Exhibition “The Dogma Prize in Self Portraiture 2015?

Exhibition: 08 – 18 Aug 2015

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai H?c, Hanoi

You are invited to the exhibition of the finalists in “Dogma Prize in Self Portraiture 2015?.

Results:

– Grand Prize of 120 million VND given to: Vo Thanh My

– 03 special prizes of 25 million each given to: Nguyen Dinh Duy Quyen, Dinh Y Nhi, Nguyen Khac Chinh.

The Dogma Prize in Self Portraiture was first held in 2011 as a base for young artists to explore their infinite abilities and challenges, innovative, and to promote these

emerging young talents to Vietnamese painters community.

An Evening of Live Bluegrass and Country Music

Sat 15 Aug 2015, 8.30 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Hanoi’s finest bluegrass musicians come together for a summer foray! Bring your cowboy hat and dancing shoes for a rip-roaring, whiskey-soaked night of American country and bluegrass music. Yee. Haw!

LIVE:

+ Cao Bồi

Hanoi’s only 5-piece country-crooning band including double bass, telecaster guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, banjo, cajon… must be witnessed live!

+ JORDAN SENIOR

Finger-plucking good bluegrass to open the night!

Free entrance.

The Book Talk – Topic “Colouring Book” at Manzi

Fri 14 Aug 2015, 7 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

“The Book Talk” series by Nha Nam & manzi is back this Friday with a debate on “Colouring Book”.

Please note that the talk will be conducted in Vietnamese only. For more information, please refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Liveshow of Vietnam Revolution Music in brand new Rock style

Sat 15 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Youth Theater

11 Ngô Thì Nhậm

Hà Nội

For the first time in Vietnam, a repertoire of 30 classical songs during Vietnam Revolution along with the spirited marching songs will be performed in rock style by violist Anh Tu, opera singer Pham Viet Dung and younger rockers band Kichoff in liveshow “GIAI ĐIỆU ĐAM MÊ HÁT MÃI KHÚC QUÂN HÀNH”.

Performing artists:

– Violist Anh Tu

– Opera singer Pham Viet Dung

– Instrumentalist, pianist, keyboardist Duc Long

– Leading Guitarist Manh Linh

– Bass Guitarist Hai Bang

– Acoustic Guitarist Hainan

– Drum Truong Chinh

Ticket

Ticket price: 150,000 – 2,000,000 VND

Ticket booking, please contact: 0912 64 9009

Call for contribution for photo book: “Đà Nẵng – GREEN CITY”

Deadline: 15 Aug 2015

Developed in joint cooperation with Goethe-Institut Vietnam, the aim of the photo book “Đà Nẵng: GREEN CITY” is to visualize recent urban change from a comprehensive spatial and social perspective. We chose Danang City because it is the most important city of Central Vietnam and is poised to develop in a very dynamic way in the near future. By means of this publication the editor wants to contribute to raise public attention about Danang and to put Danang City on the map of international and regional investors. Given the rich cultural heritage found in the surroundings, Hoi An, Hue, the Marble Mountains and of My Son will also be covered in the publication.

The format, contents and design of the book builds upon the successful photo books “TP. Hồ Chí Minh: MEGA CITY” (2014) and “TP. Hà Nội: CAPITAL CITY” (2015) also published in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Vietnam and with support from manifold companies and endorsement from numerous Vietnamese institutions. Publication date of “Đà Nẵng: GREEN CITY” is due for January / February 2016.

Your photo contribution to this exciting project would be highly appreciated. The deadline for submissions is 15th of August 2015. This is a purely non-profit project. Sponsorship money will only be invested into the production of book therefore no honorarium is paid, however contributors will receive complimentary hard copies of the photo book.

The editor is also seeking company sponsors supporting this book project. Company sponsors will receive customized copies in exchange for their financial support.

Rationale:

The coastal city of Danang has tremendous assets in terms of leisure value not only because of the extensive beach strip and the availability of many five star hotels, but also due to its close vicinity to major cultural destinations such as Hue – the ancient imperial capital, Hoi An – the living museum, the Marble Mountains – the natural landmark, and My Son – the former Cham capital. The airport is very close to the city centre, making it convenient for business travellers as well.

People in Danang are said to be friendlier and life is more relaxed than in the hectic capital city or megacity. There is always a fresh breeze from the sea and the environmental pollution is significantly less than in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. Danang City is the leading Vietnamese city in terms of environmental management: For example, collection rates of solid waste and medical waste are very high. Further, almost all of the wastewater from local industrial parks is collected and treated. There is little traffic congestion and there is excellent transport infrastructure with many beautiful bridges, wide boulevards and palm trees.

Above all, the provision of green space per capita is more than six square metres, which is outstanding compared to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City. On the downside it may be said that there are few cultural entertainment opportunities, such as theatres. The academic level of the universities might still be slightly lower compared with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The increase of extreme weather and flooding events related to climate change may further endanger the livability of the city. Despite this, Danang regularly reaches the top position at the Vietnam’s Provincial Competiveness Index (PCI). Bloomberg recently drew a very optimistic picture of Danang, even going so far as to label it “the Singapore of Vietnam”. Last but not least, the seafood restaurants along Danang’s beach strip are certainly among the best of the whole of Southeast Asia.

The aim of the photo book “Đà Nẵng: GREEN CITY” is to showcase the inherent beauty of this coastal city. Our intention is to increase the sense of identification the inhabitants have with the city they live in, as well as the appreciation the public can have for this region of Vietnam, and raise it to a level that motivates more contributions for sustainable urban development.

The following chapters are envisaged, at the moment:

– Danang from above

– Change over time (in regard of this chapter, we are still looking for pictures from 1990-2010)

– Architecture & housing

– The people of Danang

– Cultural and leisure qualities (including Hoi An, Marble Mountains, Hue, My Son)

– The soul of Danang

The lead editor:

Michael Waibel is a geographer at the University of Hamburg and has published his Ph.D thesis in 2001 on the urban development of Hanoi. Since the mid-1990s, he has been returning frequently to Vietnam for research and lecturing activities and to continue his work of extensively documenting the urban change of the country.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Michael Waibel for further information: waibel_michael@yahoo.de

Exhibition “Cafe Saigon”

Exhibition: 07 – 28 Aug 2015

Tu Do Gallery

53 Ho Tung Mau Street, District 1, HCMC

You are invited to exhibition “Cafe Saigon” – a group exhibition by six artists: Ho Van Hung, Tran The Vinh, Pham Tuan Tu, Tran Dinh Binh, Chu Viet Cuong, Hoang Viet.

Exhibition “Fly”

08 and 09 Aug 2015, 8 am – 5 pm

Labour Theater

42 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the exhibition titled “Fly” with paintings and handmade items made by disabled children from Thuy An and Hoa Binh Village. This event will help people understand and sympathize with children here who try to get through difficulties, to live, to learn and to have dreams.

The fund raised at the exhibition and on Donation day will be delivered to Thuy An (Ba Vi) Village and Hoa Binh Village (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi).

If you have any enquiries, please contact:

– Head of Organization: Dang Minh Quang – 0971056032

– Email: imperfection.project.2015@gmail.com

Presentation “Everything is Architecture” by architect Nguyen Anh Cuong

Sat 08 AUg 2015, 4.30 pm

Nha San Collective

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

You are invited to the presentation on Experimental Architecture during 1965-1975 with architect Nguyen Anh Cuong.

Language: Vietnamese.

For more information, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post.

Exhibition “Vietnamese Village Communal House – Things Remained and Lost”

Opening: Sat 08 Aug 2015, 10 am

Exhibition: 08 – 23 Aug 2015

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

Exhibition “Vietnamese Village Communal House – Things remained and lost” introduces to the public the tangible and intangible cultural values of traditional communal houses of Vietnamese, at the same time acts as a bridge among experts, researchers and tradition culture lovers as well as honoring the cultural, historical values and the talents of many generations.

The exhibition mainly introduces Vietnamese communal houses’ cultural elites through more than 100 photographs taken at many Northern monuments and cultural space such as Tay Dang, Lo Hanh, Phu Lao, Chu Quyen,… It mentions the changing conditions of tangible and intangible cultural values in traditional Vietnamese communal houses, serious damages and modification of traditional values and the possibility of communal houses’ disappearance through exhibitions, seminars, sharing of leading cultural experts.

Also in the exhibition, village culture would be recreated through community activities such as: the meal “village festive” gathering many localities’ cultural cuisine prepared by members of Dinh Lang Viet; performance of unique traditional art like village festive oratorio, Xoan singing, sculpture, carving, mosaic of artists coming from traditional craft villages Chang Son, Dong Ky,…

Contact: 090 282 67 69 (Heritage Space)

Live Music Event “The Music Emporium” at Hanoi Social Club in August

06, 13, 20 and 27 Aug 2015, 8.30 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str., Hanoi

The Music Emporium – a new intimate live music event at The Hanoi Social Club. 8:30pm every Thursday night.

In a 100-year-old house with classic architecture in the old quarter, lots of cozy spaces, where you can enjoy the skills of the musicians and feel the music in a more laid-back environment.

Use your ears to listen and enjoy musical stories. It’s not an “event” as such, more like people playing music in your lounge room. Every week we have a different musician creating a set specifically for this event.

We’ll make you comfortable. It’ll be cozy, and intimate.

Tickets: 50,000 VND at the door

Tango Night “María de Buenos Aires” of Astor Piazzola

Fri 07 Aug 2015, 8 pm

V-art Club

 2nd floor, 75th Tran Hung Dao street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi

Tango night “María de Buenos Aires” of Astor Piazzola – the genius composer – “The founding father of Modern Tango” will perform for Hanoi’s audience for the first time on August 7th.

The main conductor is the famous Philippe Lesburguères – Director of Plazza Academy, close friend of the composer Astor Tiazzolla and co-producer of the Legendary Obilivion.

Along with outstanding artists from Vietnam National Drama Theater:

– Mr. Le Tuan Anh: the talented violinist who has been invited to perform solo with Bangkok Opera, Asian Orchestra.

– Ms. Nguyen Quynh Chi: runner-up and Crystal Cup of Arcordeon Categorie Solo Performing for age of 17 to 19 in Swiss.

– Ms. Thu Van: main cello of Vietnam National Opera Ballet’s Orchestra.

– Mr. Phan Duy Phuc: a talented bachelor with two different degrees from famous universities in USA has come to music as a member of Vietnam National Opera Ballet’s Orchestra.

This is the golden opportunity for art lovers to appreciate the beauty of real opera, to feel it in the most enjoyable way and to sublimate with outstanding music.

Ticket price: 250.000 VND

Artist Talk by Arin Rungjang

Sat 08 Aug 2015, 4 pm

Sàn Art

40/18 Pham Viet Chanh, Binh Thanh, Ho Chi Minh city

Arin Rungjang will introduce two of his most recent works: “Golden teardrop”, 2013 and “Mongkut”, 2015.

“Golden Teardrop” layers the history of the sugar trade and personal narratives of Thai, Greek, Portuguese, and Japanese individuals in the fifteenth, seventeenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, presenting a reexamination of collective histories and memories and their formation. “Mongkut” puts one of Thailand’s cherished symbolic forms, the crown, at the axis of Rungjang’s inquiry. In this video installation and sculpture work, he uses the present as a context for reopening a little-known history concerning Siam’s relative sovereignty. (Note: Siam is the old name of now-Thailand)

Arin Runjang (born 1975 in Bangkok) lives and works in Bangkok. He is invited by San Art to participate in ‘Prod/Ponder’ as part of Conscious Realities program. Rungjang will carry out his residency from 1st to 31st August 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City.

* Entrance is free. English-Vietnamese translation will be provided.

San Art has also had the honor to welcome curator Karen Fiss (San Francisco), artist Than Sok (Cambodia) and artist collective Art Labor (Saigon) to participate in its 3-year artist-in-residence program ‘Prod / Ponder’.

Young Virtuosos Concert “From the Baroque to the Broadway”

Sat 08 Aug 2015, 7 pm

HCMC Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC    

After an intensive week with a lot of fun and inspiration, 22 Vietnamese young talents and international artists who gave lectures at Saigon Chamber Music 2015 will perform at Young Virtuosos Concert “From the Baroque to the Broadway” to fire up your summer. Don’t miss it.

Ticket

Ticket price: 100.000, 150.000 VND

Buy ticket online at ticketbox.vn

For ticket enquiry, please contact: 096 514 0058

The Young Virtuosos concert has also been organized in HCMC last year.

Exhibition “Lặng – Pause”

Opening: Sat 08 Aug 2015, 8.30 am

Talkshow “Hanoi – Endless Source of Inspiration”: Sun 09 Aug 2015, 10 am

Exhibition: 8.30 am – 9 pm, 08 and 09 Aug 2015

Exhibition House, 93 Dinh Tien Hoang street, Hanoi

From the organizer:

You are invited to the exhibition “Lặng – Pause” which brings a different Hanoi – new and authentic – through the colorful eyes of young people who felt in love with this city.

The viewer will travel through small stories connecting present and future periods of Hanoi. In addition, the organizer also save a space for paintings and handmade products made by Phuc Tue children. You can participate in the auction to raise charitable fund for them.

Free entrance.

Korea – Artist Pham Huy Thong at Contemporary Art Exhibition “Asia, Talk to Asia”

Opening reception and special performances: Sat 08 Aug 2015, 4 – 5.30 pm

Talk and seminar: Sat 08 Aug 2015, 10 am – 2 pm

Art camp – Artist project: 6 and 7 Aug 2015

Exhibition: 31 Jul – 12 Oct 2015

Special Exhibition, Main Exhibition Hall 1, 2

Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art

It is our great pleasure to invite you to Jeju-Asian contemporary art special exhibition “ASIA, TALK to ASIA” at Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, 31 July – 12 October, 2015.

Participating Countries and Artists:

Total about 18 artists from 6 Countries: China + India + Indonesia + Korea + Philippine + Vietnam (artist Pham Huy Thong)

Contents & Concept of Exhibition

– Spatial composition to find out what is our days’ sense of the formative and aesthetics which was expressed on the artworks by contemporary artists who have been undergoing the changes in each society; India and China were spotlighted by Modern art, Indonesia which has New 7 Wonders of Landscape, and Philippines, Vietnam and Korea.

– Contents composition for the details of the theme; each art work conveys the nature, human and life on a story format and distinguishes the meaning of what it has and its value – the variety of art work by each countries’ artists, their conceptual context, their aiming point of artistic view.

– In each room, the major theme “Asia, talk to Asia” is divided into smaller themes: nature, human and life, again.

– As we examine through the way of living in Asia, displaying the exhibition’s artworks, it provides the direct view and experience by using contents and space’s wall-graphic images which are divided as well as connected to one other.

Fashion Design Competition “Sakura Collection Asia Student Awards 2015″ in Vietnam

Deadline: 20 Aug 2015

Following the successful event in 2014, SAKURA COLLECTION 2015 will continue to be a platform for non-professional fashion designers who live and work in Vietnam to compete and win great prizes.

Participants: Students at universities, institutes, colleges, vocational centers.

Theme: “Japan”

Prize:

– The best designer will participate in Sakura Collection Show in Yokohama, Japan (7 days 6 nights).

– The collections will be exhibited at Sakura Collection Show in Paris.

How to submit applications:

・Email: sakuracollectionvn@gmail.com

・By post/Direct:

Sakura Collection Application

More Production Vietnam

R601,131 Bui Thi Xuan, Hai Ba Trung District, HN

Tel: (04) 3974 1405 / (04) 3974 1658

Open Studio of Lab 7 at San Art with artist Saras, Tran Chau and Thuy Tien

Sat 08 Aug 2015, 6 pm

Sàn Art

40/18 Pham Viet Chanh, Binh Thanh, HCMC and

48/7 Me Linh Street, District Binh Thanh, HCMC

Saras, Tran Chau and Thuy Tien will introduce their art projects and the process of implementation in 6 months at San Art Laboratory.

How real is a memory? Can we really preserve the remnants of an experience, whether physical or emotional? These are questions that may or may not lead to the same answer. Yet Thuy Tien pursues them with an obsessive passion.

Saras has become aware of the voices inside her head just like the psychological fractures and divides them into two opposites poles. On this project, she would like to explore parts of ourselves where those voices originated from and stayed in. Once she has managed to do that, she would then proceed to build a conversation between the two.

Tran Chau is particularly interested in costumes. They serve as an indispensable jewelry on the human body and a cover of humans and their ego. In contrast, they are also used to easily recognize and judge human values on the surface. She found out the contrast between the sumptuous royal costumes of the ancient kings and their current descendants’ casual clothings by breaking the material structure to transform it into an object carrying different shapes and meanings from the original.

Visit San Art Lab and get to know the artists and their projects!

San Art Laboratory’s session 8 is open for application until 8 August 2015.

Mural Painting Contest at L’Espace

Deadline: 25 Aug 2015

L’Espace:

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are a painter, graphic designer, graffiti drawer or art student?

As part of its renovation, L’Espace (24 Trang Tien Street) offers some exterior walls of its building and driveway for a mural painting contest. The theme could be France or any things related. You can choose to create your work on all or a part of walls. Come and see the space for better realization.

The best project(s) will be rewarded:

– On Saturday 12 Sep – the re-opening day of L’Espace, the artist or group of artists will paint his work (or part of it) live on the driveway wall of L’Espace:

o A live performance to the public,

o Exhibit in the area then!

– Win 500 euros (12 million VND).

The contest is open to all applicants: Vietnamese and/or French individuals or groups.

Please send your proposals by Aug 24, 2015 with following contents:

– Mural Project

– Estimated budget for equipment

– Letter of application and individual/group introduction

to eva.nguyen-binh@institutfrancais-vietnam.com / Eva Nguyễn Bình / l’Espace / 24 Tràng Tiền / Hà Nội

Specially, our judging committee including:

– Tran Trong Vu, plastic

– Nguyen The Son, visual artist

– Nguyen Dinh Thanh, an expert in cultural communication, formerly in charge of culture at L’Espace

– Representatives of French Institute in Vietnam

will choose the best project(s).

Performance of Opera “María de Buenos Aires” by Astor Piazzolla

14 and 15 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

Come to the performance of Opera “María de Buenos Aires” at Hanoi Opera House this August.

Maria de Buenos Aires is a Tango Opera written by Ástor Piazzolla and libretto by Horacio Ferrer which premiered at the Sala Planeta in Buenos Aires in May 1968.

Astor Piazzolla is one of the most famous musicians in Argentina, who was named as “The father of new tango”. The surreal plot centers on a prostitute in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the second half takes place after Maria’s death.

Conductor Philippe Lesburguères

As a Contemporary Music enthusiast, he made decisive encounters with the composers Gyorgy Ligeti in 1989 and Astor Piazzolla in 1983 to whom he was transmitted Piazzolla’s passion for “nueva tango” and to whom he created musical works for chamber orchestra.

He also directed plenty of orchestras and musical ensembles with very diverse styles from early music with instruments of that period to contemporary music.

He is now the Director of the Art’s Plazza Academy in Casablanca, Morocco. He has been a permanent professor since 2006 for the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guanghzou, China and the University of Shanghai, China.

Music: Astor Piazzola

Libretto: Horacio Ferrer

Conductor: Philippe Lesburgueres

Choreography: Meritorious Artist Hồng Phong

Choreography’s assistants: Phan Lương, Thúy Hằng

Solists:

Maria: Thu Trang (Soprano), Việt An (Alto)

Canto: Mạnh Dũng (Baritone), Huy Đức (Tenor), Phan Lương (Bass), Minh Hiền (Tenor)

El Duende: Phan Đức (Tenor)

Dancers:

Quỳnh Nga, Hải Ly, Việt Hoàn, Linh Ngân, Thu Huệ, Diễm Quỳnh

Minh Thanh, Hoàng Anh, Duy Khánh, Thọ Dương

The orchestra:

1st Violin: Lê Tuấn Anh

2nd Violin: Phạm Thanh Hà

Viola: Doãn Trung Anh

Cello: Trần Thu Vân

Double Bass: Nguyễn Hải Nam

Flute: Bùi Minh Hoa

Piano: Phan Huy Phúc

Accordeon: Nguyễn Quỳnh Chi

Guitar: Nguyễn Tuấn Bình

Percussion: Trần Xuân Hòa

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.

Another Astor Piazzolla musical night directed by Philippe Lesburguères will take place at Manzi Art Space on 9/8/2015.   

Photo Installation “8m²” by Nguyen The Son

Opening: Thu 13 Aug 2015, 6 pm

Exhibition: 14 – 30 Aug 2015, 9 am – 7 pm

Goethe Institut

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

“I remember 8m² was a standard, a minimum requirement of living space for one person during the subsidized economy. Nowadays, after half a century struggling, many people still have to toss and turn in that 8m² space, but it is not 8m² for just one person, at times it is 8m² for 8 people…”

In his photo installation “8m²”, artist Nguyen The Son addresses the individual consequences of the progressing industrialization in Vietnam. People who move to the city in quest of work and often live there in the smallest spaces under severe conditions for years. The project documents the small corners of these living environments and gives the workers a voice by incorporating their personal belongings into the artwork.

The installation was shown for the first time within the exhibition Green Journey for Vietnam at the University of Fine Arts in Vietnam. The Goethe-Institut is pleased to present the project now as solo exhibition and in an extended version.

After completing his studies in Chinese language and fine arts, Nguyen The Son worked at the University of Fine Arts before he graduated in Photography at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Since 2012, the artist has been working as a lecturer at the University of Fine Arts Vietnam and has been represented in many group and solo exhibitions. His latest project “Hanoi – a living museum” combines past memories of the city with the changing rhythm of the present. Take a virtual tour around the exhibition here.

Free admission.

Exhibition “Heterotopias as Other” by artist Lien Truong

Opening: Wed 05 Aug 2015, 6 pm

Artist talk: Wed 05 Aug 2015, 4 pm

Exhibition: 05 – 16 Aug 2015

Nha San Collective

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

From Nha San Collective:

Nha San Collective is pleased to present exhibition “Heterotopias as Other” by artist Lien Truong.

Embracing Michel Foucault’s concept of Heterotopias as sites that mirror, distort and invert other spaces, Lien Truong’s work implicates the labyrinth of our collective history. Through the lens of abstraction, painted gestures adorned with textile designs suggest national identities. The nonverbal aesthetics of textiles transcends language barriers, and potential of cloths’ capacity to be culturally absorbed. This trade once cultivated Western supremacy, assigning the East with exotic mystery, and supplanting it significantly as “the Other”. In Truong’s paintings’, mimetic movements become phantoms to the chords of colonialism. Gestures envelop, penetrate, and permeate among echoes of water and fluids. The painted forms coalesce into convoluted space, ultimately creating heterotopias bound by visual lyricism.

Lien Truong had had an exhibition titled “The Orient, The Occident” in HCMC in April 2014.

Music Performance by Peabo Bryson in Hanoi and HCMC

Hanoi: Sat 12 Sep 2015, 8 pm – 11 pm

Vietnam National Convention Center

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HCMC: Fri 18 Sep 2015, 8 pm – 11 pm

Hoa Binh Theater

You are invited to the music program with Peabo Bryson – “King of love songs”, two-time Grammy winner in Vietnam.

Peabo Bryson won both Grammy and Oscar awards for the performance “Beauty and The Beast” with Celine Dion in 1992. A year later, he continued to win another Grammy with the duet “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle.

Peabo Bryson (Robert Peabo Bryson, born 13 April 1951 in Greenville, South Carolina) is a R&B singer and soul songwriter.

With the participation of Uyen Linh, Van Mai Huong and Duong Hoang Yen:

Peabo Bryson in Hanoi and HCMC-support artists

Ticket

Ticket price: 500.000 – 3.500.000 VND

Vietnam National Convention Center

Pham Hung Str, Me Tri, Tu Liem Dist, Hanoi   

Hoa Binh Theater

240 – 242, Str 3 thang 2, Ward 12, Dist 10, HCMC

Concert “Khachaturian and Prokofiev”

Sun 09 Aug 2015, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

Come to concert “Khachaturian and Prokofiev” at HCMC Opera House.

Program

PART I:

Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D Minor

Violin: Linda Dobrevska

PART II:

Aram Khachaturian Adagio from ballet “Spartacus”

Seigei Prokofiev Suite No. 2 from “Romeo and Juliet”

Performing:

HBSO Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Lê Phi Phi

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   

Tango or not

08 PM,09 - 10 PM, 09 August

Manzi Art Space, 14 Phan Huy Ich St., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi

One night only and for those who love Tango Nuevo!

For the first time ever, audience of Hanoi will have chance to enjoy a marvelous collection of Tango Nuevo compositions by Astor Piazzolla. The concert is led by world re-known conductor Philippe Lesburguères who is Piazzolla's friend and co-composer of the legendary Oblivion together with other talented musicians of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Surcharge: 250,000VND (including one drink)

Due to limited seating capacity (acoustic concert for 30 people only ), please email manzihanoi@gmail.com before Wed 6 Aug to reserve seats.

'A to B' by Thuy Tien Nguyen

12 AM,02 - 12 PM, 02 August

Hanoi Creative City, HNCC building, 1 Luong Yen St., Hanoi

In this performance event, Thuy Tien Nguyen wants to challenge her presence and memories, with the quick, ephemeral of the transformation in time and spaces. She wants to keep memories of everything she see: a glance someone gives her, leaves accidentally fall down above her head, in a form that has meaning to her. A transformation in action within the transformation of time and space.

'A to B' is a performance within 'từ . đến . | from . to .' public performance event that will be organized in new space of Nha San Collective at Hanoi Creative City. Audience can watch online via Internet from 12:00am to 12:00pm on Sunday August 2, 2015.

5 artists participating in this event are: Thuy Tien Nguyen, Patricia Nguyen, Duc Flying Bay, Ly Hoang Ly, Tuan Mami.

5 artists will start off their performances from 5 different locations, directing towards HNCC building, 1 Luong Yen, Hanoi.

Volunteers of Nha San Collective will film as well as take photos 5 artists during the performance with their own points of view and thoughts. That is one of the most important elements creating the impact of the show.

Music Story of the Old Quarter in August

Fri 14 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Center of the Old Quarter’s culture exchange

50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi

Hanoi – the capital city of Vietnam has its proud 1000-year-old history and tradition. The music born here shares the same richness as the city’s history itself: diversified, unique and original.

“Music Story of the Old Quarter” is a chain of music shows whose objective is to introduce generally to the world the evolution of the Hanoi’s music, past to present.

The shows are to replicate the footsteps of the city’s music through history, using traditional voices, rhythms and beats combined with contemporary installation arts. The performance will be delivered by the top class singers and musicians.

Through portraying Vietnamese’s unique music, The Old Quarter’s story of music hopes to successfully communicate the core values inside Hanoi’s culture, history and humans to the audience, both foreign and native.

Incentive Idea: Vu Nhat Tan, Dam Minh

Create & arrange the show: People’s Artist Xuan Hoach, Thanh Hoa, Thanh Binh, Cong Hung and the team “Dong Kinh Co Nhac”

Artist: Ly Truc Son, Tran Duy Hung, Trinh Tin…

Contact Mr. Tan at 01249125212 or email: dongkinhconhac@gmail.com for ticket or any further information.

Film Screening: “Les Garcon et Guillaume, à Table” by Guillaume Gallienne

Fri 14 Aug 2015, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Me, Myself and Mum” (France, 2012, 85 mins) with screenplay written by Guillaume Gallienne. This special comedy, in which Guillaume Gallienne plays the role of both mother and son, earned 5 César awards in 2014.

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 subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Meeting and Book Introduction “The Fate of the Universe” by Trinh Xuan Thuan

Exhibition: 10 – 30 Aug 2015

Meeting: Fri 28 Aug 2015, 9.30 am

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the meeting and book introduction “The fate of the universe” by Trinh Xuan Thuan on the occasion of its publication in Vietnamese with the participation of translators and editors Pham Van Thieu, Lai Thi Thu Hien Hoang Thanh Thuy; MC: Thuy Linh.

Trinh Xuan Thuan is a French-speaking astrophysicist and writer. A professor of astrophysics and researcher at the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, he specializes in extragalactic astronomy and has written many works on the formation and evolution of galaxies and the place of man in the cosmos.

The exhibition will feature images from the book that traces the evolution of the universe since its creation until today.

Language: Vietnamese

Free entrance.

Concert “Tango or not” at Manzi Art Space

Sun 09 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

One night only and for those who love Tango Nuevo!

For the first time ever, audience of Hanoi will have a chance to enjoy a marvelous collection of Tango Nuevo compositions by Astor Piazzolla. The concert is led by world re-known conductor Philippe Lesburguères who is Piazzolla’s friend and co-composer of the legendary “Oblivion”, together with other talented musicians of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Surcharge: 250,000 VND (incl. one free drink)

Due to limited seating capacity (acoustic concert for 30 people only), please email us at manzihanoi@gmail.com before Wed 6 Aug to reserve seats.

Film Screening “9 Mois Ferme” by Albert Dupontel

Fri 07 Aug 2015, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “9 Month Stretch” (France, 2013, 82 mins) directed by Albert Dupontel. This is a comedy that “makes us laugh endlessly!”.

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 subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Toyota Concert Tour 2015

Hanoi: 05 and 06 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

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Da Nang: Sun 09 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Trung Vuong Municipal Theatre

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HCMC: Tue 11 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Saigon Opera House

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Thanh Hoa: Thu 13 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Lam Son Municipal Theatre

From Toyota Motor Vietnam:

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) in cooperation with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) proudly announces the “Toyota Concert Tour 2015”. This is the 18th year of the annual Toyota Concert Tour since 1998. Especially, this year, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of operation and development of TMV, the Tour will be organized in 4 big cities with 5 performance nights: Hanoi (2 nights), Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Thanh Hoa from 5th August 2015 to 13th August 2015 (01 more location compared to last years). This is the first time for music lovers from Thanh Hoa Province to join the Toyota Concert Tour, on the occasion of National Tourism Year 2015 “Connecting World Heritages”, with the desire to enhance the culture life of local people.

In 2015, with the performance of VNSO, under the baton of talented orchestra conductor Honna Tetsuji, with performance of famous artists such as world-class violin soloist Bui Cong Duy, saxophone artist Tran Manh Tuan and young talented singer Nhat Thuy – champion of Vietnam Idol 2014, Toyota Concert Tour is the combination of various types of music, and is promised to be an emotional and impressive show for the audience in Vietnam.

The performances are chosen from the master pieces composed by Saint Saens, P.I. Tchaikovsky and L.V. Beethoven. Besides, with the first-time appearance of Tran Manh Tuan, the famous saxophone artist of Vietnam, for the lyrical pieces of “White Summer”, “Butterfly Dream”, “Send the Wind for the Flying Clouds”, and also first-time appearance of young talented singer Nhat Thuy – champion of Vietnam Idol 2014 with a sweet beautiful voice, the Concert is expected to appear with new and young image. The performance of Nhat Thuy includes “The Land Faraway”, “The Color of Red Flower” and “The Voice of Singing in Pac Bo Forest” with romantic and magnanimous melody will bring pride and patriotism to the people of the country.

Toyota Concert program is one of social contribution activities which TMV coordinates with Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to conduct annually since 1998, aiming to contribute to the development of the culture of Vietnam, contributing to popular classical music as well as supporting the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra to improve performance. By 2007, the program was renamed as “Toyota Concert Tour Vietnam” to tour the major cities across the country such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Da Nang, Can Tho, Thanh Hoa… In 2012, the first time the program toured the three Indochinese countries was called the “Toyota Concert Tour 2012 Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia”. Through the journey of 18 years, Toyota Concert program has hosted 50 concerts for the wide public in, becoming one of the most expected annual music events in Vietnam. Classical music lovers are welcome and appreciated. The program also contributes bringing classical music closer to the Vietnamese audience.

PROGRAM

Trong Bang The Poem Symphony “His return brought happiness to us”

Duc Trinh The Land Faraway

Thuan Yen The Color of Red Flower

Nguyen Tai Tue The Sound of Singing in Pac Bo Forest

Saint Saens “Introduction and Rondo capriccioso” Op. 28

(Bui Cong Duy)

P.I. Tchaikovsky “Mélodie” from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42

(Bui Cong Duy)

Trinh Cong Son White Summer (Tran Manh Tuan)

Tran Manh Tuan Butterfly Dream

Doan Chuan – Tu Linh Send the Wind for flying Clouds (Tran Manh Tuan)

L.V. Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” (1st movement)

TICKETS

– Ticket prices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are classified as below:

A level: VND 700,000/ ticket

B level: VND 500,000/ ticket

C level: VND 300,000/ ticket

Student level: VND 150,000/ ticket

– Ticket price in Da Nang and Thanh Hoa is classified as below:

A level: VND 100,000/ ticket

B level: VND 50,000/ ticket

– Tickets available from 21st July 2015 at:

+ Hanoi Opera House – No.1 Trang Tien Str., Hanoi (Free Delivery 0913 489 858 / 0983 067 996)

+ HCM City Municipal Theatre – No. 7, Lam Son Construction, District 1, HCM City (08 6270 4450 / 098 987 4517)

+ Trung Vuong Municipal Theatre – No. 86 Hung Vuong, Hai Chau 1 District, Da Nang City (0511 3810515)

+ Lam Son Municipal Theatre – No. 22 Phan Chu Trinh, Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa City (037 3852722)

* All ticket proceeds will be contributed to the “Toyota Scholarship for Vietnamese young music talents”.   

Hanoi Opera House

No. 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi   

HCM City Municipal Theatre

No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC   

Trung Vuong Municipal Theatre

No. 86 Hung Vuong, Hai Chau 1 District, Da Nang City   

Lam Son Municipal Theatre

No. 22 Phan Chu Trinh, Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa City

Public Performance “From. To .”

Opening: Sun 02 Aug 2015, 12 pm – 10 pm

Date: 03 – 16 Aug 2015, 10 am – 4 pm

Nha San Collective 2

15th floor, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi

To launch our new space at Hanoi Creative City (HNCC), Nhà Sàn Collective, in colaboration with Ly Hoang Ly and Tuan Mami, would like to present a performance event.

Participating artists:

– Nguyen Thuy Tien

– Patricia Nguyen

– Duc Flying Bay

– Ly Hoang Ly

– Tuan Mami

I. Sunday 2.8.2015

12 am to 6pm: Public performance

5 artists start off their performances from 5 different locations, moving towards HNCC building, 1 Lương Yên, Hanoi

6pm to 10pm: Gathering

5 artists appear at unspecified time from 6pm to 10pm on the first floor of HNCC building

10pm to 12pm: Dismissal

Artists and audience decide their own dismissal

All five performances will be live streamed from 12am to 12pm, Sunday 2.8.2015 via Twitter and Meerkat (live-stream link will be provided on 2.8 on the event’s Facebook page).

At the same time, these performances will also be broadcasted via 5 projectors located at HNCC hall.

II. From Monday 3.8.2015 to Sunday 16.8.2015

Videos and relics of five performances (if available) will be displayed from 10am to 4pm at Nhà Sàn Collective 2, floor 15, HNCC.

Art Workshop “From Regeneration to Creation”

Sun 02 Aug 2015, 12 am – 6 pm

Pasteur Garden, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

You are invited to the conceptual performance and interactive installation workshop by Tuan Mami (visual/performance artist) and Nguyen Hoang Phuong (architect/social activist).

This workshop is a part of the art event [FROM. TO.] hosted by Nha San Collective, opening from 6PM-10PM, videos showed from August 3rd to August 16th, 2015.

Open to everybody at any age/occupation, especially people who care about art and environment.

How to register: Please send your email to Nguyentuan_painter@yahoo.com or post to our facebook event your name and preferred time slot.

*This workshop is free of charge.

Concept:

This workshop is inspired by the interactions between living beings and their surrounding environment, memories and everyday stories.

By observing, selecting, interacting, reporting, telling stories the participants take part in the process of collectively constructing a multimedia artwork, through a course of action: creating – moving – installing with ready-made materials.

This workshop is constructed with the interdisciplinary structure of conceptual art, social study and environment.

How to participate:

+ The participant will find/choose/randomly pick up a piece of wood and bring it to the workshop.

+ Work with the artist and workshop instructor to create something out of that piece of wood, make it your very own artwork (through painting, writing, sculpting…).

+ The participant must agree to have their artworks shown/presented in a collective installation that will take place from August 2nd to August 16th, 2015. The participant will move the artwork and install it themselves in the exhibition space. (The participant can take their artwork back after the exhibition).

Painting Program with Pallet Workshop

Sun 02 Aug 2015, 8 am – 5 pm

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Nguyễn Văn Huyên Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội

This program is for Vietnamese children only, for more information visit Vietnamese page.

Hue – Exhibition “The Bridge Span”

Opening: Sun 02 Aug 2015, 5 pm

Exhibition: 02 – 11 Aug 2015

New Space Arts Foundation, Hue

2nd Floor, 15 Le Loi Street, Hue City

Come to the art exhibition “The Bridge Span” by artists:

– Purich Srisuay’s

– Natthapoom Saenghan

– Thanomasak Suwannasi

– Lê Quốc Hoàn

– Nguyễn Thành Trung

Art Workshop “From Regeneration to Creation”

Sun 02 Aug 2015, 12 am – 6 pm

Pasteur Garden, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

You are invited to the conceptual performance and interactive installation workshop by Tuan Mami (visual/performance artist) and Nguyen Hoang Phuong (architect/social activist).

This workshop is a part of the art event [FROM. TO.] hosted by Nha San Collective, opening from 6PM-10PM, videos showed from August 3rd to August 16th, 2015.

Open to everybody at any age/occupation, especially people who care about art and environment.

How to register: Please send your email to Nguyentuan_painter@yahoo.com or post to our facebook event your name and preferred time slot.

*This workshop is free of charge.

Concept:

This workshop is inspired by the interactions between living beings and their surrounding environment, memories and everyday stories.

By observing, selecting, interacting, reporting, telling stories the participants take part in the process of collectively constructing a multimedia artwork, through a course of action: creating – moving – installing with ready-made materials.

This workshop is constructed with the interdisciplinary structure of conceptual art, social study and environment.

How to participate:

+ The participant will find/choose/randomly pick up a piece of wood and bring it to the workshop.

+ Work with the artist and workshop instructor to create something out of that piece of wood, make it your very own artwork (through painting, writing, sculpting…).

+ The participant must agree to have their artworks shown/presented in a collective installation that will take place from August 2nd to August 16th, 2015. The participant will move the artwork and install it themselves in the exhibition space. (The participant can take their artwork back after the exhibition).

Film Screening “Minuscule: La Vallée des Fourmis Perdues”

Sun 02 Aug 2015, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants” (France, 2014, 89 mins) directed by Thomas Szabo & Hélène Giraud.

“An animation in 3D, which is full of ideas, tender, burlesque, green and poetic.” – Figaroscope

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 subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.