Foresight Filmfestival N° 2 – Call for Entries

Deadline: 15 May 2016

Time of festival: starting on Jun 30 2016

The Foresight Filmfestival is the first science-vision festival that invites visionaries from research, film making, media, and society to discuss the questions of “How do we want to live? How will we live?”. It is also the opportunity to take a look into the future from both a technological and societal standpoint and begin developing concrete visions together to shape the future.

Supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the festival will take place in Halle (Saale) on June 30th 2016.

Until May 15th 2016 researchers, scientists, filmmakers and project developers are called to submit their filmic vision on our current topics to the competition of Foresight Filmfestival N° 2.

2016 Discussion Topics

1. From Do-it-yourself to Do-it-together. Transformation through exchanging, sharing and doing-it-yourself?

2. Digital Competence.How, where and what will we learn in 2035?

3. Future is Open Space? Self-organisation and swarm intelligence as a key to innovation?

Format and Deadline

The clips should be a minimum of thirty seconds and a maximum of four minutes long

Deadline for submitting spots is May 15th 2016

Foresight Open

Junior researchers and film makers, forward and lateral thinkers of all disciplines come across with renowned future experts in an open space on the day following the festival (01/07/16). They will discuss ideas for a world ahead, they will design storyboards as visual foundation for selected future topics of the foresight process. At the final presentation, a prize will be awarded for best science communication.

For more information and application form please visit the organizer’s website.

Film Screening “Antigang”

Sun 13 Mar 2016, 2 pm and 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Antigang” (France, 2015, 90 mins) at L’Espace.

Director: Benjamin Rocher

Cast: Jean Reno, Caterina Murino, Alban Lenoir

Humor, stunts and explosions, “Antigang” offers a feast for the eyes! As for Jean Reno, he shines in this supercharged thriller.

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.

Heartdance #4: Dancing with Water Spirit

Sun 13 Mar 2016, 7 – 9 pm

The Black Box

56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi

Heartdance invites you to dance with us, embody Self with water, to let it go, to be a fluid heart versed in the depth and the breadth of experience, shying from none of it, welcoming all of it. To take our lessons from water, let Spring rain falls and wash all our pains, teach us how to flow. Help us to grieve and to let go, and help us to remember our innocence and ability to play. Help us to have soft hearts holding all of reality, to enjoy power of NOW. Welcome water.

Let’s connect with our fluid heart, to dance, to feel the flow and knowing that we are water, water is within us to guide us how to flow, how to be free, be compassionate and just dance.

• Fee

Adult: only 5 USD/ or flexible from 80,000 to 100,000 VND.

Student: 60,000 VND/ person

FREE: Children from 5-14 accompanied, Senior (60+) and people with disabilities

• Register via Thu Thuy at 0989188806 or inbox to thuyntt08@gmail.com

payment online via Nguyễn Thị Thu Thủy: 0451000221210 Ngân hàng VCB, Hà Nội (note: your fullname-Heartdance130316) or do payment by the door.

• Comfortable clothes for movement   

Film Screening “Geronimo” with English Subtitles

Sun 13 Mar 2016, 6 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to film screening “Geronimo” with English subtitles (France, 2014, 107’).

Director: Tony Gatlif

Casting: Céline Sallette, Rachid Yous, David Murgia

Set in a French neighborhood where Spanish and Turkish has high-tension face-off, this movie updates Romeo and Juliet with a full-of-spirit plot, strong characters and exciting music.

“South of France.

In the sultry August heat, Geronimo, a young social educator, tries to ease tensions between the youngsters of the St Pierre neighborhood.

The mood changes when Nil Terzi, a teenage girl of Turkish origin, flees an arranged marriage, running to the arms of her gypsy lover, Lucky Molina.

Their escape sparks hostilities between the two clans. When the jousting and the musical battles begin, Geronimo struggles to quell the ensuing unrest around her.”

Language: 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 Screening “Boule et Bill”

Sun 13 Mar 2016, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Boule & Bill” (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2012, 90 mins).

Director: Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier

Starring: Franck Dubosc, Marina Foïs, Charles Crombez

An ideal comedy for the whole family – adapted from the famous comic.

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.

Music Story of the Old Quarter in March

Fri 11 Mar 2016, 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: vunhattan@gmail.com or dongkinhconhac@gmail.com any further information.

Free entry.

Hue – Film Screening “Geronimo”

Fri 11 Mar 2016, 7.15 pm

Institut français de Huế

Come to film screening “Geronimo” with English subtitles (France, 2014, 107’).

Director: Tony Gatlif

Casting: Céline Sallette, Rachid Yous, David Murgia

Set in a French neighborhood where Spanish and Turkish has high-tension face-off, this movie updates Romeo and Juliet with a full-of-spirit plot, strong characters and exciting music.

“South of France.

In the sultry August heat, Geronimo, a young social educator, tries to ease tensions between the youngsters of the St Pierre neighborhood.

The mood changes when Nil Terzi, a teenage girl of Turkish origin, flees an arranged marriage, running to the arms of her gypsy lover, Lucky Molina.

Their escape sparks hostilities between the two clans. When the jousting and the musical battles begin, Geronimo struggles to quell the ensuing unrest around her.”

Language: Original language with Vietnamese subtitles.

Free entrance. Film is not suitable for children under 12 years old.

Fatih Akin Film Series at Goethe Institut Hanoi

11 – 26 Mar 2016

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

As part of the Fatih Akin Film Series, the Goethe-Institut Vietnam presents a selection of films by the German director in Hanoi and HCMC on six evenings. The films of Fatih Akin, who has a Turkish background, are more topical and relevant than ever, dealing with issues of migration and identity, culture and homeland. The Goethe-Institut will screen films of various genres, appealing to all of the viewer’s emotions: from a musical portrait of the bustling metropolis Istanbul, which has been built on two continents, to an intercultural comedy to a historical drama.

As every year, the Film Series offers a diverse and entertaining program for the interested public! The films “Solino” and “Kebab Connection” are the first to start on 11th and 12th of March, both of them tackling the issue of intercultural and family problems. Each feature is shown in German with English and Vietnamese subtitles. Please note that the age rating of all films is 16 years.

Program in Hanoi (click on the titles to see trailers)

11.03.2016: Solino

An Italian family that emigrates to the Ruhr region must find their way in their new home.

12.03.2016: Kebab Connection

Ibo, stuck between the German and the Turkish culture, is about to fulfill his lifelong dream as important news turn his life upside down and he is forced to make a decision.

18.03.2016: Soul Kitchen

Bar owner Zinos is already close to bankruptcy as everything seems to turn out well. But will the good fortune remain on his side?

19.03.2016: Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul

Musical portrait of the bustling metropolis, where the melodies of Orient and Occident merge.

25.03.2016: The Edge of Heaven

Drama about the fate of six people who are inextricably linked.

26.03.2016: The Cut

Historical drama about an Armenian father who is forcibly separated from his family. After years in captivity, he starts a journey around the world to find his daughters.

Language: German with English and Vietnamese subtitles

Free Entrance.

Film Screening “Brave Miss World” and Discussion “Speak Out”

Thu 10 Mar 2016, 1.30 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Please join us for a special screening of “Brave Miss World” followed by a panel discussion with the theme “Speak Out”.

Only 6 weeks before representing her country in the Miss World competition, Miss Israel Linor Abargil was abducted, stabbed, and raped in Italy at age 18. When, to her shock, she was crowned the winner, she vowed to do something about rape. The film follows her from the rape, to her crowning and through her crusade to fight for justice and break the silence.

Please confirm your attendance via email: info@hanoi.mfa.gov.il

Program of Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) in March 2016

This month, FVH is pleased to offer a diverse range of events:

– City Walk (in English) to Đền Quán Thánh and Ngũ Xã on Saturday 12 March

– Evening of Vietnamese traditional music on Saturday 12 March

– City Walk (in Japanese) to Hoàn Kiếm Lake on Tuesday 15 March

– City Walk (in English) to Đồng Xuân market on Wednesday 16 March

– Lecture on monoprinting by Lê Huy Tiếp on Saturday 19 March

– Short films by student directors and a documentary by FVH’s own Brenda Mattick at Hanoi Cinematheque on Thursday 31 March

You can also check our calendar at www.fvheritage.org for updates of the program.

For details please download this file: FVH’s Program in March 2016.   

Friends of Vietnam Heritage

http://fvheritage.org/

India Theatre Programme 4-Week Residency

Deadline: 15 Mar 2016

Time of residency: 02 – 31 Jul 2016

The India Theatre Programme is aimed at drama school students, performers, performance-makers (with a minimum of 2-3 years of training or experience in theatre and/or performance), who are interested in expanding the range of methodologies that inform their practice and keen to work across cultural boundaries to explore other systems of performance.

Through an engagement with four traditional forms of Indian theatre – Kudiyattam, Terrakoothu, Kudiyattam drumming, Seraikella Chhau – participants will explore the necessary connection between mind, body and being, and through this exploration, find their own performative truth.

The first three weeks of the programme will be dedicated to learning the various forms, and the final week to creating contemporary pieces based on these learnings.

Participants will also attend multiple performances and lectures curated around the learning needs of the programme.

Applications are now open and will only be considered till 15 March 2016:

– Only complete applications will be considered

– Short-listed candidates will have to take an interview via video conference

– Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and seats will be filled on a first come first serve basis for those selected

Maximum number of participants: 24

Fees:

The fee for this course is Rs 250,000, or approximately USD 3800/€ 3500. This includes:

– Course fees – teaching, field trips, materials, performances, lectures and talks

– Residential Costs – accommodation and meals for the duration of the course.

Subscription Concert Vol. 89

Thu 24 Mar 2016, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to Subscription Concert Vol. 89 at Hanoi Opera House with the participation of:

– Conductor: Kah Chun Wong

– Clarinet Soloist: Nguyen Minh Hoang

and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Program:

F. Schubert – Symphony No. 7 in C minor VB 142

C. Webber – Clarinet Concerto

Interval

F. Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation” Op. 107

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.

Jazz Concert with Noga

Sat 19 Mar 2016, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the jazz concert with Noga at L’Espace.

Born in Switzerland by Israeli parents, Noga lives in an environment of several languages with contrasting sonorities. She has always cultivated a passion for melody, consonance, intonation and coexistence of differences. The voice to her is a powerful instrument of unity.

Whether jazz or world, a song, improvisation or polyphony with the public, whether in English, French, Hebrew, African dialect, existing or imaginary language, it is a way for Noga to discover and open up, to touch and be touched. A conversation that flows through the sound and voice to explore all avenues, sensitive to humor, from black to white, from what we understand to what is beyond us. A unique experience between a vocal and the public…

Ticket

Ticket price: 170 000 VND

For member: 100 000 VND

For students: 80 000 VND

Tickets are available at l’Espace from 19 Feb 2016

A Night of Vietnamese Traditional Music

Sat 12 Mar 2016, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the music night of Vietnamese traditional music titled “Vui xuân – Cung Bắc – Điệu Nam” at L’Espace.

Vietnamese traditional music has a clear distinction between Northen and Southern melodies. “Melancholy” and “spring” are the two main types of spirit of the Vietnamese songs. For centuries, these types of melodies and spirit made up the traditional music of Vietnam.

The joyous spring in the southern tunes and northern melodies is performed by the greatest present masters of early music, which celebrates 5 disciplines of Vietnamese traditional music: Tuồng, Ca Trù, Chèo (rural northern operetta), Chầu Văn and Xẩm. This is a special opportunity to travel back in time and feel immarcessible aesthetic emotion created by the ancient music of Vietnam.

Performers:

Hát Tuồng: Mận Thu, Minh Gái

Hát Chèo: Thanh Hoài, Thanh Bình, Thúy Ngần, Mạnh Phong

Hát Ca Trù: Thanh Bình, Thanh Hoài, Xuân Hoạch

Hát Chầu Văn: Trọng Quỳnh, Thanh Hoài, Xuân Hoạch

Hát Xẩm: Xuân Hoạch, Thanh Hoài

Ticket:

Ticket price: 170 000 VND

Ticket price for members: 100 000 VND

Ticket price for students: 80 000 VND

Tickets are available at l’Espace since 15 Feb 2016

Singapore Spring Affordable Art Fair

Singapore Spring Affordable Art Fair: Call for Applications

Deadline: 11 Mar 2016

Time of Fair: 22 – 24 Apr 2016

Calling all artists – take the opportunity to participate in the Singapore Spring Affordable Art Fair!

We are currently on the lookout for artists who would like to participate in our popular and unique artist platform the Affordable Art Fair Spring Charity Feature Wall, back for its third year. Last year we sold over 59 works and raised over $29,500 for our chosen charity and artists alike.

Entitled ‘Let Art Speak’, the aim of our Charity Feature Wall is to give an opportunity to all artists to showcase their works within the fair, and at the same time give something back to charity.

All showcased works will be priced at $500, and 50% of the monies raised will go towards supporting this year’s Charity Partner; Woodbridge Hospital Charity Fund and 50% of the artwork sales will also go back to the artists involved.

An exclusive panel will select proposal submissions the week of 14 Mar 2016 and the chosen artists and/or representing galleries will be informed by 17 Mar 2016.

If you would like to apply for this fair feature, all you need to do is send the following items via email to singapore@affordableartfair.com by 11 Mar 2016:

– Download and fill in our proposal form (available on our website)

– Send one high res image of your proposed artwork, and also one high res image of another artwork from your artist portfolio

– Send us an up to date artist statement

*Please note: We will only accept submissions from artists aged 18+.

Film Screening “Geronimo”

Fri 11 Mar 2016, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Geronimo” (France, 2014, 104 mins).

Director: Tony Gatlif

Cast: Céline Sallette, Rachid Yous, David Murgia

“New rising star of French cinema, Céline Sallette illuminates the new film by Tony Gatlif. A fiery temperament.” – Le Parisien

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.

Two Special Concerts with People’s Artist Dang Thai Son

Concert Dang Thai Son with French Music: Wed 09 Mar 2016, 8 pm

Concert Dang Thai Son with F. Chopin: Thu 10 Mar 2016, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

People’s Artist Dang Thai Son will perform two special concerts this March at Hanoi Opera House.

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji

Piano Soloist: People’s Artist Dang Thai Son and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

PROGRAM

Concert Dang Thai Son with French Music:

– A. Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major Op. 88

Interval

– Gabriel Faure: Ballade Op. 19 – Solo Piano Dang Thai Son

– Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

Concert Dang Thai Son with F. Chopin:

– A. Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G-major Op. 88

– Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor

Dang Thai Son was awarded the First Prize and Gold Medal at the Tenth International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in October 1980. It was also the first time that a top international competition was won by an Asian pianist.

Discovered by Russian pianist Isaac Katz, while on visit in Vietnam in 1974, he pursued his training at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia, with renowned pedagogues Vladimir Natanson and Dmitry Bashkirov.

Since winning the Chopin Competition, his international career has taken him to over forty countries, into such worldknown halls as Lincoln Center (New York), Jordan Hall (Boston), Barbican Center (London), Salle Pleyel (Paris), Herculessaal (Munich), Musikverein (Vienna), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Opera House (Sydney), Suntory Hall (Tokyo).

He has played with a number of world-class orchestras such as the Leningrad Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Oslo Philharmonic, Warsaw National Philharmonic, Prague Symphony, NHK Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Hungarian State Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic, Russian National Symphony, as well as Virtuosi of Moscow, Sinfonia Varsovia, Vienna Chamber, Zurich Chamber, Royal Swedish Chamber. He has appeared under the direction of Sir Neville Marriner, Pinchas Zukerman, Mariss Jansons, Ivan Fisher, Vladimir Spivakov, Dimitri Kitaenko, James Loughram, Jiri Belohlavek, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Pavel Kogan, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Sakari Oramo, etc.

On New Year´s Day, 1995, Dang Thai Son, Yo Yo Ma, Seiji Ozawa, Kathleen Battle and Mstislav Rostropovich participated in a major international event produced by the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation NHK. In January 1999, he was the only foreign artist invited to participate in the Gala-concert opening the Chopin year, appearing as a soloist with the Warsaw National Opera Theatre Orchestra.

In 2001, he performed with Pinchas Zukerman in Isaac Stern´s Music Festival in Miyazaki, Japan and also accomplished a six-city debut tour in China (Centre Theatre in Shanghai and Century Theatre in Beijing, amongst others). In 2002, he toured to Japan as guest soloist with the City of Birmingham Symphonic Orchestra under Sakari Oramo. In October 2004, his performance with Ensemble Orchestral de Paris under John Nelson received great applause.

Recently, Dang Thai Son gives a concert and master class in all over the world, including Germany, Austria, China, Russia, France, Canada and the United States.

He has recorded on Deutsche Grammophon, Melodya, Polskie Nagrania, CBS Sony, Victor JVC and Analekta.

Since 1987, he has been a visiting professor at Kunitachi Music College (Tokyo) and teaches presently at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada) as well. Following the invitation of Vladimir Ashkenazy, he has offered a master class in Berlin in October 1999, alongside Murray Perahia and Mr. Ashkenazy himself. He also teaches at Montreal University in Montreal, Canada, where he resides.

TICKETS

Ticket prices: 300,000 – 500,000 – 700,000 – 900,000 – 1,200,000 – 1,500,000 and VIP 2,000,000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

For free delivery call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Exhibition “Hoa Dat Viet” by Artist Pham Luc

Exhibition: 08 Mar – 09 Apr 2016, 09 am – 6.30 pm

Toong Co-working Space

3rd, 08 Trang Thi, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Exhibition “Hoa Dat Viet” by Artist Pham Luc consists of many selected works on the topic of women from the huge collection of Collector, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung. The exhibition is opened on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 8/3/2016 and will last for a month until 09/04/2016.

Artist Pham Luc (1943-) is one of the first generation of artists who studied at Vietnam University of Fine Arts from 1959 to 1964. Known as “Van Gogh of Vietnam”, Pham Luc is the only contemporary artist who has a club with more than 100 collectors and 6000 works.

Among them, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung – Former Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Office – is one of the biggest collectors with more than 800 pieces. He has organised various of exhibitions of Pham Luc’s works that connect art enthusiasts and high-profile politicians.

During our meeting in the early spring, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung emotionally recalled his special friendship with Artist Pham Luc that started from a coincidence in 1997. On the way to the airport, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung found himself drawn to a collection of paintings displayed along the dyke. Immediately fascinated by the daring colours and contours, he decided to buy some pieces as a gift for his wife. After the business trip, Dr. Nguyen Si Dung came back with his wife to visit Pham Luc and started collecting the artist’s works.

Pham Luc said at that time he thought the couples were oversea Vietnamese (‘Viet Kieu’) since “it was rare for a Vietnamese to be interested in art collection”. Since then, two fellow countrymen (Pham Luc’s mother land is Nghe An while Dr. Nguyen Si Dung was born and raise there) have become close friends and brothers. During nearly two decades, the artist and the art enthusiast have kept a strong bond of a shared passion for arts and the love for Vietnamese women.

More than half of Dr. Nguyen Si Dung’s collection from Pham Luc is about women. And for Pham Luc, women are his endless inspiration. His works about women are created in various materials at different periods of time; nevertheless all of them carry genuine and refined emotion, sometimes daringly, sometimes trembly, sometimes reverentially and sometimes endearingly.

Free entrance.

Hue – Film Screening “La Stratégie de la Poussette”

Fri 04 Mar 2016, 7.15 pm

Institut français de Huế

01 Le Hong Phong, Hue

You are invited to the film screening of “The Stroller Strategy” (French, 2012, 90 mins)

Director: Clément Michel

Cast: Raphaël Personnaz, Charlotte Le Bon, Jérôme Commandeur

This is “a romantic comedy of the year, only for two people”!

Language: Original language with Vietnamese subtitles.

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

Free entrance.

HCMC – A Night of German Classical Music

Wed 09 Mar 2016, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

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

You are invited to a night of German music with the most famous works by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Stage director and conductor: Tran Nhat Minh, who has been successful with Broadway concerts, soundtracks in recent years in HCMC.

Program

PART I:

Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont Overture

Franz Schubert Die Forelle

Johann Strauss Fruhling & Beim schlafengenhen from Vier letze lieder

Franz Lehar Meine Lippen, Sie küssen so heiss from “Giuditta”

Soprano: Cho Hae Ryong

PART II:

Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

I. Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato

II. Vivace non troppo

III. Adagio

IV. Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai

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    

Heartdance #3: Sun Dance

Sun 06 Mar 2016, 2.30 – 4.30 pm

Botanical Garden

No. 3, Hoang Hoa Tham street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

HEART DANCE MISSION:

To

Inspire dynamic dance journeys

-sometimes yin, sometimes yang

always hearted-centered-

to self-connect, attune and transform

through authentic expression,

rich sensory awareness and colorful soundscape.

New Spring comes,

Entering a dance of awakening.

The earth and all beings

Begining to swing its head sweetly towards the Sun,

Receiving light and warmth.

Sun beams dance joyfully

Nurturing plants to sway with new life,

Beckoning animals to awaken from hibernation,

And

Yes, we

Transforming with new energy.

The invitation for Sunday’s Heartdance is take time to humbly acknowledge that we are a part of Mother Nature, what these natural cycles are stirring inside of us, what is swelling and awakening? Perhaps we can allow ourselves to be danced into new inspiration and bloom as a true flowers, then embody the power of nature to heal, to support our own individual and community growth.

Fee:

Adult: Only 50,000 VND/ person

FREE: Children from 5 to 14 accompanied, Senior (60+) and people with disability

• Register via Thu Thuy at 0989188806 or inbox to thuyntt08@gmail.com

payment online via Nguyễn Thị Thu Thủy: 04510002210 Ngân hàng VCB, Hà Nội (note: your fullname-Heartdance280216) or do payment at place.

• Comfortable clothes for movement

Mutant Lounge – Intergalactic Adventure

Fri 04 Mar 2016, 9 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Mutant Lounge has returned! Come and join Ha Noi’s only collective exclusively supporting LIVE electronic musicians. We are so excited to announce we will have 50/50 Vietnamese/Foreign artists for the first time!

Join the Mutants on an Intergalactic Adventure.

Experience sub-solar vibrations as we soar through the rings of Saturn on arpeggiated synthlines vibe out on Venus with grooves laid down by some of Ha Noi’s finest electronic musicians. Mingle in the Martian moshpit with original beats being produced live. Enjoy a pan-galactic gargle blaster and ponder our purpose with some Saturnian squelch, throbbing Andromedean acid, and heavyweight Hubble house.

Don your finest spacesuit as the most impressive outfit will win a prize!

Meet us on the launchpad — we’re fueling the rockets and will take off at 9pm.

Martian moshpit – (red room)

Entrance: 50,000 VND donation on the door – This is a charity event! All artists are volunteering their time free of charge! All proceeds go to Humanitarian Services for Children of Vietnam.

Come and check out Ha Noi’s community of live electronic musicians.

Film Screening “Great Expectations”

Sun 06 Mar 2016, 2.30 pm

Hanoi Old Quarter culture exchange center

50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi

To kick off this year’s program, you are invited to the film screening of “Great Expectations” directed by Jesper Wachtmeister to get an overview of the creative spirit in the 20th century with its “bravest” architects. The film offers an adventure to individual houses, dormitories and the city designed by the architect Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Buckminster Fuller, Antti Lovage, Moshe Safdie, Jacque Fresco… and architectural offices such as Archigram, Superstudio.

The film also poses another problem for architectural identity: should it depend on traditions or not?

Program:

– 14:30 – 15:00: Meeting

– 15:00 – 16:00: Film screening

– 16:00 – 17:00: Discussion

Language: Vietnamese subtitles

Free entry

HCMC – International Conference on “Creative hub-making”

07 and 08 Mar 2016, 9.30 am – 5.30 pm

ADC Academy

3rd Floor, MH Building, 728 – 730 Vo Van Kiet, District 5, HCMC

From 7 to 8 March 2016, British Council is hosting an international conference on ‘Creative hub- making’ in Ho Chi Minh City. The conference is a practical response to the first ever report mapping Vietnam’s creative hubs, that was launched by the British Council in December 2014. The report identified nearly 40 hubs in Vietnam and highlighted their significant contribution of the hubs to the local communities. These hubs make art and culture more accessible and provide spaces for home grown creative enterprises to thrive.

The conference will be an opportunity to identify and grow Vietnamese creative hub ecology and network potential while at the same time, provide skills training ranging from how to attract investment and generate income to growing the hub community and collaboration and digital development.

It is expected that the event will help boost the management capacity of hub founders in Vietnam, inspire new ideas, stimulate entrepreneurship and build valuable links between Vietnam, the UK and other East Asian countries, enhancing practical skills, the sharing of ideas and building of a stronger creative community.

The British Council has invited five experienced, diverse and UK-based creative hub-makers to share their learning and skills with their Vietnamese counterparts at the conference.

If you are hub founder and manager and would like to participate in the conference, please contact us.

Film Screening “Astérix – Le Domaine des Dieux”

Sun 06 Mar 2016, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the animation screening “Asterix: The Land of the Gods” (France, 2014, 85 mins).

Director: Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier

Starring: Roger Carel, Lorànt Deutsch, Laurent Lafitte

Adapted from the French-Belgian comic, the comedy enchanted the whole family all over the world!

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.

Zó Project DIY Design Contest 2016

Deadline: 05 Mar 2016

From the organizer:

You are invited to join a spring-inspired DIY Design Contest 2016 with Zó Project.

HOW?

You have two options:

Intervene on one of our existing products, it can be a postcard, a notebook, a calendar, YOU choose! Add new colors, change the illustration, incorporate new textures, just be creative and hit us up with something fresh for Spring.

– Get reference product catalogue on our official website zoproject.com or on Facebook page Zó Project.

– You will send us your design file to us in order for us to print test product.

– The final score of your design is total score from Voting on Facebook page (50%) and our board of examiners (50%)

Create something completely new out of Dó Paper (lamp, curtain, etc…). The sky really is the limit for this one, make a sample, take a photo of it and send it to us.

– First, send us the description of your design (can be word file, draft drawing, etc…)

– After you receive our reply, you can come to Zó office to take our sponsored paper to make your test product.

– Send us photos of your final design or template of your final design. Keep in mind you will also have to include details about the tools you used, as well as a budget and time frame for the creation of the new product.

– The final score of your design is total score from Voting on Facebook page (50%) and our board of examiners (50%)

*Paper Sponsored by Zó

WHEN?

Just send us an e-mail to zoproject.info@gmail.com with the subject ZÓ’S DIY DESIGN CONTEST – REGISTRATION. Please include your full name, phone number and e-mail address.

You have until Saturday, 05/03/2016 to send us your final design or template to that same address. Please attach the JPG, Zip or PDF files individually. Images must be at least 500 pixels wide.

PRIZE

The winners will be selected by the Zó Project’s board of examiners and we will award the best THREE submissions and Certification:

1st Place: 5.000.000 VND

2nd Place: 3.000.000 VND

3rd Place: 1.000.000 VND

*Copyright of the three winning designs will belong to Zó Project.

Contact:

Trần Hồng Nhung – Zó Project Founder

Tel: (+84) 0166602928

Interactive Exhibition “Inventions from Germany”

HANOI

Opening: Wed 02 Mar 2016, 10 am

Exhibition: 02 – 10 Mar 2016, 9 am – 6 pm

VDZ/DAAD

Polytechnic University Hanoi

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HCMC

Opening: Thu 17 Mar 2016, 10 am

Exhibition: 17 – 24 Mar 2016, 9 am – 6 pm

IDECAF

28 Le Thanh Ton, Dist 1, HCMC

In March 2016, the interactive exhibition of the Goethe-Institute demonstrating groundbreaking German inventions across scientific disciplines is setting out for Vietnam. Exhibits, Games, Videos and experiments provide an insight into historical discoveries and pioneering innovations from Germany.

Computer, telephone, television, x-ray technology or the automobile – it is impossible to imagine our everyday life without these groundbreaking German inventions. After “Mathematik zum Anfassen – Get in touch with mathematics” in 2014, our new interactive exhibition provides a unique insight into both numerous momentous historical discoveries and trendsetting Innovations from Germany – the land of inventors.

Intriguing quotes by famous personalities serve as an introduction to the seven themed areas Computer Science, Energy, Mobility, Communication, Medicine, Optics and Material. Each category includes five to six exhibits that are each explained on an image/text panel, with pictures to illustrate. There are interactive elements to encourage you to have a go. Films and audio stations round off the package. Visitors can find information about studying and researching in Germany in the central area. An exhibition that will delight every researcher’s heart, no matter what age.

Professor Dr. habil. Nguyen The Hoang, vice director of 108. Military hospital, is taking over the patronage for the exhibition and opens it on 2nd March 2016 at 10 am. His successful career is intimately connected with the German research landscape: Dr. Nguyen The Hoang received his PhD and habilitated at the Technical University of Munich. In 2013, he was awarded the respectable Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his outstanding and international renowned achievements in the field of reconstructive surgery.

Languages: The exhibition is bilingual in German and Vietnamese. The exhibit texts are available in English as well.

FREE ADMISSION

FOR GROUPS (REGISTRATION REQUIRED):

Especially classes of students aged 14-25 are invited to visit the exhibition. They are guided by our Vietnamese and English speaking volunteers through the exhibition and accompanied when doing experiments and a rally. Each group will be allotted a visiting time period of 2 hours duration, suggested time slots are:

Monday – Saturday

(i) 9 am – 11 am

(ii) 11.30 am – 1.30 pm

Monday – Friday

(iii) 2 pm – 4 pm

(iv) 4 pm – 6 pm

REGISTRATION:

Hanoi:

Nguyen Quang Huy (Mr.)

Email: quanghuy.nguyen@Hanoi.goethe.org

Tel: +84 4 3734-2251 – 40

Kristin Kropidlowski (Ms.)

Email: kristin.kropidlowski@hanoi.goethe.org

HCMC:

Nguyen Thu Ha (Ms.)

Email: ha.nguyenthu@saigon.goethe.org

Tel: +84 8 38326716 – 18

Film Screening “Two Days in Paris”

Film screening with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 04 Mar 2016, 8 pm

Film screening with English subtitles: Sun 06 Mar 2016, 6 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to film screening “Two Days in Paris” (France, 2007, 96’) at L’Espace.

Director: Julie Delpy

Casting: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel Brühl

Julie Delpy – who played in the famous trilogy of love Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight, returns as the leading female role in another romance written and directed by herself.

Marion, a French photographer, lives in New York with Jack, an interior designer. To breathe new life into their relationship, they go on a trip to Venice – but their visit is ruined when Jack gets gastroenteritis. They then decide to go to Paris, where Marion still has ties. Yet again, their amorous adventure falls flat: what with Marion’s intrusive relatives, her flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack’s mania for taking photos of each and every gravestone, the couple cannot find a moment of respite! Will they manage to survive the storm? Or will they become masters of the art of the argument?

Language:

On 04 Mar: French with Vietnamese subtitles

On 06 Mar: 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.

A Marvellous Cello Night “Echoes of the Spring”

Fri 04 Mar 2016, 8 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

Manzi and Hanoi Cellist Group are pleased to present “Echoes of the Spring” – a marvellous cello night featuring pieces by Rolf Lovland, Harold Arlen, Astor Piazzolla, Claude Debussy…

Surcharge: 200,000 VND/person

Due to limited seating capacity, please email manzihanoi@gmail.com before Wed, 2 March to reserve seats.

Exhibition “Les Enchanteresses” by Ngo Duc Hoang

Exhibition: 03 Mar – 03 Apr 2016, 8 am – 7 pm

Hotel Lobby, Sofitel Plaza Hanoi

Sofitel Plaza Hanoi

1 Thanh Nien Road, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Come to the exhibition entitled “Les Enchanteresses” featuring 20 artworks of artist Ngo Duc Hoang.

In French, “Les Enchanteresses” means enchanting women with joyful spirit. Through the portraits displayed, we can easily feel Hoang’s love for Vietnamese folk culture and the beauty of women. Hoang paints single and group portraits of many types of people that make up Vietnam’s multi-layered society.

Ngo Duc Hoang is a talented and creative painter who has organized many successful group and private exhibitions in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City as well as Singapore, Korea and New York City. Hoang brings elements of the ancient Hang Trong and Dong Ho woodcut painting techniques into his own practice – the influence is plain in the way he streamlines compositions, flattens depth, and emphasizes impossibly bright colors. The figures themselves, standing out in color blocks, are full of life in their stunning costumes, enjoying the festive springtime.

“Les Enchanteresses” promises the audience an unforgettable artistic indulgence.

Free entrance.

Bookworm Celebrates World Book Day

Wed 03 Mar 2016

Bookworm

44 Châu Long, Hà Nội Now open every day 9am – 7pm

World Book Day is a celebration!

It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books.

It’s a celebration of reading.

It is a day designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world.

IT’S A DAY THAT SHOULD BE AS BIG AS TET OR CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAYS.

IT’S A DAY TO CELEBRATE LITERACY.

IT’S THE DAY WHEN EVERY CHILD and inner child DESERVES TO RECEIVE A BOOK.

On this day, if you buy books at Bookworm and mention to our staff that it is World Book Day, she/he would give you 15% discount for all kinds of book.

Film screening and Talk about Zero Discrimination

Tue 01 Mar 2016, 6 pm – 8.30 pm

Hanoi Cinematheque

22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

At the end of the alley leading to Artist’s Hotel

On the occasion of Zero Discrimination Day on March 1, you are invited to: chieu phim-toa dam-khong phan biet doi xu.

Film screening:

● “Sao Bình không lấy chồng?” (Why does Binh not get married?) (Author: Pham Minh Ha)

● Sand picture film “Giấc mơ của tôi” (My dream) (CARE and CSAGA)

● “Chúng tôi đã cưới” (We got married) (Author: Nguyen Ha Phuong, Mai Thi Bup)

Followed by a talk with Dr. Dang Hoang Giang, Vice Director of Center for Community Development Studies (CECODES) and guests:

● Ms. Nghiem Kim Hoa, human rights expert

● Ms. Nguyen Thi Van, director of Will to Live Centre

● Mr. Hoang Giang Son, member of NEXTGen

Register via this link.

Free entry.

Exhibition “Daily Stories” by Le Kim My

Opening: Tue 01 Mar 2016, 6 pm

Exhibition: 01 – 30 Mar 2016

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the exhibition “Daily Stories” by Le Kim My at L’Espace.

Le My Kim belongs to the great artists generation. Her father – artist Le Quoc Loc – specialized in lacquer and studied at the Indochina School of Fine Arts.

She worked as a lecturer for 30 years at the Vietnam University of Fine Arts and recognized by her peers as an exceptional artist who had never had an individual exhibition. With “Daily Stories”, it has been done.

This event will be an opportunity for the public to discover and admire her lacquers and silk paintings, which are as wonderful as they are modest.

Free entry.

Films Screening “Bi, Don’t be Afraid” and “Boys Don’t Cry”

Screening of “Boys Don’t Cry”: Fri 04 Mar 2016, 7.30 pm

Screening of “Bi, Don’t be Afraid”: Sat 05 Mar 2016, 3 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi

Come to films screening program at TPD this week with “Bi, Don’t be Afraid” and “Boys Don’t Cry”.

ABOUT THE FILMS

Bi, Don’t be Afraid: In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears and settles at their house. While Bi gets closer to his grandfather, his father tries to avoid any contact with his family. Every night, he gets drunk and goes and see his masseuse, for whom he feels a strong, quiet desire. Bi’s mother turns a blind eye on it. The aunt, still single, meets a 16-year-old young boy in the bus. Her attraction to him moves her deeply.

Boys Don’t Cry is a 1999 American independent romantic drama film directed by Kimberly Peirce and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena, an American trans man played in the film by Hilary Swank, who is beaten, raped and murdered by his male acquaintances after they discover he is transgender. The film also stars Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, and Alicia Goranson. [Wikipedia]

Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)