Theatre, 11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi

Time: 19h30 Monday 14 January 2013

For tickets in Ho Chi Minh City, please contact the Performing and Foreign Affairs Centre, Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, 112 Nguyen Du, District 1, HCMC. Tickets can be collected at the Conservatory from 10 January to 15 January 2013, from 9:00 to 15:30.

Exhibition “Made in Hanoi”

Opening: Sun 13 Jan, 4.30 pm
Exhibition: 13 Jan – 13 Feb 2013
Art Talk Cafe
12 Quan Su Str, Hanoi

Come to Group Exhibition titled MADE IN HANOI of 13 artists: Chu Viet Cuong, Do Hiep, Pham Quang Hieu, Le Chi Hieu, Nguyen Van Ho, Trinh Ngoc Lien, Trieu Long, Pham Tuan Tu, Trinh Minh Tien, Nguyen Thanh Son, Nguyen Hoang Tung, Luong Trung and Vu Duc Trung. Each artist contributes to the exhibition 2 latest artworks. The artists have their own styles and work on different materials to produce oil paintings, lacquer paintings, etc. However, the common perception that they share is the love for Hanoi, the city where they are living and working.

Painting Exhibition “Colors of Nature”

Opening: Sat 12 Jan, 5 pm
Exhibition: 12 – 18 Jan 2013
Nguyen Art Gallery
31 Van Mieu Str., Dong Da Dist., Hanoi

Come to the painting exhibition by the mobile Young Artist Group: Dang Hiep – Duy Hoa – Trinh Lien – Duy Tung – Le Thuy.

Film Screening “Of Mice and Men”

Sun 13 Jan 2013, 2 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi

You are invited to the program From books to Screen. This is the first program of 2013 and we would like to introduce you to the film screening of Of Mice and Men (1992). After the screen, a discussion with 2 guests: literature critic Hoai Nam and lecturer Mai Anh Tuan will be held.

Program:
-   2 pm: Screening of Of Mice and Men
-   4 pm: discussion with 2 guests.

Free entrance. This is a non-profit event.

    The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents was established with the purposes of designing and implementing programs to assist and develop movie talents and other activities for the development of Vietnamese cinema.

World Music Sundays – Michelle Stewart

Sun 13 Jan 2013, 12 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective
44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

An intimate concert with American singer/songwriter, performer and recording artist, Michelle Stewart.

Catch Michelle in one of her last concerts in Hanoi!

Michelle’s brand new release & debut solo album, Sands of Time, will be for sale at the concert.

To listen and download Sands of Time, visit www.michellestewartmusic.com & join the mailing list!

About Michelle’s music: “Michelle’s music pulls out the essence of what made classic rock music great and puts it together in her special way to create a fresh, incredible music experience that reaches down into your soul; it’s simultaneously new and familiar.” – Dave Wayne, Texcat Ent.

Tickets: 100 000 VND. Limited seats available.

HCMC – Exhibition “Mysteries in Matter”

Nguyen Thuyen-Mysteries in Matter
Opening: Sun 13 Jan 2013, 10 am
Exhibition: 13 – 30 Jan 2013
Tu Do Gallery
53 Ho Tung Mau Str, Dist 1, HCMC

You are invited to the oil painting exhibition “Mysteries in Matter” by artist Nguyen Thuyen. As a self -taught artist, Nguyen Thuyen’s progress in the art was due essentially to his own effort. In this exhibition, the hermit Nguyen Thuyen would like to express that his devotion to the arts always emerges from the deep undercurrent of his Zen spiritual development.

Art Talk “PØST – A Subversive Project”

Sun 13 Jan 2013, 6 pm
TADIOTO Art Space
12 Truong Han Sieu, Hanoi

Come to a talk by artist/ curator Habib Kheradyar Zamani: ‘PØST – a subversive project’. In this lecture HK Zamani will discuss why he considers PØST a subversive project, its history and development will be combined with visuals to explain his intended use of the word ‘subversive.’

Iranian-born American HK Zamani (Habib Kheradyar Zamani) is a Los Angeles based artist and curator. His work can be located within the extended field of painting, ranging from paintings and objects to site specific, multi-media installations often including performances.

Free entrance.

La Quatrieme’s Closing Party

Sat 12 Jan 2013, 5 pm
La 4uatrieme
4th floor, 95, Giang Văn Minh, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Come to La Quatrieme’s Closing Party with Noon for life (experimental music) by Pham Hoai Anh, visuals by Carol Canto and all the documents/info/videos of the projects that La Quatrieme hosted during this time.

Since we opened in Nov. 2011 we’ve had some notable changes on the Hanoian art landscape, that make us feel so happy!! We learned, we shared, we enjoyed…WE CREATED a freedom space & we will continue creating, connecting, building, here, there or beyond.

Thank you so much to everybody who made this possible directly or indirectly, those who believe or not, because without your energy this was not possible to be. We wish all the best for this amazing art scene than shyly (for different evident reasons) shows in Hanoi and we feel so happy to have learned the history of arts in real time, with real people.

Unconventional Science with Sub Elements

Sat 12 Jan 2013, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De Str, Hanoi

Come to an album launch party for LA’s sample-specialist Unconventional Science with support from the Sub Elements crew. He’ll be bringing electronic music doused in jazz and psychadelia, chopped up and delivered in a turntablist style to a Hanoi audience.

Entry VND 50K. Free before 8pm.

Music Night “Live Lounge”

Sat 12 Jan 2013, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Showcasing and supporting Hanoi’s independent live scene, Live Lounge crashes into 2013 with a noisy crunch and fizz this Saturday night.

Sublime live talents PHUONG DANG and HI JINKS of Synergy along with AC/EC will be taking over the stage on this wildly eclectic, first major live music night in 2013.

Splashed with spine-tingling saxophone solos, grinding guitars, hauntingly gorgeous vocals and gasping, hanging electric piano melodies, get ready for a night that will swing you into the groove of the new year good and proper.

Tickets: Free entry before 10PM, 50k after.

Screening of Dersu Uzala

Wed 09 Jan 2013, 7 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective
44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

A few months after his notorious suicide attempt, Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa was regenerated by the notion of helming the first Russian/Japanese co-production. Co-scripted and directed by Kurosawa, Dersu Uzala is the story of an elderly guide and Goldi hunter (Maxim Munzuk), who, at the turn of the century, agrees to shepherd a Russian explorer (Yuri Solomin) and a troop of soldiers through the most treacherous passages of the Far East.

The guide has been “one” with the land almost from birth, and is thus able to save his party from perishing. Four years in the making, Dersu Uzala won the 1976 Best Foreign Film Oscar and restored the flagging Akira Kurosawa to the top ranks of the Japanese film industry.

Free entry.

German Film Week

11 – 18 Jan 2013
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

At the beginning of the New Year the Goethe-Institut Hanoi presents a German film week from the 11th of January to the 18h of January, 2013. It shows a colorful mixture of successful German films of the recent years, including some films, which were already presented on the German Film Festival 2012 and were well received from the Vietnamese audience. So anyone who missed the drama “When we leave,”about a young woman between German and Turkish culture, the touching story of “Three fourth moon” and the comedy “Men in the City 2″, has now a second chance.

The documentary “Under Snow” by Ulrike Ottinger is the opening film of the film week and takes the viewer into the archaic world of a mountain village in Japan. Followed by “Barbara”, the most recent film of director Christian Petzold, which tells the story about a young doctor in the DDR and depicts the conflict between staying and leaving. Also the documentary “This is ain`t California” plays in the DDR and is about a clique of friends, who established the skateboarding in East Germany. “Vincent wants to sea” is an award winning, unusual road movie about the Tourette’s syndrome suffering Vincent, who starts a journey to the sea, to spread the ashes of his recently deceased mother.

German Film Week 2

At the screening of „Three Fourths Moon“, Ms. Carmen Oberhofer of German Film Distributor Majestic, who was in charge of the public relations and marketing for the film, will be giving an introduction, talking about the filming and answering questions of the audience. Because of the big success and the high demand at the German Film Festival 2012 we end the film week with the hit comedy “Men in the City 2”.

Furthermore, the young audience could look forward to the most beautiful fairy tale classics: Four fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in the latest film adaption, which will be presented on the first film weekend.

For screening schedule and film’s details, click here.

Free entrance.

Exhibition “Ulrike Ottinger – Retrospective”

Opening: Fri 11 Jan, 6.30 pm
Film screening: Fri 11 Jan, 7 pm
Exhibition: 12 – 31 Jan 2013
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

The photographer and artist will exhibit a representative selection of her work: portraits, everyday life scenes, architecture and travel photographs. Ulrike Ottinger is regarded as one of the most self-willed German filmmakers of international stature. Her oeuvre spans from the surreal theatrical and stylized artificiality through ethnological portrayals; from the fictional to the documentary.

She finds her motives in Europe, Asia and North America. This exhibition centers on her large-format photographs which often correspond to the film works, but still put their very own visual accents. Regional focal points include China and Mongolia, which Ottinger has visited repeatedly. In the center of her images are the outlandish, offbeat and grotesque of those places. The construction of images often arranged very strictly, contrasting bright colors and unusual style of productions, triggers fear and joy at the same time.

The exhibition has been created in a close collaboration with the artist. After the opening the Goethe-Institut presents Ulrike Ottinger’s„Under Snow” (2011), a documentary film about a mountain village of Japan with magical elements.
Biography

Ulrike Ottinger was born in Konstanz in 1942. She lived in Paris from 1961-69 as a painter and photographer, where she also wrote her first film script »Die mongolische Doppelschublade« Graphic works originated at the Atelier Friedländer. She returned to Germany in 1969, where she founded the film club Visuell in cooperation with a film seminar at the Universität Konstanz. She directed the club until 1972.

She has lived in Berlin since 1973 and works also as a film author and as a director of plays and opera.

Both her films and her photographic work have been shown in numerous retrospectives and exhibitions, including at the Venice Biennale (1980), at the Cinémathèque française, Paris (1980, 1982), at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2000, 2004), at the Kunst-Werke Berlin (2001).

Free Admission.

Conference on the Book “Talks – Portrait”

Wed 09 Jan 2013, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the conference on the launch of a book titled “Talks – Portrait” of Dang Than with the participation of literature critics such as La Khac Hoa (La Nguyen), Tran Ngoc Vuong, Nguyen Dang Diep and the author himself.

Language: Vietnamese

Free entrance.

Printmaking Exhibition

Exhibition: 03 – 15 Jan 2013
Exhibition House
16 Ngo Quyen, Hanoi

Come to the exhibtion of 4 American printmakers: David Thomas, Carolyn Muskat, Gene Dorgan and Lois Tarlow.

HCMC – New Year Gala Concert

Wed 09 Jan 2013, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

Come to the concert to celebrate new year with conductor Tran Nhat Minh, tenor Pham Trang, Duy Linh, soprano Ngoc Tuyen, Thanh Nga and HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO). For  more information, see below:

PROGRAM
1.G. Donizetti – Wedding scene from Lucia di Lammermoor
2. P. Mascagni – Viva la vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
3. F. Lehar – Lippen Schweigen (from Merry Widow)
4. L. Arditi – Il Bacio
5. G. Puccini – Oh, soave fanciulla (from La Boheme)
6. G. Rossini – La Danza
7. J. Strauss – Mein Herr Marquis (from Die Fledermaus)
8. F. Lehar – Mein Lippen sie kussen so heiss (from Giuditta)
9. F. Lehar – Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lachelns)
10. Medley Italian popular songs: Funiculi funicular; Torna Surriento; O sole Imo

Interval

Georges Bizet Symphony “Roma”
1. Andante tranquillo, leading to an Allegro agitato
2. Scherzo – Allegretto vivace
3. Andante molto
4. Allegro vivacissimo

Tickets

Ticket price: 300.000 – 250.000 – 150.000 – 60.000 VND (for students only)
All tickets are available at:
HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC, Tel: 08. 38237419

World Music Sundays – Musbaba

Sun 06 Jan 2013, 12 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective
44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Musbaba, Malian musician based in Hanoi, will be performing his compositions from West Africa, with the collaboration of 2 Malian musicians of his band visiting Hanoi for one month.

THBC is the venue where Musbaba played for first time in Hanoi, and it is also the place that provide him delicious Spanish omelette sandwiches. No doubts, him and his friends will give the best of them at THBC stage!

Tickets: 100 000 VND including one soft drink

Film Screening of Director Brillante Mendoza

Sat 05 Jan 2013, 2 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi

You are invited to the discussion and film screening made by the Filipino director Brillante Mendoza. The symposium is conducted by director Phan Dang Di.

Program:
2 pm – Introduction about the director Brillante Mendoza
2:15 pm – Screening of Kinatay (English subtitles)
4 pm: Discussion

Free entry

Program “Get Lost – Enjoy your Free Mind and Soul”
Posted: 07 Jan 2013. Filed under: Art.
Program 1: 9-10-11 Jan 2013, 6 – 9 pm
Program 2: 21-22-23 Jan 2013, 6 – 9 pm
Life Art
2nd Floor, 56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi

Guitarist Nguyen Le Tuyen to perform in HCM City

Vietnamese-Australian guitarist Nguyen Le Tuyen will perform at ‘Music Together’ on Friday at the Conservatory’s Concert Hall.

The collaborative project between the Australian National University and the HCMC Conservatory of Music organized by the Australian Consulate General in HCMC has the participation of Tuyen from the Australian National University and co-founder of the GuiHANGtar duo, and the Department of Traditional Music from the HCMC Conservatory of Music.

The program includes traditional Vietnamese music and Tuyen’s latest contemporary compositions inspired by Vietnamese culture.

John McAnulty, Australian Consul General, said: “Building on the strong links between Australia and Vietnam, Music Together promotes a shared understanding of each other’s culture, and is an opportunity for Australia to join with Vietnam to celebrate the value of Vietnamese traditional music and its ability to inspire contemporary music around the world.”

German rockers Nargaroth come to capital

Black metal outfit Nargaroth headline an international line-up at Vinh Hung Resort in Hanoi on January 19.

The Germans were established in 1996 by Rene Kanwulf Wagner, Charoon and Darken and they have toured the world since.

Popular album ‘Black Metal ist Krieg’ from 2001 helped bring Nargaroth onto the black metal map.

The gig also has the participation of Vietnamese groups Roth and Chong as well as Thai band Dei Tetra and Draconis Infernum from Singapore.

In the framework of the event, organized by Northern Singularity Group and Bloody Chunks Records, there are booths to sell CDs, cassette tapes, T-shirts, logo patches and stickers of all the artists. Vinh Hung Resort is located at 315A Vinh Hung Street.

Tickets are priced at VND200,000, for bookings call 0978 146 385.

Test your skills with the Ha Noi Pub Quizzers

The Ha Noi Pub Quizzers hosts quiz nights on various topics and themes every Tuesday from 9.30-11pm at R&R Tavern, 256 Nghi Tam Street, Tay Ho District.

Anyone can join the event, either as an individual or a team. Entry VND30,000

Winners get a free beer.

Improve your Vietnamese with classes at Puku

Free Vietnamese class given by "Learn Vietnamese" group takes place at Puku Cafe, 16-18 Tong Duy Tan Street, every Wednesday from 7-9pm.

All levels of learners are welcome to make new friends and improve their Vietnamese free of charge.

VietClimb Gym to build bouldering team
 
VietClimb Gym calls on climbers to form a Viet Nam team for the Gravical 2013 – an annual bouldering competition organised by the Singapore Management University Climb Team.

Bouldering is a style of rock climbing undertaken without a rope and normally limited to very short climbs over a crash pad (called a bouldering mat) so that a fall will not result in serious injury.

Taking place in the Singapore City Square Mall from January 11-13, the main objective is to promote climbing. The event will provide challenging bouldering problems.

Phone 0914 548 903 or go to www.facebook.com/events/137597419722676/

Experimental music show to hit HCM City
 
Erasable, an experimental interactive show combining contemporary dance, music, and visual arts, will be held at Sai Gon Outcast cafe and bar on January 12.

The 60-minute show will have five periods, with each featuring interaction with the audience.

The show will begin at 6pm at 188/1 Nguyen Van Huong Street, District 2. Admission will cost VND70,000.

French movie month begins at IDECAF

The adventures of Asterix and Obelix in Egypt will open a French film month at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in January.

Asterix&Obelix: Mission Cleopatra will be screened on Saturday, followed by musical Peau d'Ane (Donkey Skin), La Fille du RER Louise (The Girl on the Train), and Le gamin au velo (The Kid with a Bike) on the succeeding Saturdays.

Tickets cost VND15,000, and screenings will begin at 3pm. IDECAF is at 28 Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1.

DJs bring Indie electro music to District 1

Everyone's a DJ – promoters of indie, disco punk, and synthpop in HCM City – will present music show Electric Kicks on January 11 at Broma bar in District 1.

The show will feature indie electro, nu disco – the 21st century dance music, and 1980s' new wave music with performances by DJs Pe Dro, Hibiya Line and Superkid.

The show will start at 9pm at 41 Nguyen Hue Street. Entry will cost VND50,000.

Latin dance night salsas into Sheraton

Sheraton Saigon Hotel's Level 23 Nightspot will host a Latin dance party on January 18.

There will be Latin dance, music by an international band, and a lucky draw. Participants are urged to dress up in Latin themes.

The party will open at 8pm at the Sheraton, 88 Dong Khoi Street, District 1.

Special Concert “All Beethoven’s Piano Concerto”

15 and 18 Jan 2013, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to a special concert with conductor HONNA Tetsuji, piano soloist People’s Artist Dang Thai Son and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. For more information, see below:

Program of January 15, 2013
Ludwing Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.1 – No.2 – No.3

Program of January 18, 2013
Ludwing Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.4 – No.5
Tickets

Ticket prices: 500.000, 700.000, 900.000, 1.200.000, 1.500.000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over  ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.

Music Night with Le Cat Trong Ly

11 and 12 Jan 2013, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Le Cat Trong Ly is not strange to the audience and this time she will perform 2 consecutive nights at L’Espace.

Le Cat Trong Ly : vocal
Vu Dang Quoc Viet : piano
Le Minh Tuong : violon
Nguyen Duc Minh: lip reed
Ngo Hong Quang : Vietnamese string instrument

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

Tickets are available at L’Espace from 24 December 2012.

Screening of “Peau d’Ane”

Fri 04 Jan 2013, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the French musical film “Peau d’Âne” (Donkey Skin) directed by Jacques Demy. The film is said to be “a pearl of the French cinema”.

Film’s synopsis: The Queen on her deathbed made the King promise to only get married to a woman who is  more beautiful than her. However, in the entire kingdom, there is only one girl who possesses such beauty. She is the queen’s daughter. Hiding under the donkey skin, the princess escapes from the kingdom.

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