Location: Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to a night of concert and ballet conducted by People’s Artist Mikhail Shcherbakov (Russia), perfomed by piano soloists, Prof. People’s teacher Tran Thu Ha & Irina Skobliakova and violin soloist Bui Tri Dien.

Program

Part I

J.S Bach Concerto for violin and Orchestra in D minor.

Violin Soloist: Bui Tri Dien

W.A Mozart Concerto for two pianos and Orchestra

Piano Soloists: Prof. People’s teacher Trần Thu Hà & Irina Skobliakova (Russia)

Interval

Part II. the Classical Ballet “Les Sylphides” (Chopiniana)

- Music: F. Chopin

- Choreographer: Micheal Fokine

- Stage Choreographer: People’s Artist Kieu Ngan

- Cast: Due dancers:

Chuc Quynh – Chi Thanh

Thuy Hang – Nhu Quynh

Quynh Nga – Ngoc Can

and dancers & Orchestra of Vietnam National Opera and Ballet

Chopiniana was first staged in St Petersburg pm 10th February 1907 choreographed by Micheal Fokine with music of F. Chopin orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. Fokine reshaped the work for two years prior to its 1909 staging as Les Sylphides for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe at the Chatelet Theater in Paris by legendary ballerina Pavlova. The work continued to evolve, but retained its essence as a one-act ballet evoking the Romantic Spirit of the sylph in an abstract work. Les Sylphides is often confused with La Sylphide, another ballet of similar name but however the two ballets are unrelated.

Ticket price: 150 000, 250 000, 350 000, 500 000 VND

All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House, or with the free delivery service below:

www.ticketvn.com

ticketvn@fpt.vn

0913489858 (Mr. Do Phuong)

0983067996

Earth Day Activities 2011 by HEG

Time: HEG Film Week: 19 – 22 Apr 2011, 7 pm

Location: Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

Earth day clean up drive and tree planting: Sat 23 Apr 2011, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm

QSI- International School of Hanoi, 17 Lane 67 To Ngoc Van Street, Tay Ho District

Following the success of the Hanoi Environment Group Launch, HEG is organizing a series of activities to highlight Earth Day 2011. Supported by the by the Embassy of Australia in Hanoi.

The First Annual HEG FILM WEEK will feature a four day program of thought provoking films on climate change and the environmental backlash of a human race stretching

the EARTH’s natural resources to the limit. This self-induced phenomenon is new to history of mankind. The Members of Cinematheque will be presented with the unique opportunity to view stories told in evocative, personal, and even humorous ways.

On Earth Day, Fri 22 Apr 2010, 8pm: Immediately following the final film there will be Earth Day Party featuring organic tastings of wine and food, music entertainment

Earth Day Clean Up Drive and Tree Planting – Tay Ho

On Sat 23 Apr 2011, HEG will organize a series of Earth Day actions including: Clean up Tay Ho Lake, tree planting, guest speakers and other fun family oriented activities and prizes. Linked to the Weekend Market Tay Ho. QSI will provide free lunch and beverages to volunteers.

See the website for details www.hegroup.posterous.com or

Email inquiries to: hanoienvironmentalgroup@gmail.com

Hue Traditional Craft Villages Festival 2011

Time: 30 Apr – 03 May 2011

Location: Ngo Mon Square, Dai Noi (Royal Palace), banks of Huong River

The fourth Traditional Craft Villages Festival 2011, themed “Vietnamese Kitchen in Hue’s Garden”, will be held in Hue City in central Vietnam.

The festival which highlights culinary culture and the bonsai will be organised in three areas at Ngo Mon Square (Noon Gate), Dai Noi (Royal Palace) and the Huong (Perfume) River bank. It will introduce special dishes from the south, Hanoi and Hue as well as bonsais from across the country.

Guests will have a chance to take part in folk games and enjoy special dishes while listening to traditional musical art forms, like ca tru (ceremonial), cheo (popular opera) and hat xam (songs of strolling blind musician).

During the event, diverse community activities will be held, such as a festival for secondary school students, a “happy meal” contest for couples and a hike.

The festival will provide a good opportunity to promote the land and people from Hue in particular and Vietnam in general, to domestic and foreign friends.

LaVieVuLinh Anniversary Party

Time: 30 Apr – 02 May 2011

Location: Dao Quan Trang village of Vu Linh

Live Music: FRANCOIS AUDRAIN, singer and violin cello + The Reggae Band TOOTHBRUSH + DJ Didi

Ethnic Games and Play:Cao Lan and Dao Quan Trang performance.

Circus Performance

Huge Banquet: Dao and Vietnamese food

LaVieVuLinh describes itself as “a sustainable development project acting in 4 fields: CULTURE, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, TOURISM.”

Music Space Number 01

Time: 23 & 24 Apr 2011, 8 pm

Location: Nguy Nhu Kon Tum Hall, 19 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi

Music Space is the name of series of regular (tentative monthly) music event. Two artists invited to open the first program of Music space are two young and very talented singers/composers representing the Vietnamese 8X generation: Tung Duong and Le Cat Trong Ly.

Tung Duong - Singer growing from “Sao Mai Diem Hen 2004″ program and released 3 impressive albums “Chạy trốn”, “Ô màu khối lập phương” and “Li ti”. Among these, there are two albums gaining Devotion Award 2010 (awards for singer for their contribution to the development of music scene in Vietnam) – Album of the year. Tung Duong was also voted as Singer of the year for Pre-devotion Award 2004 and Devotion Award 2010.

Le Cat Trong Ly – representative for singer/composer type: compose and perform her works, knowing as independent artist. She was discovered in “Vietnamese Songs” with the song “Chênh vênh” which was awarded as Song of the year in 2008. Le Cat Trong Ly just released her first album and it contributes to help her achieve Devotion Award 2010 – Composer of the year. She used to perform at L’Espace last June.

Music director: Tran Thanh Phuong

Program director : Viet Tu

Tickets for performance on 23 Apr are sold out, tickets for performance on 24 Apr are still on sale.

Reserving tickets in one of following three ways:

- Online booking www.khonggianamnhac.com

- Booking through phone: 0904669007, 0906275959, 0437347777, 0437346577

- Direct sale: P703- Thanh Dong Building 132 -138 Kim Ma, Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi

Piano Solo by Roger Muraro

Time: Sat 23 Apr 2011, 8 pm

Location: Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

Don’t forget about a special piano concert of French talent pianist Roger Muraro in this Saturday.

Program

Liszt

Years of Pilgrimage : First Year S 160 – Switzerland

N°1 : Guillaume tell’s Chapel

N°4 : Beside a Spring

Debussy

Images : Book 1

Reflections in water

Homage to Rameau

Movement

Debussy

6 Preludes

Veils (or sails)

Puck’s Dance

General Lavine –eccentric

Footsteps in the snow

The Hills of Anacapri

The Submerged Cathedral

Fauré

2 Nocturnes

No. 1 E flat minor, op. 33

No. 4 E flat major op. 36

Stravinsky

2 studies

N° 3 op. 7

N° 4 op. 7

Ravel

In the Manner of Borodin

In the Manner of Chabrier

Waltz

Ticket price: 200 000, 150 000, 100 000 VND

Special price : 100 000, 75 000, 50 000 VND

Project CityScapes Blog of Goethe Institute

Hanoi, HCMC and ten other cities in South-East Asia, Oceania and Europe are linked in the Cityscapes blog project of the Goethe Institute. In texts, images and short films, they offer interesting insights into the life of these cities and the daily lives of their inhabitants.

One of the bloggers describes the Vietnamese capital as: “a young city with many people coming from everywhere. They are all here to pursue happiness and a better life. And as a result of the civilization, many areas that were rice fields around 10 years ago are now full of people and always blocked in the traffic. And though these people have different destinies, they all seem very busy, hurried and active in this city.”

As part of the Cityscapes blog project, each three-member city team creates different contributions to monthly changing topics. Immerse yourself with the Berlin Bloggers in the local party scene, learn more about the consumer habits in Auckland or the meaning of good food in Jakarta.

In March, the bloggers addressed the subject of “Sex in my City – how prudish are we?” While in Vietnam there is still a conflict between the generations on the topic, and Sydney also deals with sex quite conservatively, in Bangkok singles are very modern and fall in love on the web.

Cityscapes shows what cities and their residents have in common and what separates them. At the end of each month, the Goethe-Institut report summaries the latest blog entries.

Just click on the Cityscapes blog or comment on a blog post and become a part of the international City Bloggers Network!

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