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Launching Event and Exhibition of Photo Book “Hue, City of Crying Stones”
Book launch: Fri Apr 30 2016, 3 pm
Exhibition: Apr 30 – May 27 2016
Institut français de Huế
01 Le Hong Phong, Hue
You are invited to the launching event of the photo book “Hue – the city of cyring stones” by Philippe Bouler and Sébastien Laval, during which some of the photographs from the book will be exhibited. The event will take place at 3pm on April 30.
Photographer Sébastien Laval has been widely appreciated in Vietnam with several photo exhibitions on 54 Vietnamese ethnic minorities. Philippe Bouler, the first art director of the Hue Festival and many other art performances in Vietnam, has visited Hue several times.
Sharing a passion for the streets, landscapes and people of Hue, they composed the photo book “Hue, the city of crying stones”. Some photographs from the book have been chosen to exhibit at Dien Tho Palace’s backyard, Imperial Palace, Institut français de Hue and La Résidence Hotel.
For more information about the event, please refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Free entrance.
Film Screening “2046”
Fri 29 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
In the fourth week of Wong Kar-wai film month, you are invited to the film screening “2046”, a film that was considered as the loose sequel to “In the Mood for Love” when writer Su Li-zhen came back to Hong Kong from Singapore. Not suitable for children under 17 years old.
“2046” is a 2004 Hong Kong romantic drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It is a loose sequel to the 1991 film, ‘Days of Being Wild’, and the 2000 film, ‘In the Mood for Love’.
It follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan’s unconsummated affair with Su Li-zhen in 1960s Hong Kong but also includes some science fiction elements and makes frequent references to the date of December 24 or Christmas Eve, on which many significant events in the film occur.
[ Wikipedia ]
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Traditional Korean Dance Performance with Dance Company Yun Myung Hwa
Fri 29 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Youth Theater
11 Ngô Thì Nhậm, Hà Nội
You are invited to the Korean traditional dance performance with the participation of dance company Yun Myung Hwa at Youth Theater.
This program includes Buchaechum fan dances, Bisang dance, sword dance, drumming dance, peace dance, Sogo dance, and Jeang-gang dance, which will be performed by Yun Myung Hwa, and exchange performance with Thang Long Group, Vietnam National Academy of Music.
Yun Myung Hwa dance company, founded by Korean artist Yun Myung Hwa with more than 20 members, operates based on traditional ethnic dances and creates new Korean-styled ones. Since establishment and the first performance in 1998, the group has been appreciated with artistic and trendy works through dozens of performances in Korea and abroad.
After the performance on April 29 in Hanoi, Yun Myung Hwa dance company will come to Hue to participate in Hue Festival within 2 days: 1 ~ 2 May, to promote Korean traditional dances and talk with Vietnamese and international audiences.
Free entry
Free tickets are available at: Library of Korean Cultural Center Vietnam, 49 Nguyen Du Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi
TEl: 84-4-3944-5980~1
Time: from 4 pm, 26 Apr 2016
Note: please show up 30 mins before the show
Michał Milczarek Trio (MM3) performs in Vietnam
Thu 28 Apr 2016, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
Join the Concert of Michał Milczarek Trio (MM3), one of the most interesting young bands on the Polish jazz scene at the turn of April and May! The Trio will have 1 concert in Hanoi Rock city and 2 at Festival Hue.
The group creates instrumental music which is a combination of modern jazz, rock and electronic. It is considered one of the fastest prospering groups in Polish improvised music. The band is known for a very intense concert activity. Its extremely spontaneous performances present jazz in a decidedly rock perspective. MM3 has performed at many prestigious festivals: International Ethno-Jazz Festival “Flugery Lvova”, Jazz Bez Festival (Ukraine), Singer’s Warsaw Festival, International Theatre Festival Eye On Culture. The band has won the competition “Jazz Phonographic Debut of the Year”. To date, Michał Milczarek Trio has released three records, including EP The Big Game (2012) as well as two long plays: Squirrels and Butterflies (2014) and recently released Ambient Works (April 2016).
Entry: 100.000 VND
A Night at the Opera – “The Tales of Hoffman”
Fri 29 Apr 2016, 7 pm
Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
Come to the screening of a classic production of Jacques Offenbach’s “The Tales of Hoffman”, an opera often categorized as an “Opera Fantastique”. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Hoffmann is the protagonist in the opera.
Offenbach did not live to see his opera performed. He died on October 5, 1880, four months before its premiere, but after completing the piano score and orchestrating the prologue and first act. Many versions of the opera have been performed, the version we will screen is considered one of the most important versions in the history of opera in cinema.
The opera will be performed in English, with English subtitles.
Make a reservation by phoning the Cinémathèque, daily between 14:00 – 21:00 at 3936-2648.
Film Screening “The Guava House” by Dang Nhat Minh
Thu 28 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
The Guava House (2000) traces the changing values of society in Vietnam through the eyes of a gentle and kindhearted man, Hoa (Bui Bai Binh). After a childhood accident left him mentally impaired, his sister (Lan Huong) has looked after him for 30 years. Living as much in his beautiful memories as in the present, Hoa is drawn to return to his father’s house, now occupied by a businessman’s young daughter. They build a quiet friendship together, but are challenged by the misunderstandings of others.
The film, directed by Dang Nhat Minh and based on his own novel, examines the layers of Vietnamese society – a Buddhist people with a communist government slowly embracing western, or at least commercial, values. All these competing factors have their positive and negative sides, which are seen with openness and honesty through the eyes of Hoa. The old house, captured in delicate and warm imagery, acts as a focus for ownership of personal and national history.
Join us for a question and answer session afterwards with director-writer Dang Nhat Minh.
Film running time: 100 minutes. English subtitles.
Cost: 150,000vnd
Limit: 90 people
Contact: Ms Hang, nguyenvu_nganhang@yahoo.com
Notes: Your reservation is not confirmed until you receive our email. Please pick up and pay for your tickets on the evening of the event at the cinema (6:45 to 7:15 pm). As a courtesy to those on the waiting list – please cancel if you can’t come (phone 090 602 0960). Reserved seating tickets are allocated on a first come – first served basis. We don’t pre-book seating but if you come early you can pick your favourite seats.
Painting Exhibition “Non Cubism – Portrait 2016” by Nguyen Quoc Dan
Opening: Wed 27 Apr 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 27 Apr – 05 May 2016
No. 12 Nguyen Hue, Dist 1, HCMC
“Non Cubism – Portrait 2016” is focused on portraying the silence, sadness, delusion, passion of characters. Nguyen Quoc Dan said this is the way to express his emotions and feelings about life. The characteristics of these works are creating impression through “color cords”, he called this is “the color of feelings”.
This is the fourth exhibition of Nguyen Quoc Dan and his works are still used the “color cords” to present his idea – Non Cubism. Three previous events are: “Non Cubism – Nguyen Quoc Dan 2011” (Applied Art Gallery, Fine Art University, HCMC); “Multicolor Non Cubism – Nguyen Quoc Dan 2012” (Fine Art Museum, HCMC); “Non Cubism Chalk – Nguyen Quoc Dan 2014” (36 Dinh Bo Linh street, Binh Thanh Dist, HCMC).
The exhibition “Non Cubism – Portrait 2016” has many different features from the previous ones. The first thing is the whole works in this exhibition are used oil paint to make the “Color cords” on canvas. Each color cord on the canvas creates the vividness and trueness through the multi-dimension perspective. Color cords visually interact with each other, the color impact strongly which brings a new painting sensation to viewers while the interaction of colors are connected randomly.
Film Screening “Next time I’ll Aim for the Heart”
Film screening with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 06 May 2016, 8 pm
Film screening with English subtitles: sun 08 May 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to the screening of film “Next time I’ll Aim for the Heart” (France, 2013, 113’) at L’Espace.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Casting: Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup
Astonishing performance from Guillaume Canet in this thriller, based on a true story.
Film synopsis:
For several months, between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise in France live in a state of terror and anxiety: a maniac is on the prowl, and young women are his prey. After trying to run over several women with his car, he final manages to injure and kill female hitch-hikers he picks up at random. The man is everywhere and nowhere, eluding the traps set up by investigators and avoiding roadblocks. He’s so good at escaping because he is in fact a timid, young cop who lives an ordinary life and doesn’t stand out amongst his squad. As a model cop, he’s is responsible for investigating his own crimes until the maps of his murderous journey slip from his grasp.
Language:
On 06 May: French with Vietnamese subtitles
On 08 May: French with English subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Freedom FilmFest 2016 – Call for Entries
Deadline: 01 May 2016
Time of festival: 20 – 28 Aug 2016
FreedomFilmFestival (FFF) is Malaysia’s most established annual human rights film festival. We adopt the themes encompassed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We believe that the protection of basic human rights is the foundation for genuine justice, peace, equality and democracy.
The FreedomFilmFest 2016 theme “What Lies Beneath” reflects this international documentary film festival’s ongoing mission to cast the spotlight on underrepresented human rights and public interest issues through the powerful medium of film.
This year’s theme is a call for everyone to dig deeper into the many urgent issues that individuals, groups, society and humanity are facing today. It is also an invitation to filmmakers and activists to unearth stories that help us see beyond the surface to bring about more meaningful insight and the appropriate action.
FreedomFilmFest 2016 is now accepting submissions that reflect this year’s theme to be included in our line up. Films selected will also go through a special jury selection for nomination to be awarded.
Eligibility
Films must be completed between 2014 to 2016
Film format include :
– Documentary Films, short and feature length up to 60 mins
– Short fiction and animated films up to 20 mins
– Please note that we are not considering experimental film submissions
– Films in any language with English subtitles
For more information and application form please visit the organizer’s website.
HCMC – A Night of American Music
Fri 29 Apr 2016, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
You are invited to the night of American music with the participation of two young talents – conductor Tran Nhat Minh and world-famous violinist Stephane Tran Ngoc – with some excellent compositions performed for the first time in Vietnam.
PROGRAM
Benjamin Britten “An American Overture”
Howard Hanson Symphony No. 2 “Romantic” in D-flat Major, Op. 30, W45
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Tickets
Ticket price: 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)
Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972
At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square
Especially, there are some innovations in introducing academic art to the youth in 2016 by HBSO. In addition to the Young Melody program, the students will be invited to attend all of the official program of HBSO. For each program, 45 seats will be reserved for students from a specific university in 2nd floor.
Invitation tickets for “A Night of American Music” will be distributed to students from HCMC University of Law. Please bring students card to receive tickets at the box office since 22 Apr 2016.
Film Screening “My Blueberry Nights” and “Người trở về”
Film Screening “My Blueberry Nights”: Fri 22 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Film Screening “Người trở về”: Sat 23 Apr 2016, 3 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
In this weekend, you are invited to the film screening “My Blueberry Nights” – the third work in Wong Kar-wai film month and “Người trở về” (directed by Dang Thai Huyen) in the Vietnamese film program at TPD.
My Blueberry Nights *Not suitable for children under 13 years old*
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS is a 2007 romance/drama/road art film directed by Wong Kar Wai, his first feature in English. The screenplay by Wong and Lawrence Block is based on a short Chinese-language film written and directed by Wong.
This film was the debut of jazz singer Grammy-winner Norah Jones as an actress, and also starred Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, and Benjamin Kanes.
The cinematographer of this film was Darius Khondji. Christopher Doyle was Wong’s cinematographer for his last seven features before MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS, starting from 1990’s ‘Days of Being Wild’ [Wikipedia]
Người trở về
Based on the short story “Người về bến sông Châu” by Suong Nguyet Minh, the film tells the life story of May, a battlefield nurse had death notice, suddenly returned home on the day of her boyfriend getting married.
The war destroys her body and spirit, now she has to bear the pain of thwarted love.
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Les Arômes 2016 Cultivates Culinary Savoir-Faire
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
April 29 - June 4
Like Tet, some special events require more than the few official days allocated to them, and this year the Hotel Metropole Hanoi’s Les Arômes Festival 2016 is one such celebration.
What was last year but a four-day culinary festival at the country’s most storied hotel is this year a six-week run of wine dinners, bread-baking workshops and other special events.
Headlining this year’s event is Chef Christophe Grilo, a 38-year-old executive pastry chef and baker who has cooked for such Hollywood stars as Brad Pitt, Arnold Schwarzenegger and singer Barbra Streisand.
At the Metropole, Grilo will conduct a ‘Bread Master Class’ on May 19 by invitation only. On May 20, the Metropole will introduce Grilo’s new bread collection throughout the hotel’s dining venues, and will begin retailing the collection at L’Epicerie. And one night later, Grilo will help ‘Uncork the Summer’ in Les Arômes’ signature dinner at La Veranda, featuring wines by Chateau Grand Verdus.
The Chateau Grand Verdus vintages hail from hilly terroir about 20 kilometers east of Bordeaux, and are bottled by a family that’s been minding those vineyards through four generations. Famous for its reds, whites and rosés, its wines have won superior ratings in recent years in wine-centric media from Decanter to the Wine Enthusiast.
Grilo, meanwhile, has worked at a succession of Michelin-star establishments, and literally climbed the rungs from one-star to three-star restaurants, winning renown as one of France’s most promising young bakers.
He relocated to Asia in 2004, working for two major hotel brands before assuming a leadership position in the Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie. In 2013, Grilo started up the Bakery Artisan Original, the B.A.O., where they resort to traditional methods to produce breads with deeper flavours and textures.
This year’s festival, the 9th annual at the Metropole, kicks off April 29 at La Veranda with a wine dinner featuring Craggy Wines from New Zealand, and concludes June 4 with a wine dinner featuring Bordeaux’s famous Domaine de Chevalier at L’Orangerie.
For more information, contact the Metropole at h1555-re3@sofitel.com or +84 4 3826 6919.
Film Screening “Les Garcons et Guillaume à Table”
Fri 29 Apr 2016, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Me, Myself and Mum” (France, 2012, 85 mins).
Director: Guillaume Gallienne
Cast: Guillaume Gallienne, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian
A special work about the tragicomic relationship between a mother and her son in which Guillaume Gallienne plays both roles, winning 5 César awards and worldwide praises.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Concert “Endless Thread” by Hanoi New Music Ensemble
Tue 26 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Goethe-Institut Hanoi and DomDom, the hub for experimental music & art, jointly present the concert “Endless Thread”.
The Hanoi New Music Ensemble (HNME) was founded in 2015 by the initiative of the composer Vu Nhat Tan, violinist Pham Truong Son and American conductor Jeff von der Schmidt. The new group is eager to bring Vietnamese and international contemporary music to a broad Vietnamese public. HNME is currently supported by DomDom, which is the hub for experimental music & art in Hanoi.
“Endless Thread” is a chamber concert with songs by contemporary composers of Vietnam and the world through the ages: from the quartet “Central Highlands” (“Tay Nguyen”) by Do Nhuan – a composer belonging to the first generation of Vietnamese contemporary classical music – through “Rain” (Mua) of Vu Nhat Tan and “Journey Number Three” by Tran Kim Ngoc to “Discovery” – a composition by the promising young composer Nguyen Minh Nhat.
Three contemporary works of influential European composers are interspersed: “Syrinx” by the French Impressionist Claude Debussy and the “Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano” by German composer of Modernism Paul Hindemith. The concert furthermore contains “The Sick Moon” (“Der Kranke Mond”) – a duet piece for flute and soprano written by Pierrot Lunaire and premiered in Berlin in 1912. It is representative of the free atonality of the composer Arnold Schönberg, who is regarded as the father of contemporary classical music.
PROGRAM
Đỗ Nhuận | Tây Nguyên („Central Highlands“)
String quartet
Claude Debussy (1913) | Syrinx
Flute solo
Kim Ngọc (1975) | Journey Number Three
1. Violine, Clarinet and Piano
Arnold Schönberg | Pierrot Lunaire – 7. Der kranke Mond (The Sick Moon)
Vocal and Flute
Vũ Nhật Tân (1970) | Mưa (“Rain”)
String quartet
Minh Nhật | Miniatures
2. Violine, Flute and Cello
Paul Hindemith | Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (Extract)
Clarinet, 1. Violine, Cello and Piano
Film Screening “Joséphine s’arrondit”
24 Apr – 01 May 2016
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Joséphine s’arrondit” (France, 2016, 94 mins).
Director: Marilou Berry
Starring: Marilou Berry, Mehdi Nebbou, Medi Sadoun
A colorful romantic comedy, the actress Marilou Berry’s caricature of motherhood and its impact on her relationship.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Film screening
Sun 24/04: 14:00, 20:00
Mon 25/04: 18:00, 20:00
Fri 29/04: 18:00
Sat 30/04: 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00
Sun 01/05: 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00
Language: Vietnamese dubbed
Tiecket
Ticket price: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Event “More Than Love on the Horizon”
Fri 22 Apr 2016, 6 pm
Nha San Collective
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
We are happy to invite you to our event “More than love on the Horizon” – the presentation of creative community projects highlighting LGBTQ visibility in Vietnam.
Participating artists:
Genevieve Erin O’Brien
Vũ Kiều Oanh and Group 6+
Ian Quee and Quyên Quyên
Lê Đức Anh
Nguyễn Quang Duy
Bùi Hoàng Long
Đinh Thị Nhung
More Than Love on the Horizon (MTL) is a multimedia project by Vietnamese‐American artist Genevieve Erin O’Brien. It is an American Arts Incubator project. American Arts Incubator is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is administered by ZERO1 in collaboration with the US Embassy in Vietnam and Nha San Collective in Hanoi.
More Than Love aims to maximise the visibility of the LGBTQ community in Vietnam and transnationally. This will be achieved through a variety of activities: 1) interactive performance workshop; 2) holographic videos made by and featuring the local LGBTQ community; 3) online platform to access the videos; 4) small grants for community participants exploring themes and stories of the LGBTQ community; 5) a special presentation of community art projects.
More information about the project is available at our facebook and website
The event “More than love on the Horizon” will present 6 fantastic community queer art projects from Hanoi. These project are made with artistic approach inspired by high-tech incubator. Moving toward a queer future from many perspectives, presented art projects are prototypes with great potentials in their further development.
Please don’t forget to bring with you your smartphones and tablets with wifi connection in order to watch the holograms.
Details about our event are available after this link.
After this exciting presentation of queer community art projects, you are invited to come to a queer music event where the only rule is “be glamourous and dance”. This dazzling night of Queer Disco is organised by CAMA ATK especially for our “More than love on the Horizon” project.
More details about Queer Disco event
An artist’s talk where you can meet all the artists and ask questions about their exciting projects is held on Sunday 24th April at 16h00 in Nhà Sàn Collective.
HCMC – Concert “Furious & Lyrical”
Fri 22 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
Following serial concerts to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, we proudly presents a concert “Furious & Lyrical” in April performed by two special guest vocalists in collaboration with the piano ensemble.
The program features remarkable effervescent piano ensemble works by the pianists group of Ho Chi Minh city Conservatory of Music and two beautiful sopranos from France and Vietnam: Artist Anne-Victoria Coat and artist Pham Khanh Ngoc. Besides all the passionate piano works such as LUTOSLAWSKY’s Variations on a theme of Paganini, BORODIN’s Polotvsian Dances, DUKAS’s L’apprenti sorcier are lyrical romantic songs of G.F.HANDEL, CLARA SCHUMANN, S.RACHMANINOV AND G.VERDI.
Program
PART I
G.F. Handel: Aria Alcina “Tornami a vagheggiar” from opera “Alcina”
Soprano: Phạm Khánh Ngọc
Piano: Thy Nga
Clara Schumann Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen (From Sämtliche Lieder)
R.Wagner Der Engel
Soprano: Anne-Victoire Coat
Piano: Diệu Thảo
G.Faure Dolly Suite for piano 4 hands: Berceuse, Mi-a-ou, Le Pas Espagnol
Primo: Thy Nga
Secondo: Nguyên Trinh
Rachmaninov Never sing to me again Op. 4 song 4
Soprano: Anne-Victoire Coat
Piano: Diệu Thảo
G. Verdi: Bolero di Elena “Merce dilette amiche” from opera “I Vespri sicilliani”
Soprano: Phạm Khánh Ngọc
Piano: Thy Nga
Shostakovich Concertino for 2 pianos
Piano I Khánh Hạ
Piano II Diệu Tịnh
PART II
Lutoslawsky Variations on a theme of Paganini for 2 pianos
Piano I Khánh Hạ
Piano II Nguyên Trinh
F. Lizst: Oh! Quand je dors (Khi tôi ngủ)
Soprano: Phạm Khánh Ngọc
Piano: Thy Nga
Borodin Polotvsian Dances
Piano I Diệu Thảo
Piano II Thy Nga
Kodaly: A csitari hegyek alatt
Anne-Victoire Coat, soprano
Piano: Diệu Thảo
Dukas L’apprentice sorcierer pour 2 pianos
Piano I Diệu Tịnh
Piano II Nguyên Trinh
Tickets
Tickets prices: Standard 200.000 VND, VIP 250.000 VND
Tickets Hotline: 0903.034.112
Tickets are available at Foreign Affairs Office, 112 Nguyen Du, Dist 1, HCMC
Art Event with Artist Luu Chuong Duong
19 – 22 Apr 2016, 7 pm
HUB Art Club
122 O Cho Dua, Dong Da, Ha Noi
Artist Luu Chuong Duong is organizing an art event from 19 Apr to 22 Apr, which gives participants the opportunity to see his paintings and discuss his inspirations to create them. The artist will also be improvising on stage.
Sculpture Solo Exhibition “Soldier – Soldier’s Wife” by Thai Nhat Minh
Opening: Sat 23 Apr 2016, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 23 – 27 Apr 2016
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi
“SOLDIER – SOLDIER’S WIFE” is the 3rd solo exhibition by sculptor Thai Nhat Minh, following “The birds” in 2013 and “Breeding season” in 2014.
The exhibition has been prepared in 4 years (2013-2016) with the main materials of stone, aluminum casting, wood and iron.
“SOLDIER – SOLDIER’S WIFE” is a popular image in East Asia and Southeast Asia life and culture. Vietnam had been through so many wars in thousands of years, so the stories of soldiers leaving home and never coming back, of soldier’s wife embracing their children waiting in vain, have left a profound impact on Nhat Minh.
In culture and history, from “folk songs” to “Chinh Phu ngam” by Dang Tran Con, Doan Thi Diem, from “Vong phu thach” by Nguyen Trai, Nguyen Du, Cao Ba Quat to “Vong phu” by Han Mac Tu, Che Lan Vien, from epic “Hon vong phu” by Le Thuong to the stories of separation in the war, from Dong Son bronze arrows, Bach Dang wooden stakes to the remaining vestiges until today – those are the inspirations for Thai Nhat Minh to make this personal sculpture exhibition themed on “SOLDIER – SOLDIER’S WIFE”.
The exhibition consists of three parts:
Part 1 includes: 63 white stone statues portray women embracing their children, waiting for the husbands until becoming lonely stone statues with iron shadows. Their nostalgia lasts indefinitely in space.
The soldier’s wife statues represent many lives and feelings, from joy, sadness, worry, hope to peace and tragedy.
The material white stone is like the “waiting for husband stone”, which evokes a sense of purity, toughness, and also vulnerability.
The images of a soldier’s wife waiting in vain repeats throughout two spaces of the gallery, hopeless, without an ending point.
Part 2 includes: Approximately 150 iron statues divided into 21 militant groups, put on the tip of javelins with diameter of 13, 14cm; 3,5-4m in length, which portrays the soldier group that never came back.
The soldiers with primitive shields and weapons placed on the huge wooden weapons rush to a meaningless “game”, that shows a passive self-defense war with misery, chronic pain and hardship of many people.
Part 3 includes: An arrangement with numerous metal fragments shows the devastation and fierceness of the war. However, the aspiration for peace never stopped in each “SOLDIER – SOLDIER’S WIFE”.
The exhibition expressed Nhat Minh’s sympathy and thoughts about the human life and emotions in the position of “SOLDIER – SOLDIER’S WIFE” and above all is a tribute.
About the author
Born 1984, Vinh Phuc province, Viet Nam.
2009: Graduated from Hanoi Fine Arts University – Sculpture Department
2012: Got Master degree of Hanoi Fine Arts University – Sculpture Department
Lives and Works in Ha Noi, Vietnam.
Thai Nhat Minh has over 10 years of experience in the field of sculpture and considered as one of the talented young artists today. He participated in many national and abroad exhibitions and camps as:
– Group Sculpture Exhibition “New Form” 2012, 2013, 2014
– Group Sculpture Exhibition “Hanoi – Saigon” 2012, 2014
– Group Exhibition “Asia art link” 2012
– National sculpture camp Dai Lai 2015
– Asia Contemporary vi/Art Show in Hongkong 2013, 2014
– Affordable Art Fair in Hongkong 2014, 2015
– Affordable Art Fair in Singapore 2014 and “Visual Art for ASEAN” in Thailand 2015
Awards:
– 2014. Award from The Vietnam Fine Arts Association
– 2014. Second prize of the 3th National Young Art Festival (2011-2014)
– 2013. Consolation Prize of National Sculpture Exhibition 10 years (2003-2013)
– 2011. Award from The Vietnam Fine Arts Association at National Young Art Festival (2007-2011)
– 2010. Consolation Prize of National Fine Art Exhibition(2006-2010)
“Soldier – Soldier’s Wife” is his 3rd solo exhibition, following two impressive exhibitions “The Birds” – Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, 2013, and “Breeding season” – Manzi Art Sapce, 2014.
Update About The 3 Works of Intothinair
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
01. ‘Off-road’ by Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng
2 Nui Truc, Kim Ma – in front of the Embassy of Sweden
This installation, made up of a real car and four composite turtle sculptures, makes the satire of the original illustration on which it is based more explicit. The animals replace the wheels of the car and are poised to head into different directions. If the sculpture were to come alive and the turtles started moving forward they would break the car they are a part of. The work explores the immense contradiction of working together when individual creatures with their own sense of direction try to work as one. Humans are such creatures. Made up of internal contradictions and with views opposing each other both small group work and 7 billion people inhabiting, sharing and moving on one planet seems impossible. The work is exhibited at a public intersection one of the spaces where this challenge plays out in traffic on a daily basis.
Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng
Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng is one of Vietnam’s most successful contemporary artists at home and abroad. He employs the realist painting training he received at the Fine Arts University in his hometown Hanoi and injects wit and satire to disguise poignant messages. His large-scale installations employ similar methods and are executed with meticulous attention to detail. As an active member of the avant-garde artists collective Nhà Sàn he has experimented with experimental music and worked as a curator. He concerns himself with urbanisation and the push to modernise or digs into history to explore what has shaped the Vietnam of today.
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02. ‘Carrying the Carriers’ by Nguyễn Thế Sơn
Travelling installation: On Friday 15 & Tues 19 April. Trip starts from Manzi, 14 Phan Huy Ích Street at 3.00 pm, stops at Hanoi Creative City, 1 Lương Yên Street at 3.30 pm and ends at 94 Thanh Nhàn Street
This mobile installation makes visible the plight of urban workers from street vendors to street transporters. Photographs of those urban dwellers, who the artist refers to as carriers, that capture moments highlighting their struggle are turned into life size cardboard cut-outs. Covered in silk they are mounted with a custom made wooden frame on a hired ‘xe thương binh’ – tricycle legally allowed to only be driven by war veterans. The installation then makes its way through the city along some of its busiest streets. This carrier carrying fellow carriers through the urban space is an interactive exhibition and the reactions of random spectators and chance audience is being recorded. Being transported in this way also metaphorically gives the work’s subjects a chance to rest their weary bones. For once they are the carried not the carriers.
Nguyễn Thế Sơn
Throughout his 20-year career Nguyễn Thế Sơn has directed his curiosity at different media and a variety of subjects all of which he researches with academic precision. He works as a silk professor at the University of Fine Arts in Hanoi and has made Vietnam’s rapid development and growth – be it in the economy or society at large – the focus of his work. He has worked with silk, lacquer, photography and installation. He received his Master Degree in photography in China and since his return to Hanoi has established himself as one of Vietnam’s most prolific contemporary minds and artists.
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03. ‘Without Words’ by Nguyễn Quốc Thành
Hanoi Creative City public restroom on ground floor (from 9 to 15 April); Hanoi Creative City’s main hall (15 April to 19 April), 1 Lương Yên Street
The installation is mounted in the very space it is making sense of in relation to the queer and LGBT community: public restrooms. The curtains this artwork consists of are made from familiar repurposed material and signify the fragile border between public and private. They can separate one part of the space from another but peeking is always possible, they allow for noise to travel and are altogether easy to push aside and expose what is behind them. The privacy they offer is as faulty as that of a public restroom used by many members of the gay community across the world to meet and get together in ‘private’. This contradiction is explored, as is the strictly gendered space of public restrooms. Who is allowed to do what where? Male and female is clearly marked and enforced through social norms that are at odds with a queer view of the world.
Nguyễn Quốc Thành
Nguyễn Quốc Thành is a Hanoi based artist. His practice includes photography, writing, performance art, installation, clothes making and organising queer art events. He is a founding member of Nhà Sàn Collective, an independent contemporary art collective. In 2013 he founded Queer Forever! Vietnam’s first queer art festival. Queer Forever! is a platform for sharing the love for and knowledge of queerness in Vietnamese culture.
Hue – Film Screening “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas”
Fri 22 Apr 2016, 7.15 pm
Institut français de Huế
01 Le Hong Phong, Hue
Come to film screening “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas” (France, 2014, 97’).
Director: Laurent Tirard
Casting: Valérie Lemercier, Kad Mérad, Dominique Lavanant, François-Xavier Demaison
When the summer holidays begins, Nicolas and his family will find themselves in a hotel near the beach, and a whole new series of adventures will begin.
Film synopsis:
“Holidays of Nicolas kid” is adapted from the famous novel by Sempe and Goscinny – the one that any French child would bring to the beach on holiday. This feature is made by director Laurent Tirard in nearly five years, following the successful launch first movie in 2010, which brings laughter to the audience. The new film selects the most subtle and humorous details from the original story, connecting them together to create a refreshing laughter to the audience. Along with expensive beach scenes, the film also is sophisticated in terms of costumes. A bustling colorful beaches with fragrant summer rooms and windy and beautiful bars gives viewers the spacious, teeming carefree vitality.
Language: Original language with Vietnamese subtitles
For more information about synopsis, please refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Free entrance.
Workshop “Personal Leadership: A Reality Check”
25 – 27 Apr 2016, 9.30 am – 12 pm
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh/6 Nguyen Hoang, My Dinh, Ha Noi
Tel: 04 62543319 – Hotline: 090 282 67 69
Workshop “Personal leadership: A Reality Check” is for artists and everyone who wants to be professional in the art field.
Are you sure your CV, portfolio and presentation technique is good enough? Do you have control of your artistic networking ability and values? Do you have the keys to present your project in a professional way? Attend this workshop and find out!
Sharpen your CV, maximize your professional portfolio and update your cultural knowledge, networking ability, reliability, persistence, creativity, efficiency, and ambition! Whether you’re trying to find a new exhibition, get a job as a curator, present your art project or excel in a new career as art teacher, this workshop will help you achieve your artistic career development goals.
Workshop facilitator: Christofer Fredriksson, International Relation Coordinator at Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden.
For over 15 years, Christofer has worked within internationalization of higher education at different universities in Sweden, with a strong experience of cooperation between European and non-European countries. He has worked with several international projects with an entrepreneurial focus and has a diverse career as a digital concept director, research coordinator, public relation manager, writer, co-driver in Rally, as well as 20 years as visual artist and curator. He has run different projects in Vietnam since 2002. His lectures and workshops are injected with energy and inspiration.
CONTENT OF WORKSHOP(3 days, 120-180 mins/day)
Day 1 – CV
Applying for a job or to get an exhibition is a skill everyone needs to harness, and in practice that means getting your CV in shape. The CV writing training course is aimed at people who want to brush up their skills whether or not they are applying for a job now or trying to get an exhibition or art project realized.
Successful CV-writing covers the following criteria: Learn the principles of CV writing; learn the correct layout and effective wording.
Day 2 – Portfolio
You may have a personal portfolio website for a number of reasons. Whether you’re a freelancer or a professional artist, you’d need one to showcase your work and allow people to contact you. If you are a student (or unemployed), then you’d need one to show prospective employers how good you are and what you can do so that they might hire you. If you’re part of a studio, then you might use one to blog about your design life, show people what you’re doing and build your online presence.
Day 3 – Presentation
Presentations skills and public speaking skills are very useful in many aspects of work and life. In the art world, it is crucial when you present your own work, your curated exhibition or your art project plan. Effective presentations and public speaking skills are important in all kinds of businesses, sales and selling, training, teaching, lecturing, and generally, it’s about feeling comfortable speaking to a group of people. Developing the confidence and capability to give good presentations, and to stand up in front of an audience and speak well, are also extremely helpful competencies for self-development and social situations. In this workshop we look at TED, rhetorical skills and other presentation techniques.
Fee: 200,000VND/person/day OR 500,000VND for the whole course (including drinks)
*The fee is to cover administrative and facilitator costs. Heritage Space takes no benefits from the income.
Participants: 25 – 30 member (to optimize efficiency)
Language: English with Vietnamese translation
How to register: Completing the online form by this link, or email us with some basic info [name/job/mobile] to: heritagespacehanoi@gmail.com. We will contact you with payment instructions.
Film Screening “Les Triplettes de Belleville”
Sun 24 Apr 2016, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the screening of the cartoon “Les Triplettes de Belleville” (France – Belgium – Canada, 2003, 80’) directed by Sylvain Chomet, casting: Michel Robin, Jean-Claude Donda, Monica Viegas.
The smart, creative and classic movie on 3 exciting and forever-young elderly women became a phenomenon when released in U.K and France.
Film synopsis:
After her only grandson, who is participating at the Tour de France, has been kidnapped by a gang of mafia, Madame Souza – who is old but has personality of a teenagers, trails the kidnappers to the city. At the city, she is lost and is helped by a troupe of two sisters who are music hall singers. The elderly sisters like to wear long hair and dress stylishly, usually performing on exciting stage. She joins the troupe without forgetting how to get access to the headquarters of the kidnappers. The journey also welcomes the participation of an obese but loyal dog named Bruno.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
A Musical Night with Mai Khoi
Sat 23 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh/6 Nguyen Hoang, My Dinh, Ha Noi
Email: heritagespacehanoi@gmail.com
Website: heritagespace.com
Facebook: FB.com/HeritageSpace
You are invited to the music night with Mai Khoi, a musical event in the New Music series every last Saturday of each month, hosted by artist Vu Nhat Tan at Heritage Space.
Mai Khoi will sing her 13 latest songs, including:
1/ Ngày 31 Tháng 3
2/ You’ve been a bad boy
3/ Adam was no sinner
4/ Chị và em
5/ Rồi sẽ có ngày
6/ Còn lại tiếng người hót đắng cay
7/ Hoá kiếp cô đơn
8/ Om mani
9/ Một nửa mặt trời
10/ I’m a woman in my way
11/ Nhớ
12/ Tiếng lòng tôi
13/ Air drone
Surcharge:
Public: 250 000 VND/pax
Students, Heritage Space members: 200,000 VND/pax
(Non-profit event. All money goes to the organization)
Only 150 seats. Please register before 20 April.
How to register: Send email including [name/mobile phone number] to heritagespacehanoi@gmail.com to book in advance. We will send payment instruction. Booking done only after payment.
Clarinet Recital with Tran Khanh Quang
Sat 23 Apr 2016, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Winner of the Symphonic Wind Asian Competition with students quintet from Hanoi, pocketing a master’s degree in clarinet from Temple University (USA), Tran Quang Khanh is undoubtedly one of the most talented clarinetists in Vietnam.
Tran Quang Khanh was appointed principal clarinet of several Vietnamese and international orchestras, such as the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Southeast Asia, the Canton International Summer Music Academy Orchestra (ICASA), the Temple Symphony Orchestra, etc… He was invited by the China Symphony Orchestra on the US tour with 30 concerts.
With the participation of:
Clarinet Clarinet: Tran Quang Khanh
Piano: Vu Ngoc Linh
Guest artists:
Clarinet: Nguyễn Minh Hoang
Basson: Van Thanh Ha
Ticket
Ticket price: 170,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace: 100,000 VND
Special price for students: 80,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Film Screening “Pierrot le Fou”
Film screening with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 22 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Film screening with English subtitles: Sun 24 Apr 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to the screening of “Pierrot le Fou” (France, 2013, 113’).
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Casting: Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup
A thrilling escapade of a young couple from the boring civilization.
Film synopsis:
Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is unhappily married and has been recently fired from his job at a TV broadcasting company. After attending a mindless party full of shallow discussions in Paris, he feels a need to escape and decides to run away with his baby-sitter, an ex-girlfriend, Marianne Renoir (Anna Karina), leaving his wife and children and the bourgeois lifestyle. Following Marianne into her apartment and finding a corpse, Ferdinand soon discovers that Marianne is being chased by Algerian gangsters, two of whom they barely escape.
Ferdinand (whom Marianne decides to call Pierrot, much to his annoyance) and Marianne go on a traveling crime spree from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea in the dead man’s car. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run. Settling down in the French Riviera after having burnt the dead man’s car (full of money) and sunk a second car into the Mediterranean Sea, their relationship becomes strained. Ferdinand ends up reading books, philosophising and writing in his diary. Marianne becomes bored of the Robert Louis Stevenson-ness of their living situation and insists they return to town, where in a night-club they meet one of their pursuers.
The gangsters waterboard Ferdinand and depart. In confusion, Marianne and Ferdinand are separated, with Marianne traveling in search of Ferdinand and Ferdinand settling in Toulon. After their eventual reunion, Marianne uses Ferdinand to get a suitcase full of money before running away with her real boyfriend, to whom she had previously referred as her brother. Pierrot shoots Marianne and her boyfriend, and, in the climactic scene, paints his face blue and decides to blow himself up by tying sticks of red and yellow dynamite to his head. Regretting his decision at the last second, he tries to extinguish the fuse, but he is blinded by the dynamite and is blown up.
Language:
On 22 Apr: French with Vietnamese subtitles
On 24 Apr: French with English subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Film Show “Chau, Beyond the Lines”
Tue 19 Apr 2016, 3 pm
American Center
1st floor, Rose Garden
170 Ngoc Khanh, Hanoi
Join us for a special screening of the documentary “Chau, Beyond the Lines”, which received 1 nomination for Oscars 2016.
It is a great story that transcends the past. Châu and the other kids in the center are coming of age — looking to the future while overcoming the present. Hear from the filmmakers and Châu himself, who will join us virtually before the screening. And then, after the screening, join in the discussion about disability, disability assistance and capacity building.
Language: Vietnamese
Subscription Concert Vol. 90
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du, Dist 1, HCMC
21 and 22 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
You are invited to Subscription Concert Vol. 90 with Conductor & Cembalo: Aapo Hakkinen and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO).
Program
Joseph Martin KRAUS: Symphony in C minor, VB. 142
Johann Sebastian BACH: Harpsichord concerto BWV 1054 in D major
Franz SCHUBER: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 “Tragic”
Tickets
Ticket prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500,000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at vnso.org.vn.
For free delivery, call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Photo Exhibition of Hanoi and Hue by Sebastien Laval
Hanoi: 14 – 24 Apr 2016
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
15 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi
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Hue: 29 Apr – 04 May 2016
MGallery La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa in Hue
A collection of 30 photographs that illuminates Hanoi and Hue at night will go on display at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi April 14 – 23 and at the MGallery La Residence Hue Hotel & Spa in Hue April 29 – May 4.
Conceived, executed and produced by Sebastien Laval, a Poitiers, France-based photographer with ties in Vietnam that date back to the early 1990s, the haunting images in the ‘Hanoi 18h/6h Hue 18h/6h’ exhibit evoke surreal perspectives of otherwise ordinary settings – quiet alleys, lonely railways and fluorescent-lit shops.
For the work to be exhibited at the Metropole and La Residence, Laval used a digital camera, and no dedicated artificial light. He made all of his images between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The images will hang in the Metropole’s garden (exhibit opens with a reception in L’Orangerie at 6pm on April 14) and in the lobby at La Residence.
“These images should inspire many of our guests to become more ambitious flâneur (city strollers) as they look out for the same sort of brilliant glimpses of this city,” said Franck Lafourcade, general manager of the Hotel Metropole Hanoi.
The oldest photos in Laval’s collection date back to December 2007 when he first ventured into the streets of Hanoi with his camera. He discovered a new urban landscape, transformed by the absence of harsh, flooding daylight into a more magical place, alive with colors and textures that require the company of starlight and moonlight for resolution.
“I grew up in Hue, and I know this city like the back of my hand,” said Phan Trong Minh, general manager of La Residence, “but Sebastien’s images are showing me something brand new.”
Laval picked up photography as a young man, inspired by his grandfather in Paris. He made his first trip to Vietnam in the early 1990s, documenting the lives of ethnic minorities, and exhibited this work at the Hue Festival in 2008 and 2010, and then again in 2014.
For the Hue Festival 2016, he has published a new book, entitled ‘Hue: City of Crying Stones’ that’s composed of photos, poetry and commentary by Vietnamese scholars. Philippe Bouler wrote the text for the book.
After the hotel exhibits, the images will hang in the Art Vietnam Gallery at 24 Ly Quoc Su in Hanoi.
Program of Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) in April 2016
This month, FVH is pleased to offer plenty of events and activities:
– City Walk for Kids to the Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum area
(in Japanese) on Tuesday 5 April (with apologies for late notice via the monthly program)
– City Walks on Tuesday 19 April (in Japanese) and Sunday 24 April (in English)
– A lecture at 54 Traditions Gallery on Tuesday 12 April
– One day excursion to Thành Chương’s Việt Palace on Saturday 16 April
– Four day study tour to South-Central Vietnam starting on Thursday 28 April
– “Date claimer” for a film night at Cinematheque on Thursday 28 April, more details to come.
You can also check our calendar at www.fvheritage.org for updates of the program.
Friends of Vietnam Heritage
http://fvheritage.org/
Film Screening “La Prophétie Des Grenouilles”
Sun 17 Apr 2016, 4 pm
Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “La Prophétie Des Grenouilles” (Raining Cats and Frogs) (France, 2003, 90 mins).
Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Casting: Michel Piccoli, Anouk Grinberg, Annie Girardot
The new humorous and overwhelming adaptation rewrites the legendary allegory about the Noah disaster on the viewpoint of little frogs!
Film synopsis:
Whoever has read The Bible must know the legend of Noah Flood. This new film is an animation, rewriting that legend in the viewpoint of the frog species. In comparison with the human version, this new movie focuses on the little species as the heroes during the disaster. It approaches the audience in a more innocent way, which is easy for children to watch. The movie also gives voices for the little species on Earth. The story teaches us how to live in harmony with each other in this world in modern times.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Silk Painting and Workshop by Artist Le Thuy
Introduction: Sat 16 Apr 2016, 3 pm
Workshop: 20 Apr – 11 May 2016, 10 am – 12 pm
Module 7
83 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Silk Painting features gentle beauty but always provokes a deep emotion, like mild rain in the spring. Inspired by this, Le Thuy has organized a silk painting and workshop to help you draw a silk scarf or lampshades by yourself.
About Artist Le Thuy
Le Thuy chose silk painting art as a means to express her view towards the world: “I am always cynical about life. What I see in front of my eyes may be only the tips of the iceberg, the beauty that I feel is not itself.”
Roundtable Discussion “Vietnam in the early 20th century through the eyes of French writers”
Tue 26 Apr 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace library
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the roundtable discussion “Vietnam in early 20th century through the eyes of French writers” on the occasion of publishing the collection “Customs, the salt tax, alcohol” with the participation of literary critic Mai Anh Tuan and researcher Lai Nguyen An.
Language: Vietnamese. For more information, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post.
Free entry.
Fashion Fringe Festival 2016
Sat Fri 16 Apr 2016, 9 am – 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
Fashion Fringe Festival, one of the very original festival fashion events in Hanoi, is coming back this summer 2016 with its one-of-a-kind artistic spirit. Embracing the 70s’ peace movement, we will bring you moments of entertainment, showcases of the beauty about Bohemian, Gypsy’s culture along with different trends.
All of which will take place at the “Mecca” of Hanoi artist society includes:
– Daytime: not only there is a designer flea market but also makeup, styling and other workshops; tarot reading and live music. One exceptional addition this time is our KIDSZONE, which is a creative, competitive, artistic playground for children of all age and they will all come home happily with treats.
– Evening time will remain its mysterious feature in the spotlight with a catwalk show, dynamic dance, ending with incredible music. Just with one ticket, you can get ABSOLUTE FREE access to our activities and enjoy them as much as you can. This event also will include a number of celebrities and expert in Vietnam’s fashion scene. Plus, all of our profit will go to charity.
The first Fashion Fringe Festival took place in 2014.
Tickets
– Adults: 85.000 VNĐ
– Children: 45.000 VNĐ
Tickets can be purchased at these locations:
– 34A Tran Quoc Toan (Phuong Anh: 0936421282)
– Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
– Doux, 15 Hoi Vu Street, Hoan Kiem (Linh: 0901790995)
Hurry up to purchase tickets and and you may win our lottery! For more detailed information please send a message directly to our page or send an email to the address: fff.agency@gmail.com
Film Screening “As Tears Go By” and “Cutie and the Boxer”
Film screening “As Tears Go By”: Fri 15 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Film screening “Cutie and the Boxer”: Sat 16 Apr 2016, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
You are invited to the film screening of this week at TPD with “As Tears Go By” and “Cutie and the Boxer”.
As Tears Go By (*Not suitable for children under 16*)
AS TEARS GO BY is a 1988 Hong Kong action drama film that was the directorial debut of Wong Kar-wai, starring Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung and Jacky Cheung.
Critics have compared the film to Martin Scorsese’s ‘Mean Streets’, as the central plot revolves around a small time gangster (Lau) trying to keep his friend (Cheung) out of trouble.
It also screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, during Directors’ Fortnight. [ Wikipedia ]
Cutie and the Boxer
The film is about the difficult 40-year relationship between Ushio and Noriko Shinohara – Japanese-born husband and his wife – the two artists who live in New York. Ushio Shinohara is a small player in the contemporary art world, known for painting with a pair of paint-soaked boxing gloves. Noriko, who is more than 20 years younger than Ushio, set aside her own career to raise their son Alex and serve as Ushio’s unpaid assistant, receptionist and chef. Noriko has also worked on her own art, a character she created named Cutie. Cutie’s story is told in a comic-book narrative, where she comes to New York and falls for a broke older artist named Bullie.
[Wikipedia]
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Sungha Jung Live in Vietnam 2016
Sat 16 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Youth Theater
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Sun 17 Apr 2016, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
Sungha Jung Live in Vietnam (2016) – the third consecutive year of touring in Vietnam for the Korean guitar prodigy Sungha Jung, comprises only two concerts on April 16 at Youth Theatre of Vietnam, Hanoi, and on April 17 at HCMC Conservatory of Music, Ho Chi Minh. Being an excellent representative for the fingerstyle guitar genre, the 20-year-old lad of the land of Kim Chi will bring forth a new, young, refined, emotional musical atmosphere with his own compositions and arrangements.
Fingersyle – a new genre of solo guitar music in Vietnam, has been thriving in recent years. One simple way of describing this genre is that with only a single guitar a performer can play as if he is an entire band. Fingerstyle brings about a whole new perspective for the acoustic guitar and is currently drawing attention for the guitar-music genre from our community.
Mastering the guitar at the age of 5, Sungha Jung was known as a “Korean guitar prodigy” and became very famous, especially on Youtube with over 991 million views and over 3 million subscriber (as of April, 2015). Of over 15 achievements he gained on Youtube, there are 6 “No. 1” achievements. Composed and arranged many songs with diversified style, Sungha Jung released 6 albums and the newest is “Two of Me”. His music mesmerized people, namely “Felicity”, “River flows in you”, “Irony”, “On a brisk day”, “Flaming”, “The phantom of the opera”, “Haru haru”,… Among these songs, the cover of “Pirates of Carribean” movie was the best-known with over 45 million views. Sungha Jung collaborated with many famous artist, not only Korea but also over the world as well: 2NE1, G-Dragon, Kotaro Oshio, Trace Bundy, Andy McKee, Tommy Emanuel, Jason Mraz… and had his own tour in many country: France, America, Denmark, Poland, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, China…
With Vietnamese audience, Sungha Jung was known and admired mainly because of his song on Youtube within 10 years so far. He is also the first foreign fingerstyle guitarist to perform in Vietnam.
Tickets
Ticket prices: 600,000 – 800,000 – 1,000,000 – 1,200,000 VND
Extra package: 350.000VND
– 1 autographed CD
– 1 photo session with the artist at 18:00 before the concert.
Limited quantity.
Notice:
– To be eligible for the Extra package, the buyer needs to have a ticket purchased for the same area.
– One Extra package can be used for one ticket only
* Audience who want to join the signing session after the concert can do so by buying SHJ’s CD.
Signature is only for this CD or your guitar, ukelele.
The audience who purchased Extra package and want to take part in the signing session still need to purchase CD at the concert.
Tickets are available at:
● HANOI
– Youth Theatre of Vietnam – 11 Ngo Thi Nham st.
8h30 – 19h (Mon – Sat) – 091 261 1766 / 04 2240 9025
– GuitarPlus | 14B Hao Nam st.
9h – 21h (all days) – 0168 929 7951
– Sol G | 337 Nguyen Khang st.
8h30 – 18h (all days) – 04 2216 1102
● HO CHI MINH:
– Doremi shop | 150/47AB Nguyen Trai, Dist.1
10h – 19h (Mon – Sat) | 10h – 18h (Sun) – 08 3925 2104
Or you can buy online at ticketbox.vn
Hotline: 096 5777 062 (8h – 21h / call only)
Youth Theater
11 Ngô Thì Nhậm
Hà Nội
HCMC – Chamber Music Concert
Tue 19 Apr 2016, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
HBSO’s Chamber Music Concert held at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on 19 March 2016 will be a night to showcase talent of HBSO Symphony Orchestra’s members as well as of 3 guest artists.
Each participating artist has built their own career as soloist: Mer. A. Nguyễn Tấn Anh (cello), Tăng Thành Nam (violin), Đào Nhật Quang (clarinet), Bùi Anh Sơn (viola), Joo Sun Young (piano), Nana Kinemura (harp), Erika Kashima (piano)…
The program will feature works from great composers such as Beethoven, Grieg, Chopin, Mahler, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy…
PROGRAM
PART I:
Edvard Grieg Etude “Hommage a Chopin” in F Minor, Op. 73
Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in C sharp Minor
Piano: Joo Sun Young
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for cello and piano No. 3 in A Major Op. 69
Allegro ma non tanto
Cello: Mer. A. Nguyễn Tấn Anh
Piano: Joo Sun Young
Arvo Part Fratres for violin & piano
Violin: Nguyễn Trúc Thuyên
Piano: Nguyễn Mạnh Duy Linh
Gustav Mahler Piano Quartet in A Minor
Piano: Joo Sun Young
Violin: Nguyễn Trúc Thuyên
Viola: Bùi Anh Sơn
Cello: Mer. A. Nguyễn Tấn Anh
PART II:
Claude Debussy Danses Sacrée et Profane for harp & piano
Harp: Nana Kinemura
Piano: Erika Kashima
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Melodies for violin & piano, Op. 42, No. 3
Manuel de Falla Spanish Dance from “La vida breve”
Arranged for violin and piano by: Fritz Kreisler
Violin: Tăng Thành Nam
Piano: Joo Sun Young
Claude Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet & piano
Clarinet: Đào Nhật Quang
Piano: Joo Sun Young
Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 44
I. Allegro Brillante
Piano: Joo Sun Young
Violin 1: Tăng Thành Nam
Violin 2: Nguyễn Trúc Thuyên
Viola: Bùi Anh Sơn
Cello: Mer. A. Nguyễn Tấn Anh
TICKETS
Ticket price: 550,000 – 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)
Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972
At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square
Online Booking: www.ticketbox.vn
Film Screening “Et Maintenant, on va où?”
Film screening with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 15 Apr 2016, 8 pm
Film screening with English subtitles: Sun 17 Apr 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Et Maintenant On Va Òu?” (Where Do We Go Now?) (France, 2011, 100 mins) by director Nadine Labaki, casting: Kevin Abboud, Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Julian Farhat.
The works of bold femininity and exquisite music centering on a group of smart women cleverly bring peace to the village of violence and constant conflict, set in the hot sandy land of Western Asia.
Film synopsis:
On the road leading to the village cemetery, a procession of women in black faces the sun’s heat, clutching against them photos of their husbands, their fathers or their son. Some wear veils – belonging to Muslum, others a cross – belonging to Christian, but all share the same grief, the result of a disastrous and unnecessary war. After the funeral, in order to avoid more blood, the group of women of all religions have the only objective: To distract the attention of men and make them forget their anger and difference. The determined omen invent a number of funny tricks to reach their goal. But when events take a tragic turn, how far are they willing to go to avoid losing those who remain?
Language:
On 15 Apr: French with Vietnamese subtitles
On 17 Apr: French with English subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Photo Exhibition “Birth of a Legend”
Yves Saint-Laurent
Exhibition: 15 – 20 Apr 2016, 7.30 am – 10 pm
Khanh Casa
48 Dong Khoi Str, Dist 1, HCMC
Yves Saint Laurent started to work for Dior when he was 19 years old. In 1962, the young prodigy launches his first collection namely “Trapèze”. Pierre Boulat photographed the preparation for this event, the fittings backstage parade to the installation of Spontini Street workshop. For five weeks, he followed the debut of twenty-six-year-old man – still unknown to the public. Only photographer to be allowed to attend the preparation of the parade, he immortalized the beginnings of what would become one of the major French fashion brands.
Pierre Boulat is a French journalist photographer who has worked for several French and American magazines, including Life, Time, National Geographic Magazine and Paris Match.
Through 49 black and white photographs that make up this exceptional exhibition, Pierre Boulat opens the door of the studio of “Little Prince of sewing”. Adjustment of a hat, the pleated dress, materials and moment of reflection or agitation backstage; all the creative intimacy is revealed here and we are privileged spectators. Discover photos of Pierre Boulat is like slipping in small steps and look over his shoulder to see the fashion history be written before our eyes. We are seeing just the birth of a legend Yves Saint Laurent.
Free entry.
HCMC – Color Me Run HCMC 2016
Sat 16 Apr 2016, 2 – 9 pm
168 Truong Van Bang, Dist 2, HCMC
Color Me Run – The most vivid sports event in Vietnam will come back on April 16th in Ho Chi Minh City. This year, the event will bring us the present of DJ DEORRO (# 28 DJ MAG) and Tien Tien singer to the concert at the finish line.
Color Me Run is the first recreational sports event in Vietnam with a running route dosed in colors and an exciting live concert at the end of the run. At the starting point, the participants will come along with thousands of other participants in the white T-shirt. They will be dosed from head to toe during the run. The most unique point of Color Me Run is the monumental concert with the performances of a lot of famous local and international artists.
Color Me Run 2016 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City first with the performance of the American DJ – DEORRO. Being known as a gifted DJ of House music Coming to Color Me Run, DEORRO will bring us his best remixes so that runners will fell very excited with his perfect performances.
Over the past two years, Los Angeles native DEORRO has become one of the most sought after young producer/DJs in the business. The young house prodigy has amassed an awe inspiring discography including a cache of original productions, collaborations/remixes with Steve Aoki, Chuckie, Laidback Luke, Carnage, Diplo, MakJ, Tommie Sunshine, R3hab, & Alvaro and more originals than even the most devoted DJs could spin in a week. All of which have been blasted out through Soundcloud to his more than 90,000 followers, amassing over 10 million plays.
Fee
Individual: 600,000 VND
Group From 5+: 520,000 VND
Group From 20+: 470,000 VND
Buy online tickets at: ticketbox.vn.
Registration included: 1 T-shirt, 1 BIB, 1 pack of colored powder, 1 fanny bag, 1 program guide.
Music Night with Mukang Fields
Fri 15 Apr 2016, 8 pm
20th Floor, Hanoi Creative City
1 Luong Yen, Hanoi
Hanoi-US space jazz outfit Mukang Fields brings their unique brand of sax, synth and percussion groove to Rec Room, joined by live electronica gurus Tomes (Aus) and SU (UK).
Free entry
Exhibition “Echo From Nature”
Opening: Sun 10 Apr 2016, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 11 – 17 Apr 2016
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St.
You are invited to the international art exhibition with the participation of artists from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Japan and Singapore.
The exhibition “Echo From Nature” takes place from the beginning of April 2016 in the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum with more than 30 artworks by 30 artists from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Japan and Singapore. During 7 days of the exhibition in Hanoi, the artists will visit Hue and Danang, bringing along more than 30 other artworks for an art exchange with Hue Young Artists Club.
The age of artists participating in “Echo From Nature” varies. There are some very famous artists, though they are very humble denying their “giant” position in the art field but people will strongly notice their uncountable contribution to their art community. Also there are some very young artists, who start to find their own way, to get used to steps of organizing an exhibition, to become a master of the game. In the middle, they are artists who have been gradually noticed by the audience, participating in the exhibition not only with the loving art attitude and reconfirming desire but also proudly to be the stepping stone helping the giant artists as well as encouraging the younger ones.
Free entrance
A Night of Concert and Ballet – The Voices of Summer
Hanoi Opera House
1 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to a night of concert and ballet – The Voices of Summer with the participation of:
Artistic Director: People’s Artist Pham Anh Phuong
Conductor: Dong Quang Vinh
Hanoi Voices Choir, Hanoi Freude Choir, Xuan Voce Choir
and the Orchestra, Dancers of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet
Program
Part I:
Conductor: Đồng Quang Vinh
“GREAT OVERTURES AND FINALES” with:
VNOB’s Symphony Orchestra
VNOB’s Choir
Hanoi Voices Choir
Hanoi Freude Choir
Xuan Voce Choir
“O’Fortuna” from “Carmina Burana” (C.Orff) 3’50”
Overture to “Le nozze di Figaro” K.492 (W.A.Mozart) 4‘30“
Overture to “La Forza del destino” (G.Verdi) 8’20”
“Pavane”, Op. 50 (G.Faure) 6’30”
Symphony no.7 in A Major, Op.92 – Finale “Allegro con brio (L.V.Beethoven) 8’00”
“From the New World” Symphony in E minor, Op.95 – Finale “Allegro con fuoco” (A.Dvorak) 13’20”
“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from the Peer Gynt Suit no.1, Op.46 (E.Grieg) 3’25”
Part II: Classic Ballet “Chopiniana”
Music: Frederic Chopin
Choreography: Mikhail Fokine
Staging choreography: NSND / People’s Artist Kiều Ngân
Perform: Hàn Giang – Thu Huệ
and Dancers of Vietnam National Opera and Ballet
Ballet “Chopiniana” also called “Les Sylphides” one act ballet, non-specific content that focuses on factors that evoke the vitality of romanticism.
“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.
Tickets
Ticket prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500,000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.
For free delivery call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
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