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Rather Unique: LIVE hip-hop w/ Ali & St. What
Sat 28 May 2016, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Come to enjoy the gold standard in live hip-hop. DJ Ali spins fresh beats while lyrical champ St. What lays down smooth lyrics. He raps for listeners, blunt-heads, fly ladies, and prisoners. Come experience a funk vortex of freestyles, hip-hop bangers, and radiant instrumentals.
Free entry!
Solo Exhibition “Sick of Love” by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski
Opening: Sat 28 May 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 28 May – 04 Jun 2016
Cafe Nhà Sàn
Come to a solo exhibition “Sick of Love” by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski.
“A boy dreams of finding treasure, a lonely man looks at his feet stepping on other feet that belong to his own shadow, faint marks of teeth pile on the shoulder of some strange girl who has come into the world before, me, and my hand pressed against the mirror, from now on i know.
Every mirror is mistaken, unless illuminating the face of one in love.”
– the fragment of poem ‘the mirror illuminating me’ by Nhã Thuyên / translated by Kaitlin Rees
Exhibition “Girl, Moon and Flowers“ by Dang Thong Tuyen
Opening: Mon 30 May 2016, 5 pm
Exhibition: 30 May – 06 Jun 2016
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi
Painter Dang Thong Tuyen was born in 1955 in Vietnam, where he started to exhibit his work in the 70s. In 1989 he moved to Vienna and built a second home there. As freelance artist he now commutes regularly between Austria and Vietnam. In addition to Vietnam his paintings were already shown in Austria, Germany, France and Italy.
He himself describes his style: “On my artistic path I encountered different styles. Earlier my works were influenced by strong, abstract feelings and characterized by strong colors and sharp lines. Today you can feel a deep emotional tranquility in my paintings that reflect the magical realism with sparkling light and vague colors.”
Mr. Dang Thong Tuyen and the Austrian Embassy are delighted to announce the artist’s newest exhibition “Girl, Moon and Flowers”, which will be opening next Monday.
Film Screening “Julie & Julia” and “Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere”
Film screening “Julie & Julia”: Fri 27 May 2016, 7.30 pm
Film screening “Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere”: Sun 29 May 2016, 7 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
In the second week of Cuisine film month, you are invited to the film screening “Julie & Julia”, directed by Nora Ephron.
The film has two protagonists – two women living in two different periods in two different continents, but connected to each other by the passion for culinary arts, which is the the most unique characteristic of Julie and Julia.
The film will be screened in the original language of English with Vietnamese subtitles.
“Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere”
After 3 sold-out screenings last weekend, we decide to organize one more night for film lovers who missed the chance to see this film ON SUNDAY, 29 May 2016, at 7pm.
Tickets (50k/pax) are available from MON 23 May 2016 at Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents – 51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi.
Language: Original Vietnamese with English subtitles.
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
HCMC – Concert “Enlightenment & Romanticism”
Sat 28 May 2016, 7 – 9.30 pm
The Southern Women’s Museum
202 Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3, HCMC
Music, as well as architecture, literature, philosophy, and many other artistic types, has never lost touch with the development of mankind.
In the historic flow of classical music, the Enlightenment (including post-baroque period and pre-classical period) and the Romanticism periods have very important contributions.
What are their characteristics, and how important are they? Let’s find out on the night of “Enlightenment & Romanticism”.
The concert features special participation of Canadian violinist Véronique Mathieu.
Hue – Artist Talk by Carolina Furque and Stephen Eastaugh
Sat 28 May 2016, 4 pm
DMZ Arts Space
3rd Floor, 60 Le Loi Street, Hue City
You are cordially invited to an artist talk with artist Carolina Furque (Argentina) and artist Stephen Eastaugh (Australia).
A Night at the Opera – “Salome” by Richard Strauss
Sun 29 May 2016, 7 pm
Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
At the end of the alley leading to Artist’s Hotel
Come to the screening of a classic production of “Salome” by Richard Strauss. “Salome” is the most widely known of the composer’s operas. He based his opera on the play by Oscar Wilde but used a German libretto instead of the original French language that Wilde used for the play.
The opera (and play) are based on the Biblical story of Salome, who demands the head of John the Baptist on a charger as payment for pleasing Herod with her Dance of the Seven Veils. The opera was controversial at the time of its premiere, and was banned by the censors in many European countries.
The performance we are screening was originally produced for Austrian television and is now considered one of the finest versions available. Ironically, the opera was banned in Austria from its premiere in 1905 until 1918.
The opera will be screened in the original German with English subtitles.
For those with membership at the Cinémathèque, make a reservation as usual by phoning the Cinémathèque, daily between 14:30 – 21:00 at 3936-2648. A limited number of tickets are also available through the Opera Guild, send an email to info@hanoioperaguild.com. A donation of VND 60,000 is suggested.
HCMC – Youth Melody Program in May with Saigon Guitar Quartet
Sun 29 May 2016, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
You are invited to the Youth Melody Program in May with Saigon Guitar Quartet to enjoy the beauty and attractiveness of the guitar as well as the world’s famous guitar compositions, performed by talented guitarists from the Saigon Guitar Quartet.
Saigon Guitar Quartet is a group of leading classical guitarists in HCMC. Thanh Huy, Tri Doan, Hoai Phuong and Ba Tho graduated from the Conservatory of HCMC. They have experienced in solo performing for many years and received many national and international awards. They have brought a new breath to the city guitar scene, making it more attractive and encouraging dialogue among guitarists. In 2014, they were invited to perform in the classical music series organized by HCMC Television and at the first Saigon International Guitar Festival.
Free tickets are being distributed to students with valid IDs at:
– Student Support Center HCMC, 33 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai – Ben Nghe Ward – District 1 – Ho Chi Minh City, Tel: 08.38274709
– Ticket Office at Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO), 7 Lam Son Square, District 1, HCMC., Viet Nam, Tel: 08 3823 7419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517.
Windy Day 14 “Pondering Life, through the Rhythms of Xẩm”
Fri 27 May 2016, 7.30 – 9.30 pm
Đình Hào Nam, Vu Thanh, Hanoi
Xẩm is perceived by many as being melancholic, as it is the melody performed by the blind street-artists – this is a huge misconception. In Xẩm, love is a recurring theme, the love for life has the power to drown out sorrow and heal every broken heart. That is the notion of life, as once stated by Luu Quang Vu, a Vietnamese well-known playwright and poet, “The carpenter was wrong / If life is all evil / How could the apple tree bloom? / How could the runnel be so pure?
We do not know how you think about OUR LIVES
It goes without saying, “The stories told in Xẩm are those of life” – that is true, be it love, family, education and examination, or the stories of one’s destiny, there will always be both joy and sorrow. Sadness mixes with happiness, happiness helps to fade the sadness out… In Xẩm they co-exist in the harmony of melody and rhythm, while at the same time being so simple and modest in presentation.
Therefore, Tôi Xê Dịch, in Windy Day 14, chose a topic which at first glance may seem “ordinary”, but is actually so profound: “Pondering life, through the rhythms of Xẩm” in order to help youths enter the world of the most modest genre of traditional music that is so filled with love, appreciation and joy.
To help participants further immerse in the notions of Xẩm, “Pondering life, through the rhythms of Xẩm” is the first time that you’ll get the opportunity to experience such an art form while blindfolded. This unique interaction is our way of helping the participants not only have a natural and genuine beginning, but also experience the features of Xẩm – the notions of lyrics and stories through the perspective of the blind street-performers.
Windy Day 14: “Pondering life, through the rhythms of Xẩm” is a non-profit event. Participants can financially support Tôi Xê Dịch in the process of organizing the event. The money raised during the event will be entirely used for organization expenses and will be explicitly professed on public media and among contributors.
Music Night with Chandra from Philippines
Wed 25 May 2016, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Our special night with Chandra – talented singer/songwriter from Manila, Philippines.
Chandra means moon. Some titles are based on western zodiac, the songs are quite dark and dreamy.
The lyrics are mostly about life, death, sensuality and romanticism. The voice mixes with the guitar to dreary a euphony of pain and melancholy.
The songs can be related to so many things because it is also quite metaphoric; depression, suicide, death, death of the soul, being alive, being aware and awake. It would make you feel sad but at the same time, hopeful. But most importantly, it shows how attachment could bring much sadness and suffering to an individual, so it also tries to make you see things and accept things as they are, by simply letting go of things, of people, of events or situations. Because it is what it is. You just have to trust the universe and believe. Depression and anxiety were the major inspiration why these songs were born.
Tickets: 50,000 VND at the door
Film Screening of “Bastille Day”
31 May, 03, 11, 15, 17 Jun 2016
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Bastille Day” (France, US, 2016, 92 mins) at L’Espace.
Director: James Watkins
Cast: Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon
For more information about film synopsis, please refer to Vietnamese version of this post.
Film schedule
Tue 31 May 2016: 18:00, 20:00
Fri 03 Jun 2016: 18:00
Sat 11 Jun 2016: 13:00
Wed 15 Jun 2016: 20:00
Fri 17 Jun 2016: 18:00
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles
Tickets
Ticket price: 60,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Fairytale Films on International Children’s Day
Sun 29 May 2016, 10 am and 2 pm
Kim Dong Cinema
19 Hang Bai, Hanoi
The Goethe-Institut presents the popular fairy tales “Sleeping Beauty” and “The Bremen Town Musicians” by the Grimm brothers in Vietnamese.
On Sunday before the International Children’s Day, the Goethe-Institut invites to children’s story time. Two tales for children by the Grimm brothers will be screened in a new film version with Vietnamese synchronization in the morning as well as in the afternoon at Kim Dong Cinema.
In “The Bremen Town Musicians” a chicken, a cat, a dog and a donkey escape from their farm to become musicians in the German town Bremen. Along their way they encounter some robbers who they put to rout with their singing. But one of the robbers returns once again…
The princess “Sleeping Beauty” falls into a 100-year-long sleep after she pricked her finger on a spindle. Hereupon the castle gets surrounded by an impenetrable thorn hedge. Only a brave prince who conquers the thorns and clambers the tower is able to awaken the Sleeping Beauty with a kiss to end the wicked spell.
After the film screening the fairy tale time continues at home: The book about the best 10 fairy tales by the Grimm brothers in Vietnamese and German, edited by the Goethe-Institut, can be acquired at a special discount on the location. Besides that, the Goethe-Institut presents little gifts to the children in celebration of the International Children’s Day.
PROGRAM
10 am: The Bremen Town Musicians
58 minutes, 2009, Germany
Language: Vietnamese
2 pm: Sleeping Beauty
59 minutes, 2009, Germany
Language: Vietnamese
HCMC – Concert “Wind Music from around the World”
Fri 27 May 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 performed by Saigon Wind Ensemble in collaboration with guest artists from Washington State University (USA): “WIND MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD”.
Through the remarkable wind ensemble repertoire from European dances and American movies, we would like to welcome the audience to a celebration of wind music of different cultures from throughout the world. We feature the talents of special guest artists Dr. Martin King (Horn) and Dr. Troy Bennefield (Percussion/Conductor). Especially, our guest conductor Danh Pham and The Saigon Wind Ensemble will perform some pieces from the soundtracks of Star War series, composed by John Williams, which is one of the most favorable film music in the world till now.
Program
Conductor: Dr. Danh Pham
Horn: Dr. Martin King
Percussion/Conductor: Dr. Troy Bennefield
Saigon Wind Ensemble
1. Flourish for Wind Band – Ralph Vaughan Williams (2’)
2. Walking the dog – George Gershwin (4’)
3. Novena – James Swearingen (6’)
4. Pele for Horn and Wind Ensemble – Brian Balmages (10’)
Dr. Martin King – Horn
5. Two Irish Sketches – Dave Black (5’)
6. Kirkpatrick Fanfare – Andrew Boysen, Jr (3’)
7. Irish Washerwoman – Nathan Daughtrey (2’)
Dr. Troy Bennefield – Xylophone
8. Star Wars Epic Saga, Part 2 – John Williams/arr. Robert W. Smith (7’)
9. Gallop – Dmitri Shostakovich (2’)
10. Gallop from First Suite for Band – Alfred Reed (2’)
Tickets
Ticket prices: Standard 200.000 VND, VIP 250.000 VND
Hotline: 0903.034.112 or email giaohuongsaigon@gmail.com
Screening of New Documentaries from Student Directors of TPD
Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
Come to screening of three films on families: New documentaries from student directors at TPD (Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents).
The neighbor opposite (Nhà đối diện)
Director: Le My Cuong
Year 2015
Length: 20 minutes
A 20-minute documentary vividly and truthfully describes the life of a gay couple in Ha Noi through the view of their neighbors. “The neighbor opposite” is rich in sociality feature, joyful, youthful, giving the audience a modern point of view about an emerging social issue that many people care about but very few understand and look directly into it.
The first floor between two stairs (Tầng một giữa hai cầu thang)
Director: Chu Ha Thanh
Year 2015
Length: 14 minutes
The film depicts the lives of an old couple. The husband is so weak that he cannot take care of himself. While his life seems to be stuff between living and death, his relatives look after him with all their heart.
Why doesn’t Binh get married? (Sao Bình Không Lấy Chồng)
Director: Pham Thu Ha
Year 2015
Length: 20 minutes
The film “Why doesn’t Binh get married?” reflects an issue which is not new but never stops being hot currently. Are love and happiness decided by ourselves or by society? The strong belief on herself is easily recognized. The main character shares her own story with a modern view.
Cost: 150,000vnd
Limit: 90 people
Contact: Hang: nguyenvu_nganhang@yahoo.com ( 0906020960 )
Please your mobile number so you can be contact in case of any last minute changes.
Exhibition “Under The Spell of The Lotus Country”
Exhibition: 21 – 26 May 2016
An Nam Parlour Cafe
24 Hang Vai, Hanoi
Artist Rasa Flay has been a world traveler since 2000 when she left her native Lithuania for the United States. The past four years Rasa has called Hanoi her home, where she has been studying lacquer painting in the studios of Le Kim My, Yuki Namba and Nguyen Huy Hoan. A symbiosis of natural and urban environments has always interested the artist, and living in Hanoi certainly provided plenty of inspiration to depict chaotically arranged, static shapes of the cityscape set against fluidity of the natural world, presented by the waters of Hanoi’s lakes, ponds and rivers.
A discovery of the Vietnamese lacquer painting was a highlight of Rasa’s artistic practice. Looking at her paintings, it is obvious that she completely fell in love with the process of creating lacquer work, when layers upon layers of lacquer colored with pigments or highlighted with inlay of eggshell, river, or sea shell magically reveal itself after the final sanding of the piece. A new, sometimes unexpected version of the initial idea appears within the painting, bringing an element of surprise to its creator and the viewer.
Dzo Paper Lamp Workshop
Fri 27 May 2016, 6.30 pm
Blossom Art House
94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi
Come to join workshop ‘Dzó Paper Lamp’ under the instruction of light sculptor Thu Kim Vu.
Profoundly inspired by Japanese paper texture in combination with light, Thu Kim Vu has gained popularity for her unique light sculpture works. At the moment, her solo exhibition “Into Darkness” is being open to public until the end of May at Manzi.
This is an experimentation workshop for art lover, to build a lampshade using different technique of wire frame construction, paper cutting, drawing, folding and interacting with lighting. The workshop will not only teach you how to make a lamp but also to visualize how to build a light sculpture from an LED light bulb, in which each individual could develop his/her own imagination, characteristics, personal style with funky shape, colours, decorative ornaments and narrative stories.
*Requirement: 15 years old and above
*Number of participants: 20 maximum
*Admission fee: 500,000 VND including the following materials prepared by us:
– 1 LED light bulb with 3 meters of electric cord and a plug.
– One stand for the lamp.
– 4 sheets of paper. Other materials can be found to contribute for the work.
– Small brushes, flat brush, masking tape
– Wire frame, rice glue
*For registration, please fill in this form BEFORE 8pm, May 26th, 2016.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Thu Kim Vu was born in 1976 in Hanoi. She graduated her BFA from Hanoi University of Fine Arts, Vietnam and her MFA from the School of the Art Institutre of Chicago, United States. Focus on line drawing, paper material and using temporary spaces, she had been working on different projects through traveling to create a new experience based on how her line drawing changing the atmostphere of each space. Vu has been participated in a number of residencies worldwide which contribute a great influence in shaping her works into many directions.
Vu has participated in a variety of international residency programs such as Vermont Studio Center (USA), New York Mills Regional cultural center Minnesota (USA), Goyang National Art Studio (South Korea), Sanskriti Kendra (India), Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen (Germany), Mc Coll Center of Visual Art (USA), Rockefeller Bellagio Center (Italy) and Can Serrat International Residency (Spain). From these trips, she developed her new ideas in working with maps drawing on papers.
In the past three years, Vu was interested in Japanese culture and her studies of Washi paper leads her to new experimentation with paper sculpture and lighting based on her current experience in three residencies in Japan: Kamiyama Artists in Residence Program, Mino Paper Art Village and Sapporo Artist in Residence Program. Recently, Thu has been an artist in residence in Johannesburg, South Africa sponsored and organized by Sylt Foundation. She became interested in the culture of Soweto and community works here.
Long Bien Market Photo Exhibition
Exhibition: 20 May – 20 Jun 2016, 8 am – 5 pm
46 Hang Vai, Hanoi
Enjoy the best pictures from 3 years of our early morning Long Bien Sunrise photo adventure. With the guidance of Vietnam in Focus tour leader and professional photographer Colm Pierce, participants have captured all aspects of Hanoi’s biggest goods market at dawn. From conical-hatted couriers to traders bargaining over their wares, and stunning panoramas shot from Long Bien Bridge, the exhibition vividly documents this bustling market in its prime.
Free entry
Ceramics Exhibition “Linh Thú”
Sat 21 May 2016, 3 – 5 pm
MODULE 7
83 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Joining us in “Linh Thu” – a ceramics exhibition, you will have a chance to witness artist Truong Tien Tra illustrating his fine but also intense drawing on ceramic items made by Artist Vu Duc Hieu – the owner of Muong Museum.
Free entrance
Film Screening “Je Fais la Mort”
Fri 27 May 2016, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “”Je Fais la Mort” (France, 2013, 104 mins).
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé
Cast: François Damiens, Géraldine Nakache, Lucien Jean-Baptiste
A detective comedy about a unemployed actor who plays the corpse suddenly becoming the trump card of the police in the hardest cases!
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.
Performance Art Workshop IN:ACT 2016
21 – 23 May 2016
Nha San Collective
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
Nhà Sàn Collective and NIPAF are pleased to invite you to our NIPAF ASIA WS – IN:ACT 2017 on 21 – 23 May 2016.
Program:
Saturday, 21 May – 6PM: artist talk, meet artist Seiji Shimoda – director of NIPAF, and other participating artists from Japan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, China, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam.
Sunday, 22 May – 6PM: workshop of performance art, meeting artists (day 1)
Monday, 23 May – 6PM: workshop of performance art, meeting artists (day 2)
This is the third collaboration between Nha San Collective and NIPAF to organize performance workshops in Hanoi. The first one took place in 2013 in NSC Zone9, the second – in 2015 in NSC Ly Quoc Su. Please look for more details about this exciting event on our Facebook page!
Please register via email: inacthanoi@gmail.com, or our Facebook page
to have your seats available and to ensure the smooth operation of the event.
*NIPAF ASIA WS – IN:ACT 2017 has received generous supports from Asia Centre Japan Foundation.
*NIPAF – Nippon International Performance Art Festival is founded by artist Seiji Shimoda.
*IN:ACT is a festival of performance founded by Phuong Linh and Bill Nguyen in 2010 in Hanoi. It is now organized by Nha San Collective team.
Rock/Folk Concert with Raphaël
28 and 29 May 2016, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Raphael forges a varied musical cultures ranging from Bob Dylan folk rock to David Bowie glam rock which he played in the first part of the historic concert at Olympia.
After the huge success of “Caravane”, a Diamond record in 2005 and a few other opus, Raphael made 2015 a highly acclaimed comeback with “Sonnambula”, an album that tackles the theme of childhood on which we did not expect. The result is a joyous pop with spontaneity voices – those of children in particular – and acoustic instruments. He managed with great skill to take us into a maelstrom of rhythmic titles that never explode but we intoxicate their rehearsals.
Raphael will sing with the children’s choir of The Lycée français Alexandre Yersin on May 28 and with the bilingual classes in Hanoi and Vinh on May 29.
Tickets
A ticket 300 000 VND
B ticket 170 000 VND
B ticket for members 100 000 VND
B ticket for students 80 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Guitar Night “La Fantasia – The Music Inventions”
Sat 28 May 2016, 8 pm
Heritage Space
1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza
6 Nguyen Hoang (for car) | 28 Tran Binh (for bike), My Dinh 2, Hanoi
Tel: 04 62543319 – Hotline: 090 282 67 69
Heritage Space proudly presents a guitar night with the theme “LA FANTASIA – THE MUSIC INVENTIONS” with performances by artists from The Guitar Club. The night is part of the New Music show, which is created by composer Vu Nhat Tan and his collaborators.
Program
Part 1:
Tuan Khang
1. Milonga – Cardoso
2. Fantasia Original – J. Vinas
3. Domino – Luis Ferrari – transcribed by Chau Dang Khoa
Truong Giang
1. Fantasia Sapa Love Market – Duy Linh
2. Sakura Theme and Variation – Yuquijiro Yocoh
3. Introduction and Sunburst – Andrew York
Part 2:
Truong Giang – Tuan Khang
1. Danza Oriental – Enrique Granados
2. Tango – Isaac Albeniz
Hung Phong
1. Vals Op.8 No.3 – Agustin Barrios Mangore
2. Asturias – Isaac Albeniz
3 Lullabies on the upland – Tran Hoan, arr. Hung Phong
Duy Phong
1. I love you – Nguyen Van Ty, transcribed by Cao Minh Duc
2. Andy McKee – Ebon Coast
3. Tommy Emmanuel – Classical Gas
Tuan Khang – Truong Giang – Duy Phong – Hung Phong: Eine kleine Nachtmusik – W.A Mozart
About the artists
Tuan Khang is one of the classical guitar pioneers of Hanoi. Graduated from The Vietnam National Academy of Music, Tuan Khang won the first prize in the National Guitar Festival 2002. For the recent 10 years, he has supported many young guitarists by organizing the North-South Guitar events series, promoting the professionality in classical guitar playing. With his tireless artistic effort, Tuan Khang has won audiences’ hearts nationwide with a wild and emotional performance style.
Le Hung Phong is one of the very few classical guitarists who influence significantly the widespread development of guitar activities among students. In 2006, he founded the Guitar Club Le Nguyen Tran, with classes spread across Hanoi as well as in more than 20 universities. He always seeks for the optimal path to help people conquer the guitar through friendly teaching methods and Vietnam music inventions transcribed for guitar.
Dang Truong Giang is a rare classic artist from the student guitar movement. In 2004, he attended classes of Tuan Khang and then Le Hung Phong, who have developed the love of music and recital skills of Truong Giang. He began his classical performing career in 2012 with events in the North-South Guitar events series and private events at L’espace Hanoi.
Nguyen Duy Phong is an acoustic, fingerstyle guitarist. In 2008, Duy Phong studied classical music under the guidance of the artitst Quang Vinh and then the artists Tuan Khang, Hung Phong, Cao Minh Duc, etc… An elegant, sophisticated and energetic recital style has made Duy Phong become the most influential fingerstyle guitarist today. In 2014, he also performed in the concert of Korean guitar prodigy Sungha Jung.
Tickets
Surcharge:
– Public: 250,000d/ person
Students, members of Heritage Space: 200,000/person
(Costs for organizers, performers and operation group; Heritage Space does not benefit)
– Tickets: 150 seats
Because of our limited number of seats, please register with us before 25th May.
For detailed information, please contact:
Ms Thanh Thoa, Communication Manager
Hotline: 090 282 67 69
Mobile: 01684373611
Email: thoantt.heritagespace@gmail.com
A Series of Applied Theater Workshops by Community Theatre of Greensboro
18, 24 and 29 May 2016 (see details below)
The Black Box
56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi
Come to join a series of applied theater workshops conducted by the Community Theatre of Greensboro (CTG). The events’ purpose is to strengthen participants’ skills in using theatre games, physical relaxation exercises and improvisation as tools in working with groups, people with special needs and the community.
Founded in 1949, the Community Theatre of Greensboro (CTG), located in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the oldest Arts organization in Guilford County with the mission: Bringing the diverse community together to learn about, experience, and celebrate the joys of theatre.
1. Theater in working with people with special needs
9.30am – 11.30am, 18th May 2016
Workshop “Theater in working with special need people” is comprised of practical activities: There will be activities, physical, vocal and mental exercises, theatre games, interactive discussion, responses to activities, question and answer time.
The Community Theatre of Greensboro has been very successful in welcoming, accommodating and including the community with special needs in their youth and adult productions, workshops and activities. Its yearly two week workshop, Onstage and Inclusive, takes nearly 40 actors of all ages and all disabilities on an incredible journey of personal growth, developing new life skills, getting in touch with their artistic talents and presenting a show to the community that is entertaining, moving and a great advocacy piece for the population with special needs!
Participants: art-based facilitators, artists working with communities, art therapists, and others who have a concern and interest in how to further engage and enrich the lives of our population with special needs through theatre arts.
2. Building Teams Through Theatre
7pm – 9.30pm, 24th May 2016
Used by businesses, corporations and local organizations, Executive Director of CTG, Mitchel Sommers will work with you on exercises that help engage your minds and bodies, while encouraging you to think on your feet and be comfortable in your own skin. By participating in a variety of exercises that force you to “break out of your box”, you will become a better worker, leader, community member and learn to excel at the work place with the skills you will acquire in public speaking, team work and confidence!
Participants: Human resources managers, art-based facilitators, artists working with communities, art therapists, and others with interest and concern.
3. Improvisation theater
2pm – 5pm, 29th May 2016
As an ensemble we will seek a greater self-awareness while discarding self-consciousness through theatre games, physical relaxation exercises and improvisation. We will get better in touch with ourselves, with our “instrument” and develop skills in vocal performance and movement/dance, while getting better in tune with our senses. We will strive for self-discipline. We will seek greater vulnerability while learning to trust in ourselves and trust in others. We will seek a greater openness to all the stimuli of the world around us and embrace the art of collaboration among us. We will try to enhance our powers of listening and observation. All of this will be accomplished through fun, hard work and the avenues of self-expression that only theatre can provide!
Participants: Actors, artists, comedians, all others with interest.
Participation fee (supported): 100.000VND/person/event
Spring Recital: Songs by Robert Schumann from Cycle “Dichterliebe”
21 and 22 May 2016, 8 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
The Goethe-Institut welcomes spring with a sonorous recital of songs this year. Soprano singer Ha Pham Thang Long, tenor Leo Hieu Nguyen and pianist Nguyen Huy Phuong present song cycles from the Romantic period by the German composer and conductor Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856). His melodies are accompanied with poems by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 – 1838) and Heinrich Heine (1797 – 1856) amongst others.
In line with the spring, the evening is all about love. Frauenliebe und Leben, sung by Ha Pham Thang Long, tells the story of the first encounter with love, of desire, sorrow and heartache up to the loss of the husband. The awakening of love in spring and the roller-coaster of emotions is described in Dichterliebe. The soprano singer and the tenor round off the evening with a duet of a collection of songs about love, family and the night.
PROGRAM
Robert Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
* Poem: Adelbert von Chamisso
* Soprano: Ha Pham Thang Long
* Piano: Nguyen Huy Phuong
Robert Schumann Songs of Dichterliebe, Op. 48
* Poem: Heinrich Heine
* Tenor: Leo Hieu Nguyen
* Piano: Nguyen Huy Phuong
Robert Schumann Duets about love, family and night
* Poem: Emanuel von Geibel, Robert Burns, Friedrich Hebbel
* Soprano: Ha Pham Thang Long
* Tenor: Leo Hieu Nguyen
* Piano: Nguyen Huy Phuong
PARTICIPATING MUSICIANS:
Ha Pham Tang Long: The Vietnamese soprano opera singer Ha Pham Tang Long achieved a Master’s Degree in opera performance at the National Academy of Music in Vietnam. Currently she is a vocal teacher at the University of Military Culture and Arts and has taken many roles in performances by the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Vietnam. Furthermore she regularly participates as a solo artist in the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra. Her performing experiences are varied including work by Händel, Mozart and Haydn.
Leo Hieu Nguyen: Leo Hieu Nguyen’s talent as Tenor was first discovered by his choir conductor at Bates College, USA, where he studied political psychology and concentration. Therefore he performed his first solo parts in the college choir including challenging compositions like Carmina Burana or Beethoven’s Symphony No.9. He also performed a recital in Germany in 2015 and is a voice student of Richard Staab and Joachim Keuper. Early in 2016, he performed “Die Winterreise” in Hanoi, which was the first time this famous recital was sung in Vietnam.
Nguyen Huy Phuong: (Ph.D., Associate Professor) was born in 1974 to a musical family, as son of the nationally well-known composer Huy Du. At the age of 7 he started to play the piano. Completing his studies at the Hanoi Music Conservatoire, the artist also studyied abroad in Russia where he received his Ph.D. Presently he is the Vice-head of the Faculty of Piano at the Vietnam Academy of Music. For his concerts in Vietnam, Russia and Japan, the pianist enjoyed favorable reviews. In 2010, he also won the ‘Prize for Best Singing Accompaniment Pianist’ in the National Chamber Singing Competition in Vietnam.
Free tickets from 17.05.2016, 9 am 16.05.2016, 9 am at the Goethe-Institut. Due to the limited number of seats we kindly ask only visitors from the age of 12 and up to come.
Europe Days in Vietnam 2016
The “Europe Days 2016” program is having a rendezvous with Vietnamese public, proposing a fascinating journey through the European cultural scene with a series of diverse intellectual and cultural activities.
Set to provide a bridge for cross-cultural exchange, the “Europe Days 2016” program, held by the Delegation of the European Union (EU), the Embassy of the EU Member States and the European Cultural Institutes, is to mark Europe Day – 9 May. The one–month long program, consisting of a string of various activities, will open a window into the richness of the European Union’s different cultural traditions with inspiring performances and information activities.
On the 9th of May, the European Union marks the symbolic date when Robert Schuman – the former French Minister of Foreign Affairs – put forward his ideas on a united Europe to bring lasting peace and prosperity to our continent. This historical declaration and its great significance continue to lead the integration project on the European continent and inspire partnerships we forge beyond the borders of Europe. Europe Day has become the symbol of a new beginning, of a free and successful way of peaceful cooperation between sovereign nations, based on shared values and common interests, including the richness of European cultures – the element which underpins the continued success of the European integration.
“Europe Day” is also the occasion for activities that bring Europe closer to its citizens and strengthen the many bonds that Europe has established with nations around the world, including Vietnam.
Since the inception in Vietnam 12 years ago, the “Europe Days” program has gained resounding success and growing public attention, thus establishing itself as a prominent feature in the Vietnamese cultural calendar.
With a remarkably diverse line-up of activities in the coming days, the “Europe Days 2016” program offers a combination of music, cinema, sport, gastronomy, science and innovation. The diversity of topics is anticipated to keep you and your knowledge entertained, inspired and enriched.
Highlights of the “Europe Days 2016” program in Vietnam include:
A prominent event is the Europe Day concert, entitled “Europe Meets Asia in Jazz”. The internationally renowned jazz singer Michael Schiefel from Germany unites musicians from Europe and Vietnam within the scope of an exceptional concert in Hanoi. Schiefel is accompanied by the Italian percussionist Davide Pasqualini, the Polish jazz guitarist Gabriel Niedziela and the German cellist Jörg Brinkmann. Together with the Vietnamese saxophonist Nguyen Bao Long and the pianist Nguyen Huu Vuong of the ensemble JumpforJazz, Europe and Vietnam will merge in jazz rhythms. The Gala concert will be a celebration of the multiculturalism of jazz.
The musical scene of the “Europe Days 2016” will be enriched by a staging of the world’s famous opera “Magic Flute” in full length and original language for the first time in HCMC. The Magic Flute opera, premiered in Vienna in 1791, is one of the most well-known operas in the world. To date, first visitors and experienced opera visitors alike are fascinated by the performance. The opera will be directed by David Hermann and conducted by Trần Nhật Minh in a German – Vietnamese cooperation.
The annual European Film Festival promises to delight Vietnamese spectators with 13 inspiring films, presenting a variety of enchanting works by European film makers. It is a combination of films, ranging from drama, comedy to thriller. It is a journey reflecting dreams, passion, fear and frustration, fun and joy, mistakes and recognition – of every European.
The diversity of European cultural traditions will manifest itself in the European Literature events in Hanoi and for the first time in Ho Chi Minh City, organised by the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) and the EU Delegation. At the events, Vietnamese readers will have chances to enjoy new books from Belgium (Wallonia – Brussels), France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK. In addition to the presentation of the books, there will be other opportunities for readers to meet authors, listen to talks and readings, or register for workshops on creative writing.
A high – level seminar, entitled “Viet Nam – EU Cooperation: Sharing Experiences of Facing Common Challenges – Green Growth and Sustainable Development“, will be held by the EU Delegation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to highlight the role and position of the EU related to the PCA and to review the current trends of Vietnam-EU partnership as well as emerging EU-issues of relevance for Vietnam.
For audiences those who have strong interest in European innovation and science, they will be offered two great events in the “Europe Days 2016” program: ASEAN – EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days and TEDx Innovations from Europe and Vietnam. For the first event, it will consist of a dozen of scientific workshops and innovation exhibition from May 10 to May 12 in Hanoi, serving as an ideal occasion for networking and exchange ideas in the thematic areas health, water management and environment, food, security and safety, and Innovation. The latter one, based on the TED-concept, will receive inspiring speakers from Europe and Vietnam who will share ground-breaking urban and health innovations, ranging from green architecture and more efficient waste collection, to new developments related to fighting infectious diseases and more reliable and tailored medicines.
The annual European Food Festival will come back on 14 May, offering authentic European cuisine, cooking demonstrations by chefs from leading European hotels and restaurants in Hanoi. A variety of special European products will be presented for the first time ever in Vietnam.
In the conviction that there is no better way to improve understanding between Europeans and Vietnamese than through people to people exchanges, in particular involving the young generations, the EU Delegation will run a 5-day long online ‘Euro 2016 Quiz’ on its Facebook fan-page: https://www.facebook.com/EUandVietnam to kick – off Euro Cup 2016 in France. The three main prizes consist of a trip to France: including a two-way ticket to Paris, accommodation and, last but not least, a ticket to the final match of Euro 2016.
Full information about the Europe Days 2016 can be found at: http://europedayvietnam.com or www.facebook.com/EUandVietnam
Chamber Concert with Musina Amore String Quartet of VNSO
Fri 27 May 2016, 8 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Trinh Minh Hien: Violin I
Tran Thuy Ha: Violin II
Tran Ngoc Thuy: Viola
Dao Tuyet Trinh: Cello
This year, the Goethe-Institut Hanoi is hosting two chamber concerts. Lovers of string quartets can look forward to our second concert evening that starts with the Quartet No. 4, Op. 18, by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was composed in 1799 and consists of four movements. It is presumed that Beethoven dedicated the dramatic first movement to Lady Josephine Brunsvik, whom he got to know while he was composing the quartets Op. 18. She and her sister had been taking piano lessons with Beethoven which is when it is said the composer fell in love with Lady Brunsvik.
The second part of the program continues with catchy melodies: Alexander Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 in D major was composed in 1881 – hence about 100 years after Beethoven’s quartet – and also consists of four movements. The melody of the first part returns as a theme in the first movement again and again. It is considered to be one of the best examples of Borodin’s lyrical expression of the sonata form. The third movement, a ”Notturno”, is probably the most famous movement of Borodin’s quartet.
Program
L. v. Beethoven – String Quartet No. 4, Op. 18
A. Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Free tickets are available from Monday, May 23, 9am at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi. Due to the limited number of seats we kindly ask only visitors from the age of 12 and up to come.
Classical Music: Haguenauer performs Debussy’s compositions
Thu 26 May 2016, 8 pm
IDECAF
31 Thai Van Lung Str, Dist 1, HCMC
“Jean-Louis Haguenauer goes further, deeper than others in the piano compositions of Debussy.” (Télérama)
Jean-Louis Haguenauer, internationally renowned pianist, is undoubtedly one of the greatest exponents of the French composer Debussy.
He made the first complete recording of the Debussy’s melodies on a piano that belonged to the composer from 1904.
Enthusiastic, generous, demanding, he communicates his passion for music through both live performances and his teaching at the University of Indiana in the US or in workshops.
With prelude by:
Tang Thanh Nam, solo violinist, Pham Vu Thien Bao, violinist from HBSO and teacher at the Conservatory in HCMC and Tran Ngoc Trinh Nguyen, pianist. All three artists studied at the Conservatory in France. This part will be accompanied by Mai Thanh Son, percussionist.
Tickets
Ticket price: 300 000VND – 200 000VND – 100 000VND (for IDECAF students)
Tickets are available at ticketbox.vn.
Good Pitch² Southeast Asia – Call for Applications
Deadline: 27 May 2016
Time of forum: May 2017
In-Docs in cooperation with Jia Foundation, Ford Foundation and BRITDOC is proud to host the first ever Good Pitch² Southeast Asia.
Conceptualized by BRITDOC and Sundance Documentary Institute, Good Pitch is not just an ordinary pitching forum where filmmakers ask for financial support and search for distribution avenues. Good Pitch forges powerful partnerships between multi-disciplinary stakeholders – NGOs, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, corporate / brand partners, broadcasters, educators, policy makers, and any changemakers who can utilize great documentary films to make their intended impact in the society.
Since the first international event in 2008, Good Pitch has spread around the world in satellite forums called Good Pitch² (Good Pitch Squared). Good Pitch² Southeast Asia will be held in Jakarta in May 2017. The call for documentary projects will open until 27 May 2016.
Five films will be selected to receive various mentorship and support, including an IMPACT workshop, outreach support, pitching workshop, and an opportunity to pitch the project in front of powerful potential alliances that can help the documentaries reach an impact.
Applying for Good Pitch² Southeast Asia is free.
For more information and application form please visit the organizer’s website.
Concert “Canada and Vietnam in Harmony”
Thu 26 May 2016, 8 pm
The Grand Concert Hall
Vietnam National Academy of Music
77 Hao Nam Str., Dong Da Distr., Ha Noi
Come to concert “Canada and Vietnam in Harmony” – an avid contemporary music performer from Canada – Véronique Mathieu and great artists from Vietnam National Academy of Music.
Program
1. A. Vivaldi: Sonata in A major
Veronique Mathieu (Violin – Canada)
Pham Quynh Trang (Piano – Vietnam)
2. Prévost: Improvisation
Veronique Mathieu (Violin – Canada)
3. Milstein: Paganiniana
Veronique Mathieu (Violin – Canada)
4. Hatzis: Coming to
Veronique Mathieu (Violin – Canada)
Pham Quynh Trang (Piano)
5. A. Mozart Duo –
Dr. Artist of Merit Ngo Hoang Linh (Violin)
6. J-M. Leclair: Sonata in e minor – Artist of Merit Pham Truong Son (Violin)
7. G. Handel/ J. Halvorsen Passacaglia in G minor
Nguyen Thu Binh (Viola)
8. F. Mendelsohn – Quartet No2 1st Movement Aurora Quartet: Nguyen Cong Thang; Nguyen My Huong; Nguyen Thu Binh; Nguyen Hong Anh
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.
Artist Talk: Curating – An Artist’s Perspective
Tue 24 May 2016, 3 pm
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh/6 Nguyen Hoang, My Dinh, Ha Noi
Heritage Space warmly invites you to attend the talk “Curating: An Artist’s Perspective”, given by artist/curator Trong Gia Nguyen.
Trong Gia Nguyen will be speaking about his experiences of working over 15 years as a full time artist and independent curator in both the United States and abroad. Most recently, Nguyen curated the inaugural exhibition TechNoPhobe at the newest and most ambitious contemporary art space in Ho Chi Minh City, the Factory Contemporary Arts Center. In addition to being an artist, Nguyen has also worked in numerous capacities at galleries, institutions, alternative and not-for-profit spaces, universities, online and hard publications, art fairs, PR firms, and many others. His diverse and wide ranging experience, from artist to gallery director, to blogger, critic, panelist, professor, art handler, etc., contributing a unique vantage point on the inner workings of the art world in scenes and cities big and small. In 2001, he produced a yearlong project in which he played a number of these “roles,” using Ebay as a medium to inventory everything inside his Brooklyn apartment. Currently Nguyen is working on a documentary film about his family’s immigration, which influenced last year’s solo show “The Leavers” at Galerie Quynh in Saigon.
About the artist:
Trong Gia Nguyen is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Brooklyn, New York. He received his MFA in Painting from the University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida, USA). In the role of curator, he has organized over 25 exhibitions in the United States and abroad, including TechNoPhobe (The Factory, Ho Chi Minh City, 2016), All Florida Show (Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, 2014), and Satellites in the Night (Friese Museum, Berlin, 2010). He has exhibited internationally in numerous exhibitions, including solo shows in New York, Frankfurt, Berlin, and Ho Chi Minh City. Nguyen has received grants and residencies from the Museum of Arts & Design (New York, USA), Artist in Residence in the Everglades, LegalArt Miami (USA), Foundation for Contemporary Arts (New York, USA), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (New York, USA), Harvestworks Digital Media Center (New York, USA), Bronx Museum of the Arts (New York, USA), and Puffin Foundation (New Jersey, USA). He has written articles and contributed interviews to various publications including Art:21, New York Arts Magazine, and ArtSlant. Trong has sat on panels and guest-lectured at the Cue Foundation (New York, USA), Latvia Center for Contemporary Art (Riga), Location One (New York, USA), New York University (USA), School of Visual Arts (New York, USA), Columbia University, (New York, USA), Icelandic Art Academy (Reykjavik), and Catalyst Foundation (Washington, D.C., USA). He has served on the advisory boards of The Elizabeth Foundation (New York), Fashion in Film Festival (London), Florence Artist in Residency, and others.
For more information, please kindly contact: heritagespacehanoi@gmail.com
Free entry.
Film Screening “MUNE: Guardian of the Moon”
Sun 22 May 2016, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to animation screening “Mune: Guardian of the Moon” at L’Espace!
Director: Alexandre Heboyan & Benoît Philippon (France, 86 mins)
Voice-over: Jun 365, Chi Pu
“This beautiful tale by Benoît Philippon and Alexandre Heboyan – who collaborated on Kung-Fu Panda – is a dreamily genuine success. The animation is as cute as it is poetic and intelligent.” – Cineman
Language: Vietnamese dubbed 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.
HN & HCMC – Stand-Up Comedy with Turner Sparks
Hanoi: Thu 19 May 2016, 8 pm
ATK
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HCMC: Fri 20 May 2016, 8 pm
Game On
Topping the bill on Thursday, May 19 in Hanoi and Friday, May 20 in Saigon is lauded American comic: Turner Sparks. Based in Suzhou and Shanghai, China, Turner started his comedy career in 2009 by founding Mainland China’s first stand up comedy group, Stand Up China. Currently a regular performer at Shanghai’s Kung Fu Komedy Club, the former ice-cream salesman has performed hundreds of shows throughout China and Asia, most recently awarded ‘Best of the Fest’ at the 2014 Akumal Comedy Festival in Mexico presented by Stand Up Records.
Roundtable Discussion “Memories of the war” by Charles de Gaulle
Also flying in to perform at both shows is Chris Wegoda, one of the best-known figures on the Bangkok comedy scene. The co-founder of Comedy Club Bangkok, Chris was born in the UK to an ethnically rich and flavourful heritage — he is half British, half Thai. Starting his comedy career in 2011, Chris is also an accomplished actor and performs improv comedy as part of The Comedy Club Bangkok’s resident improv group. Described by the British A-lister comedienne, Gina Yashere, as “a cool, self-assured, confident performer. A star in the making,” Chris will be taking on the role of MC.
TICKETS
Entrance is VND200,000 and includes a glass of Pasteur Street IPA
Game On
115 Ho Tung Mau, Q1, Ho Chi Minh City
ATK
73a Mai Hac De
Exhibition “Ancient Seoul and Korean traditional folk paintings”
Opening: Wed 18 May 2016, 5 pm
Exhibition: 18 May – 17 Jun 2016
Korean Cultural Center
49 Nguyễn Du, Hà Nội
You are invited to the exhibition “The ancient Seoul and Korean traditional folk paintings”, which features more than 40 works in the categories of royal folk, ordinary folk paintings, Korean traditional crafts.
The exhibition describes the characteristics of Korean people in daily and spiritual life.
The exhibition features folk paintings artist Jung Seung Hui. She was the student of Kim Man Hui, the only Korean artist recognized as the intangible cultural heritage Number 18. She has been contributing greatly to the development of national folk paintings nowadays.
Mon 16 May 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the roundtable discussion “Memories of the war” by Charles de Gaulle on the occasion of publishing the book’s first volume in Vietnamese.
Speakers:
– Mr. Jean-Noel Poirier, Ambassador of France in Vietnam
– Mr. Pierre Journoud, Professor of contemporary history at the Paul-Valéry Montpellier University
– Mr. Nguyen Van Khanh, Rector of the National University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Hanoi, Professor of History
The first of the three volumes of General de Gaulle’s war memoirs, “The Call”, was published in 1954, the year of ending the Indochina war. With a “certain idea” of France and its language, the author, removed from power since 1946, set out the first political and military battles of Free France in World War II, between 1940 and 1942.
The book became successful immediately after published in France.
On the occasion of publishing its first volume in Vietnamese, three speakers will discuss “the biggest French collective adventure of the century and the fierce struggle by a rebel to revive France and make it a victorious power” (Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac).
Language: Simultaneous translation French – Vietnamese
Free entry
Film Screening “Ice and the Sky”
Screening film with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 20 May 2016, 8 pm
Screening film with English subtitles: Sun 22 May 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to the film screening “Ice and the Sky” (France, 2013, 113’).
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Casting: Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup
The film, selected to close the 2015 Cannes Film Fest, tells a story about the French glaciologist Claude Lorius, which is like a paean to youth, passion and idealism.
Film synopsis:
“Ice and The Sky” tells the story of a man who encountered his destiny, aged 23, in the Antarctic. The film will retrace his life’s journey, from his first steps as a young glaciologist to the crowning moment of his glittering career – winning the Blue Planet Prize, the Nobel of environmental sciences. “Ice and The Sky” is an epic tale, in which science and adventure meet. “I have loved the great rivers of ice, the lagoons, the villages at the edge of the desert. I have loved the primordial forests of the Americas. But I believe what I have loved most is man and his ability to surpass himself in extreme climates. My name is Claude Lorius and I am 82 years old. I have devoted my life to the search for knowledge. It has been an extraordinary story of science and devoted men who have changed the course of the history of Mankind.”
Language:
On 20 May: French with Vietnamese subtitles
On 22 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.
Exhibition “Nguyen Xuan Tiep & Soliloquy”
Exhibition: 12 – 21 May 2016
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi
Come to exhibition “Nguyen Xuan Tiep & Soliloquy” by artist Nguyen Xuan Tiep.
“Everything is stripped bare to the core. Emotions sneak in, encircle and spread through every dimension of the painting when we have our eyes upon the Fairy and then the shape-shifting strange birds, the characters of the leaves, wind, and water which are not meant to be understood.
It seems like the Vietnamese Dó Paper has laid down a Sacred Temple for Nguyen Xuan Tiep’s spirit to soar, to take off on a solo adventure, to soliloquize to find reveries in the realm of this temporary human life.
Just silently waiting for beauty and the grace of Zen. The Bodhi leaves within the painting where the eyes of anyone who, after a brief moment of calmness, has reached enlightenment.”
– Artist Luong Xuan Doan –
Exhibition “Alphabet of Saigon”
Sat 14 May 2016, 5 pm – 10 pm
Sun 15 May 2016, 10.30 am – 5 pm
The old French Colette school
124 Cach mang thang 8, District 3, HCMC
You are invited to the exhibition “Alphabet of Saigon” presented by t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e and Thy Nguyen Truong Minh.
Guided tours :
– Sat 14 May at 5 pm (cocktail at 6.30 pm)
– Sun 15 May at 10:30 am
Free admission. Register online here.
The exhibition will feature the artwork of students from the University of Fine Arts in HCMC as part of the workshop organized by t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e (Larauza Pierre and Emmanuelle Vincent) and Thy-Nguyen Truong Minh on urban phenomena.
Concert “Musicque sans Frontières”
Wed 18 May 2016, 7.30 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
You are invited to the concert “MUSIQUE SANS FRONTIÈRES” with the participation of Vietnamese-origin artists who come from different countries but all have the intense passion for music, the desire to devote wonderful performances to audience as well as to contribute to the development of music in Vietnam.
“MUSIQUE SANS FRONTIÈRES”
The concert features two French – Vietnamese artists: Violinist Vinh Pham – the youngest winner in the history of two international competitions Tibor Varga (Switzerland) and G.B. Viotti (Italy), who always impresses the experts as well as captivating the audience with natural talent, and his sister – pianist Tuyet Pham. She performs mainly in the field of chamber music, but also holds a certain fascination for Tango melodies. She established two Tango – Jazz quartets, which are quite successful in Germany.
Another participant of this concert is pianist Thuy Hoang, who has performed as a soloist and with symphony orchestras in many countries. Also, the audience will meet again two talented artists – violist Thien Bao and pianist Nguyen Trinh – who spent most of their youth studying and performing in France, and now they’ve come back with the desire to contribute to the development of classical music in Vietnam.
The audience will be inspired through the works of several outstanding composers such as W.A. MOZART, J. BRAHMS, D. SHOSTAKOVICH, C. DEBUSSY, G. BIZET. This concert promises to give the audience great moments.
Tickets
Standard 200.000 VND, VIP 250.000 VND
Tickets Hotline: 0903.034.112
Or email to: giaohuongsaigon@gmail.com
Hue – Exhibition “DAS PRACHTVOLLE GELB LÄUFT ÜBER BLASSE BLÄTTER”
Opening: Wed 18 May 2016, 5 pm
Artist Talk: Wed 18 May 2016, 7 pm
Exhibition: 18 May – 12 Jun 2016, 08 – 11 am and 2 – 5 pm
Museum of Culture Hue
23 – 25 Le Loi, Hue
Historic Ao Dais from the collection of Thai Kim Lan presented in a multimedia installation by Veronika Witte.
After the success of the exhibition of the private collection of Thai Kim Lan in Hanoi last year, the gorgeous historic Ao Dais from the Emperors court in Hue return to their place of origin. The Goethe-Institut Hanoi presents the collection in a multimedia installation by Veronika Witte at the Hue Cultural Museum.
The garments will be embedded in an elaborate multimedia space installation with elements from daily life in Vietnam as well as staged within two video performances. Through the appropriation, usage, reservation and the disappearance of Ao Dais they acquired meaning and importance – now their stories will be told in this exhibition at the Hue Cultural Museum.
In the interview installation, eight individuals talk with each other about the Ao Dais without ever having met – like the 95-year-old court lady of the Empress and the 19-year-old student. Fictional conversations about preserving, time and the meaning of Ao Dais in their own lives develop.
The exhibition’s opening on May 18, 2016, is followed by a talk with the artists Thai Kim Lan and Veronika Witte. Admission is free.
Veronika Witte has been working in Berlin since 1998 in the fields of sculpture, video and scenic installations and always blurring the lines between visual arts, music and opera. From 1988 to 1993 she studied at the Ecôle Nationale Supérièure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She received awards and grants in Israel, France and Germany, among others. Her scenic installations and performances were shown at the Museum Ludwig in Aachen, the Stadtgalerie in Saarbrücken, the Galerie Quang in Paris and the Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin. In 2010, the artist came to Vietnam to give lectures and hold workshops at various art academies in Hanoi, Hue and Saigon.
Thai Kim Lan was born in Hue and studied philosophy and German as a foreign language in Vietnam and Germany. In 1976 she received her PhD in philosophy at the LMU in Munich and was teaching there until 2007 as a private lecturer for comparative philosophy. Since 1994 she has been teaching in Ho Chi Minh City and Hue. She is co-founder of two associations for German-Vietnamese encounters. Besides her publications in the field of philosophy, Thai Kim Lan wrote cookbooks, essays and poems and translated texts of German authors and poets, amongst them Bertolt Brecht. Poems from her own bilingual volume of poems “In einem kälteren Land – Lanh hon xu minh” (“In a colder country”) won prices in Germany and Vietnam.
Film Screening “Le Chat du Rabbin”
Sun 15 May 2016, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to film screening “Le Chat du Rabbin” (France, 2011, 100’).
Director: Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux
Casting: François Morel, Maurice Bénichou, Hafsia Herzi
Radiant, vibrant, colorful and poetic – this modern oriental tale will enchant everyone… from 7 to 77 year-olds!
Film synopsis:
“Le Chat du Rabbin” is directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux based on volume one, two and five of Sfar’s comics series with the same title. It tells the story of a cat which obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in 1920s Algeria. After being released in 2011, the animation was warmly received by critics and audiences in France and America. Le Parisien says the movie contains the humor in Voltaire classic’s plays. The Hollywood Reporter reviews the film as a vibrant, colorful, poetic modern oriental tale – which brings audience back to the early 20th century North Africa. This film was awarded Best Animated Movie at César Award. It remains one of the best French movies in 2011.
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.
Film Screening “Eat Drink Man Woman”
Fri 13 May 2016, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
During the following month, you are invited to film screenings themed on world’s cuisines every Friday. All food lovers are welcome to come, enjoy movies and explore the culinary world with us.
In the 1st week, let’s enjoy the film screening of “Eat Drink Man Woman” directed by Ang Lee, his first work after coming back from the US.
EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN is a 1994 Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee and starring Sihung Lung, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, and Kuei-mei Yang. The film was released on August 3, 1994, the first of Lee’s films to be both a critical and box office success.
In 1994, the film received the Asia Pacific Film Festival Award for Best Film, and in 1995 it received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Many of the cast members had appeared in Ang Lee’s previous films. Sihung Lung and Ah Lei Gua played central elderly figures dealing with the transition from tradition to modernity in ‘The Wedding Banquet’, in which Winston Chao also starred. Sihung Lung played an immigrant father in ‘Pushing Hands’.
These three films show the tensions between the generations of a Confucian family, between East and West, and between tradition and modernity. They form what has been called Lee’s ‘Father Knows Best’ trilogy.
[ Wikipedia ]
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Exhibition “Greening City – 2016” by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
You are invited to the exhibition “Greening City – 2016”.
The exhibition was opened on 06 May 2016, organized by Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd and Nanoco Panasonic Showroom. It will last until 06 June 2016.
Don’t miss the chance to see and get to know about distinctive projects and constructions of the company. In the galleries, there will be showcase of architectural projects, as well as presentation about the design philosophy of Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd.
European Film Festival 2016
Hanoi:13 – 22 May 2016
Cinema 5, National Cinema Center
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Danang: 14 – 23 May 2016
Le Do Cinema
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HCMC: 15 – 26 May 2016
Cinema 3, CineStar
Movie lovers in Vietnam are soon to be enthralled by an array of the best European films during the European Film Festival 2016 (EFF2016). The festival, showcasing 13 contemporary films drawn from 13 EU’s member countries, will be opened in Hanoi on 13 May, in Danang on 14 May and in Ho Chi Minh city on 15 May 2016.
This annual cultural event is jointly organized by the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam, the Embassies of EU Member States and the European Cultural Institutes, providing an in-depth portrait of Europe including its lifestyle, culture and tradition from East to West thus helping to enhance the mutual understanding among the people.
EFF2016 strives to reflect the excellence, innovation, and diversity of European cinema in Vietnam, through a collection of the drama, comedy, tragedy, and passion of the moving image. Over the span of two weeks, the 17th edition of the festival brings audiences a wide selection of entertaining, challenging and delightful films, never-before-seen in town. Films screened have encountered success in their country of origin. Some of the films have won highly acclaimed national and international awards.
“The silver screen world has no borders. No passports or visas are required to take you from one country to another. Cinema has successfully shared diverse culture, people, histories and perspectives to audiences from across the globe for over a century. As the birthplace of cinematography and home to a number of prestigious international film festivals, Europe is renowned for its cinema heritage. By maintaining the presentation of European silver screen world in Vietnam, the European Union hopes to break down language and cultural barriers aiming to involve people from across the spectrum of the Vietnamese society. This cultural event is believed to be an excellent bridge to bring the people closer.” said Head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam, Ambassador Bruno Angelet.
Found in 2000, the European Film Festival has become a prominent and anticipated annual cultural event Vietnam. It has established itself as a credible avenue to bring new and captivating aspects of European culture to the attraction of Vietnamese people, by showcasing films that would otherwise not be shown in Vietnamese commercial cinemas.
This cinematic event is part of a broader series of “Europe Days 2016” events clustered around Europe Day (9 May), a cycle which since its inception in 2004 has gained a high profile in the cultural life of Vietnamese people.
The European Film Festival 2016 will take place at:
Hanoi: National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha Str.
Danang: Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu Str.
HCMC: CineStar Cinema, 271 Nguyen Trai, District 1
In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city all films will be screened in two sessions. In Danang, each film will be screened once. All films will be screened in their original languages with English and Vietnamese subtitles.
You can see festival calendar here and film information in this link.
Free tickets can be collected from 11.05.2016 from 9:00 at:
Hanoi:
Austrian Embassy, 8th floor, 53 Quang Trung, tel: (04) 39 43 30 50
Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, tel: (04) 37 34 22 51
National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, tel: (04) 3 514 2856
HCMC:
Austrian Honorary Consulate: No 121/40 Nguyen Van Huong, Thao Dien, Dist 2, HCMC. Tel: 08. 3519 3128
Goethe Institut: 335/4 Dien Bien Phu, Dist 1, tel: (08) 3 9 12 52 50
CineStar Cinema, 271 Nguyen Trai street, District 1, Hotline: 0938 900 643/ Tel: 08 7300 8881
Da Nang:
Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu, tel: (0511) 3 82 25 74
Cinema & Film Distribution Centre, 68 Tran Phu, tel: (0511) 3 82 32 84
National Cinema Center
87 Lang Ha, Hanoi
CineStar
271 Nguyen Trai Str, Dist 1, HCMC
Le Do Cinema
46 Tran Phu, Da Nang
Classical Concert with Jean-Louis Haguenauer
Sat 21 May 2016, 8 pm
The Grand Concert Hall
Vietnam National Academy of Music
77 Hao Nam, Hanoi
You are invited to the classical concert with Jean-Louis Haguenauer with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Vietnam National Academy of Music. The concert will also be organized in HCMC on 26 May 2016.
Recognized as a great interpreter of French piano repertoire, Jean-Louis Haguenauer is currently preparing a complete Debussy piano collection. He has also recorded solo repertoire of Liszt and chamber repertoire of Weber, Bloch, Ropartz, or Stravinsky.
Program
Conductor: Ian Passmore
Pianist: Jean-Louis Haguenauer
Nguyen Vinh Cat:
Poem symphony “Ngàn năm khoảnh khắc”
W.A. Mozart:
Concerto for piano No. 17, G major, K. 453
Charles Ives:
The Unanswered Question
A. Dvorak:
Symphony No. 9 E minor « New world »
Ticket
Ticket price: 100 000 VND, 200 000 VND, 350 000 VND, 500 000 VND
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”Live. Love. Dance.” – Austrian Movie at European Film Festival 2016
Hanoi: Sat 14 May 2016, 6 pm
Sun 15 May 2016, 4 pm
Cinema 5, National Cinema Center
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Danang: Sun 15 May 2016, 8 pm
Le Do Cinema
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HCMC: Wed 18 May 2016, 6 pm
Sat 21 May 2016, 8 pm
Cinema 3, CineStar
From Austrian Embassy:
You are invited to enjoy the Austrian film in the European Film Festival 2016: “Live. Love.Dance.”.
Director: Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl
Screenplay: Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl
Cast: Anna Posch, Markus Subramaniam, Thomas Schubert, Stefanie Reinsperger, Susi Stach,
Lola Khittl, David Süss, Karl Fischer, Gerald Votava, Barbara Gassner, Alice Schneider, Paul Matic
Genre: Drama/Chính kịch
Realeased: 2015
Language: With German language and Vietnamese & English subtitles
Now! Mae (Anna Posch) roams the streets of Vienna as a punk in her dead brother’s Converse shoes. She lives on canned beer, sprays walls, tries her hand at poetry slams. She’s not interested in bourgeois life but in extreme experiences. When she is sent to an Aids center to work off a punishment, she meets and falls in love with Paul (Markus Subramaniam).
CHUCKS tells the featherlight story of growing up between life and death. Full of humor, at times rebelliously loud, when extremely tender – completely in the spirit of the literary version it is based on the successful novel by Cornelia Travnicek about which Clemens J. Setz once wrote:
“If I get stuck in a lift with a character of contemporary literature, I would want it to be Mae. I don’t know whether I would come out safe and sound, but it would be worth it.”
Free tickets can be collected from 11.05.2016 from 9:00 to 16:00 at:
Hanoi:
Austrian Embassy, 8th floor, 53 Quang Trung, tel: (04) 39 43 30 50
Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, tel: (04) 37 34 22 51
National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, tel: (04) 3 514 2856
HCMC:
Austrian Honorary Consulate: No 121/40 Nguyen Van Huong, Thao Dien, Dist 2, HCMC. Tel: 08. 3519 3128
Goethe Institut: 335/4 Dien Bien Phu, Dist 1, tel: (08) 3 9 12 52 50
CineStar Cinema, 271 Nguyen Trai street, District 1, Hotline: 0938 900 643/ Tel: 08 7300 8881
Da Nang:
Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu, tel: (0511) 3 82 25 74
Cinema & Film Distribution Centre, 68 Tran Phu, tel: (0511) 3 82 32 84
National Cinema Center
87 Lang Ha, Hanoi
CineStar
271 Nguyen Trai Str, Dist 1, HCMC
Le Do Cinema
46 Tran Phu, Da Nang
Japanese Local Sound and Dance Performance
Sun 15 May 2016, 10.30 – 11.30 am
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung
Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents its eighth act of the JF Garage Concert, “Sound and Dance of Locals” performed by Kawashima-bayashi in Hanoi on Sunday 15.05.2016.
“Kawashima-bayashi” is a traditional dance music which has been performed through generation to generation among the people in Kawashima district in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama City for more 200 years since the beginning of the 18th century. In 1980, it became the first designated intangible cultural asset of the city.
The origin of Kawashima-bayashi is thought to be the annual festivals performed by farmers to thank the nature spirits for good harvest. Nowadays, they have important role not only in the seasonal festival (like summer festival, New Year’s festival) or feast.
They play drums, gong and bamboo flute, accompanied by dancers wearing traditional masks and costumes. Their comical performances are popular among the locals these days as an essential to celebrations.
Taking this opportunity, we hope you will enjoy Japanese traditional sound and dance, which have been passed from generation to generation for more than 200 years, and feel the spirit of the local people.
Film Screening “Fahrenheit 451”
Fri 13 May 2016, 8 pm
Blossom Art House
94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi
Come to film screening of FAHRENHEIT 451 directed by Ray Bradbury.
Based on the 1951 Ray Bradbury novel of the same name. Guy Montag is a firefighter who lives in a lonely, isolated society where books have been outlawed by a government fearing an independent-thinking public. It is the duty of firefighters to burn any books on sight or said collections that have been reported by informants. Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature that paper will burst into flame. People in this society including Montag’s wife are drugged into compliance and get their information from wall-length television screens. After Montag falls in love with book-hoarding Clarisse, he begins to read confiscated books. It is through this relationship that he begins to question the government’s motives behind book-burning. Montag is soon found out, and he must decide whether to return to his job or run away knowing full well the consequences that he could face if captured.
Duration: 120 minutes
Language: English
Subtitle: English
*50.000VND donation is suggested. For those who bring along a book for exchanging activity, it will be free of charge.
*LITTLE NOTE
In this screening event, you are invited to join our Book Exchange activity. For those who are huge fans of reading and sharing, please bring along one of your favorite and highly recommended books from the shelf to the spot. In return? You will get someone’s favorite one.
Vietnamese Filmmaker Nguyen Trinh Thi participates in “Hero Mother” Exhibition in Berlin
Opening: 13 May 2016, 7-11 pm (local time)
Exhibition: 14 May – 12 Jun 2016
Symposium: 12 Jun 2016
Studio 1 & MOMENTUM Gallery
Kunstquartier Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2, Berlin Kreuzberg
An art exhibition entitled “BEYOND BALAGAN!!! HERO MOTHER: Contemporary Art by Post-Communist Women – Rethinking Heroism” will take place from 14 May to 12 June in Berlin, with the participation of 30 women artists from 20 countries with communist legacies.
Filmmaker Nguyen Trinh Thi will represent Vietnam to take part in the exhibition.
Her Mother will present artworks by these contemporary women artists, who are either born in, or are based in, the states that used to (or still) practice state socialism. Their artworks, through a variety of media, address and defy the frighteningly regressive political agendas in many Eastern European countries today, outing it in the context of broader developments worldwide.
The exhibition and the discursive program focus on the role of gender, citizenship, nationalism, migration and personal freedom, as well as the relation between artists and institutions such as state structures. It looks at the ramifications of traditionalist political forces, as they are unleashed upon women, the queer community and other minorities at a time of increasingly resurgent conservative values.
The works shown in this exhibition will integrate time into their form and their content, including – but not limited to – video, performance, installation, public art, situationist action, interactive works and social engagement, sound, photography, text, and web-based work.
Her Mother is part of MOMENTUM’s program for 2016, consisting of a series of events, residencies and exhibitions called BEYOND BALAGAN, which inquires into contemporary art and its relation to life.
For more information about the exhibition, please visit the organizer’s website.
Nguyen Trinh Thi studied journalism, photography, international relations and ethnographic film in the United States. Her films and video art works have been shown at festivals and art exhibitions across Asia, Europe, and the USA – including Jeu de Paume, Paris; CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux; the Lyon Biennale 2015; Asian Art Biennial 2015, Taiwan; Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial 2014; Singapore Biennale 2013; Jakarta Biennale 2013; Oberhausen International Film Festival; Bangkok Experimental Film Festival; Artist Films International; DEN FRIE Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen; and Kuandu Biennale, Taipei.
Screening of “Zone 9″ Documentary by Nguyen Anh Thu in Los Angeles
Wed 11 May, 8 pm (in PDT)
Echo Park Lake Pedal Boats Canoe & Gondola
751 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, California 90026
Join director Nguyen Anh Thu and producer Gabriel Hernandez for the premiere screenings of ZONE 9.
This documentary, shot over the course of several weeks in Vietnam, deals with the some of the issues facing Vietnamese people in modern times.
An abandoned pharmaceutical factory becomes the backdrop for an artistic movement taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam. Artists and entrepreneurs of all ages and backgrounds come together to form an arts complex known as “Zone 9” in an attempt to fulfill their dreams and passions. Feature preceded by The Factory, an animated short film by Nguyen Thuy Duong.
FREE EVENT! PICNICS WELCOME! LOCATION: NEAR THE BOATHOUSE AT ECHO PARK LAKE.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Nguyen Anh Thu has a strong desire to make documentaries conveying social issues and problems people have to face in her home country. To her, documentary is a powerful media to tell stories, to contribute to social change and to express herself. Her first film “When we were 20” won the first prize for documentary in 2009 by the “We are filmmakers” project and was screened at several universities in United States, including Yale, NYU and Princeton. Nguyen Anh Thu’s second short is about the influence of urbanization on a small village in Hanoi while her third film, which is now under post-production, explores a reforestation and conservation project in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil.
Gabriel Hernandez is a Hanoi expat and native New Yorker with a strong appreciation of documentary film, art and travel. To him Zone 9 was an important part of the development of the local arts scene in Vietnam and thus aims to showcase its contributions with this documentary.
Performances of Electric Yard Dogs in May
The Electric Yard Dogs continue to have regular dates at the following Bars and Clubs in Hanoi:
– THE KNEIPE – 52 To Ngoc Van – Wednesdays (11th, 18th & 25th May) 9pm – 11pm
– Docker’s Natura Bar (Below Nha Hang Phuong Nguyen) To Ngoc Van – Thursdays (5th, 12th, 19th & 26th May) 9pm – 11pm
– +84 BAR – 23 Ngo Van So – Fridays (6th, 13th, 20th & 27th May) 9pm – 11pm
– 1900 Le Theatre – 8 Ta Hien – Sundays (8th & 29th May) 8.30 -10pm
– The Doors Cafe – 11 Hang Chinh – Sunday 22nd May
– EUROCHAM Food Festival – National Library on Trang Thi Street – Saturday 14th May 4pm – 9pm
In various incarnations, The Electric Yard Dogs have been performing in Hanoi for over five years. Original members Jez Hartley and Simon ‘Otis’ Redington, who hail from the ‘70s London Punk Rock scene, have now been joined by Le Havre rocker Ricardo Canu on drums and Louisiana wildcat Scott ‘Shyboy’ Reynolds on Blues harp in a new revitalised Rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll outfit.
The music is a highly dance-able mix of fast rock, rhythm and swing, a style reminiscent of Dr Feelgood, the Texas Bar Room Blues of Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds with a touch of Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reed thrown in for the hell of it!
Bold Strokes – Celebration of Life and Art
Opening: Wed 11 May 2016, 6 pm
Duration: 11 – 31 May 2016
Art Vietnam Gallery
2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su Str, Hanoi
As the world is reeling with political fracture, environmental disaster, spiritual confusion, economic and familial breakdown, art holds its unique place as a beacon of awareness and a place of refuge.
Art Vietnam Gallery is pleased to present Bold Strokes, an celebration of what we feel is an expression of the best and brightest evolution of art coming out of Vietnam today.
We are presenting the innovative works of our gallery artists from over the years complimented by the works of some new emerging artists with their imaginative, thought provoking works; The ForeFinger 2015 sculpture by Tran Tuan from Hue recently presented in The Land of Distortion exhibition at the Bildmusset Museum in Sweden, juxtaposed with recent video works, Another Place Across the River 2013-4 by Truong Cong Tung from HCMC and the Bui Cong Khanh Artist in Residence Playhouse Square video from the Cleveland Foundation Creative Fusion Workshop that expose modern day life and the struggle for existence in a rapidly changing world.
We have selected an early video of Gang of Five pioneer and curator Tran Luong, Mao Khe 2001, which depicts the harsh conditions of the coal miners and includes Luong’s notable performance Steamed Rice Man, his classic, timeless video. Bold inscriptions of text in abstract forms figure extensively in this show. In contrast to the calligraphic works of the avant garde Zenei Gang of Five Nom scholars, Nguyen Duc Dung, Tran Trong Duong, Nguyen Quang Thang and Phan Van Tuan, who present the ancient Vietnamese Nom script in a contemporary styling, we have the abstract calligraphic musings of Nguyen Cam Day and Night 2 2008 and the elusive text of the Unsent Letter 2015 series of Le Thua Tien from Hue. Le Quoc Viet, artist, scholar and founder of Zenei presents his series of scrolls, This is what I heard 2008, a combination of painting, woodblock prints, rubbings and calligraphy that exemplify the wide and varied use of text, abstract and concrete. Dang Anh Viet Exploration 04 2012 is a departure from the more classic Chinese ink painting as the artist paints on glass and then prints the paper, letting the flow of water and ink transform and flow freely on the surface.
Nguyen Huu Tram Kha‘s biomorphic work, The Persistent Growth 2015, a wooden incised cut sculpture with imprints of silk exudes a modulating sense of organic femininity while the lacquer sculpted torso, Armor 2014 by Phi Phi Oanh, stands firm, resolute with a sense of strength, purpose and power. Nguyen Manh Hung, The Meeting 2015 and Checkpoint 2014 continues to delight with his sardonic, humorous depictions of a country shifting from an ancient, traditional culture headlong into modern day commercialism. Simon Redington‘s wood cut, Room Seven Satan’s Cage 2003, a reference to the incarcerations of imperialism, reflects the somber past. Scholar, artist Nguyen The Son‘s photo reliefs, Obama Dentist 2012 and Harmony, Autumn Moon, Fresh Wind 2013, depict the rapid transformation of the physical landscape of Hanoi and its social ramifications on the society.
Maritta Nurmi, Birds and Birds 2013, and No Birds 2013, shimmery silver leaf surfaces framed in textiles with images of the leaves of the frangipani trees, commonly found at the entrance of all pagodas, lead us into a contemplation of the world beyond the physical realm. Her Inside, Outside circular disc, and the Inside, Outside, Upside table are common everyday objects elevated to the sublime with their contemplative imagery of the seated Buddha hidden amongst the leaves.
Dinh Y Nhi‘s Joy of Life 2015, perhaps a strident version to some, exemplifies the bold expression of the artist who was the first female practitioner to break with the tradition of accepted feminine norm.
The Beauty VIII 2010 by Ha Tri Hieu is yet another version of femininity, bold and beautiful in its simplicity which contrasts stylistically with Dinh Thi Tham Poong‘s Fish and the Forest, 2015 and yet both works retain the artists’ simplicity and love of the natural expression of life.
Tran Hoang Son and Diep Quy Hai‘s Zodiac lacquer plates depict a time honored tradition for the TET holiday season when artists created zodiac creatures to ring in the new year. Lolo Zazar‘s creations of wooden sculpted Zodiac animals covered in photos of the old walls of Hanoi present a modern, playful twist.
Truong Tan, The Protector 2016, and Black Cloud on the Sky in the Day of Demonstration 2016, one of Vietnam’s leading international artists, lacquer compositions continue the artists dialogue with identity and how to carve out a space in this fractured world.
Nguyen Nghia Cuong‘s Marilyn Visiting the Orient 2010 plays with pop culture meeting Asia with his humorous Happy Buddha crowning Marilyn Monroe, the quintessential symbol of American beauty. Mai Dac Linh‘s The Resplendent Past VIII 2005 references the past Dong Son drum culture with a quiet reverence to Buddhism. Fellow lacquer artist Trinh Quoc Chien also uses Buddhist imagery and cosmic symbols in his work on the three existences, The Past, Present and Future 2014.
How can I join them 2011, a highly accomplished work on silk, another traditional Vietnamese medium used in a modern style by Nguyen Thi Chau Giang is a testimony to the outsider culture that is omnipresent for female artists.Nguyen Minh Thanh‘s Diamonds 2004 is the work of a highly respected artist who has retreated and chosen a solitary, meditative style of life. This is a work concerning destiny and a reflection of what is to come.
The silk scrolls and bronze sculptures of Nguyen Thi Chinh Le are a series of the daily activities of the Zen Buddhist monks. Each silk painting has a visual representation of the figures in silk complimented by a physical representation in bronze, the Yin and Yang of life.
Vu Kim Thu‘s light sculptures composed of Do paper from Vietnam and Washi paper from Japan are covered with miniature drawings that the artists weaves into her light constructions.
In Miniature of Space #7, #41 and #15, 2013 the artist experiments in the new form of light sculpture. She delves deeper than just the material itself and incorporates it into a dwelling in daily life.
Buddhist scholar and art critic Phan Cam Thuong’s Beside the flowing river 2002 is a classic work that uses the ancient woodblock print but with his signature flowing brush style.Teacher to many of the artists presented in this show, Thuong now spends most of his time on research and critical writing on Vietnamese art.
The Dream 2015, a selection of the parts of the Honda Dream motorcycle, was created in marble with the help of local Vietnamese craftsmen from Danang by Spanish artist Jorge Rivera. Each motorcycle part is juxtaposed on a pedestal symbolizing icons of ancient Vietnamese culture.
Dinh Cong Dat, Hanoi Sculptor, creates all manner of playful creatures and statues out of fiberglass then painted with lacquer. His iconic Schoolboys, Schoolgirls, Standing Buddhas and Sitting Buddhas are representative of a playful interpretation of tradition into modernity. Black and white photographs of the 54 ethnic minorities by Sebastien Laval from the early 1990’s have given way to the photographer’s latest body of work, Hanoi 18h/6h, Hue 18h/6h. These works, all taken from 6pm until 6am with no artificial light possess a ghostly, painterly atmosphere that draws the viewer into a magical, mysterious world.
On the cusp on the American presidential visit to Vietnam in late May, the gallery would also like to highlight the artistic exchange of artists from America to Vietnam that has contributed to the healing of the wounds of the past through the beauty of the spirit. David Thomas, artist and founder of the Indochina Arts Partnership in Boston, has brought over 100 artists from Vietnam for residencies in the US and presented numerous exhibitions in his effort to expose Vietnamese art. His Jesus Buddha 2/5 2011 is a reflection of the man himself with one half of his existence in the West and one half in the East.
In 2015 Mark Cooper spent extensive time in Vietnam in a workshop at the Muong Museum in Hoa Binh making collaborative works of art with several Vietnamese artists that were presented in the Muong Museum in Hoa Binh, the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and the Vietnam Fine Arts University in Hanoi. His amorphic ceramics reflect the dynamism of his country tempered by the grace and dignity of the East.
Donald Damask, a fine printmaker from New York, came to Vietnam in 2005. Fascinated with the tactile nature of the traditional handmade Do paper, he created a series of works, Blood, Sweat and Tears, that project his anguish and sorrow over the tragedy of war.
Catherine Karnow has a long legacy in Vietnam. Her father, Stanley Karnow, a journalist and writer, is the highly respected author of the seminal book and Emmy award winning documentary on the country, Vietnam: a History.
Catherine’s first visited Vietnam in 1990 and immersed herself in the life and the culture of the Vietnamese. Her photographs reflect the unique perspective of the consummate insider and are evocative of a country opening its arms to the international world. The Barber 2014 is a timeless piece, a bit of nostalgia tempered with contemporary society.
This wide array of superlative works are a small representation of a dynamic country on the move. They are by no means all that Vietnam has to offer, they are but a small part. We would like to honor all of the artists of Vietnam who have contributed so much to the global understanding of a very unique and dynamic country.
Music Night with Ratatat from New York
Sun 22 May 2016, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
New York City experimental rock-meets-electronica duo consisting of Mike Stroud on guitar, melodica, synthesizers, percussion, and producer Evan Mast on bass, synthesizers & percussion.
NPR on their latest album (2015), Magnifique:
On the band’s fifth album, Brooklynites Mike Stroud and Evan Mast built sleek, propulsive instrumentals using a spare palette of guitars, synthesizers and simple percussion in such a way that the music sounds both triumphant and understated. These are rock instrumentals that needn’t overcompensate for their lack of words; they don’t strain to be heard or scramble to stand out, but instead convey coolness that seems effortless.
What Magnifique — Ratatat’s first album since the more experimental LP4 five summers ago — lacks in showy flamboyance or wholly surprising sounds, it possesses in breezy smoothness that proves versatile. The first single, “Cream On Chrome,” has the most overt zippiness to it, but even it never works up a sweat or wastes a breath. When Ratatat kicks up a few ’80s-style hard-rock guitar solos in “Pricks Of Brightness,” they function as some of the most easygoing heroics you’ll ever hear.
Elsewhere on Magnifique, the duo’s instrumentals seem suited to accompany mixed drinks at a beachside restaurant: At several points in “Drift,” Ratatat calms down enough to emit a noise that closely resembles a cat’s purr, while “Supreme” sways softly such that it attracts a chirping bird. If Magnifique unfolds like a snappy summer movie, “I Will Return” is there at the end to burble euphorically over the closing credits, even going so far as to promise a sequel right in its title. Here’s hoping so.
Tickets:
200k pre-advance
250k advance. Likely to sell out!
from CAMA ATK. 73a Mai Hac De.
Charity Event: School On The Boat Island Run
Sat 14 May 2016, 9 am
Chez Xuân Restaurant
41 lane 76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi
School On The Boat Island Run is a Charity Run to support NGO School On The Boat which aims to provide access to education for disavantaged children in Hanoi.
As the run takes place on the Island, you will be surrounded by banana trees and greenery. So, if you like running, breathing the fresh air or supporting a good cause, you will be amazed!
You can choose the type of run: 5KM, 10KM or a 2KM Fun Run. Whether you’re an athlete, an occasional sporty or a life lover who want to have a fun time with your family and friends, you are all well-welcomed to take part of this event with us!
Schedule:
9:00 – Meeting point at Chez Xuan restaurant
9:30 – Start of the race
11:30 – End of the race
12:00 – Prizes
12:30 – Lunch BBQ at Chez Xuan + live music
Registration:
1) Choose your ticket :
– RUN (5KM or 10KM) + LUNCH INCLUDED = 250K
– RUN (5KM or 10KM) = 100K
– FUN RUN (2KM) is FREE
For those you want to do the fun run, the lunch will be 150K.
We also propose a Lunch for Kids: 120K
2) Then, you have 2 possibilities :
– Go to Rent A Bike shop (No. 27, Alley 52, To Ngoc Van St, Hanoi – Open everyday 8:30 am – 12 noon & 1:30pm -5:30pm) – to register and pay directly your ticket
OR
– Send an email at rentabikehn@gmail.com to register online and you will pay on the d-day May 14th.
Vietnam – Korea Clay Painting Exhibition
Opening: Thu 05 May 2016, 5 pm
Exhibition: 06 – 14 May 2016
Korean Cultural Centre
49 Nguyễn Du, Hà Nội
Clay Painting is a popular art form in Vietnam and Korea. To celebrate the 10th year of establishment, the exhibition “Vietnam – Korea Clay Painting” will be the first and only experience for flower and art lovers to enjoy a space of colorful flowers in the typical charming scenery of Korea and Vietnam. The exhibition will feature 27 clay paintings in different sizes themed on flowers as lotus, sesame buds, roses, orchids, daisies, cherry, flowering canola, etc…
Talking about her career path in clay paintings, Huong Thuy said: “To have a clay flower, we must follow many steps. Firstly, mix colors with clay until having desired colors, then use the roller to make specific thickness depending on the type of flower. Then use a mold to cut each petal, each leaf and then shape them. Sewing each flower requires high level skills to make flowers alive. When they become dry, they must be soft like the real flowers. Then paint and draw details on the petals to get desired flowers. The artist need to squeeze entirely by hand the pistil, flower buds. Then transplant the details of flowers together and finally twigs and flower arrangements.”
About the artist:
Huong Thuy was born in 1976 in Hanoi and graduated from the Academy of Journalism and Communication. From 1998 – 2008 she was a cultural journalist of Post Newspaper. In 2015, she started making 3D clay flower paintings.
Free entry.
Screening “In the Mood for Love” and Mini Doc Series by Doc Journey Project’s Filmmakers
Screening of “In the mood for love”: Fri 06 May 2016, 7.30 pm
Screening of mini doc series by filmmakers in Doc Journey project: Sat 07 May 2016, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung. It premiered on 20 May 2000, at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d’Or.
The film’s original Chinese title, meaning “the age of blossoms”; or “the flowery years” – Chinese metaphor for the fleeting time of youth, beauty and love – derives from a song of the same name by Zhou Xuan from a 1946 film. The English title derives from the song, ‘I’m in the Mood for Love’. Wong had planned to name the film ‘Secrets’, until listening to the song late in post-production.
The movie forms the second part of an informal trilogy: The first part was ‘Days of Being Wild’ (released in 1991) and the last part was 2046 (released in 2004).
[ Wikipedia ]
Language: original language with Vietnamese subtitles.
Watch the film’s trailer here:
Screening of mini documentary series by authors from project Doc Journey
Doc-Journey
Along with the film screening at TPD (Friday night), you are invited to the documentary screening – considered as specialty of The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents under the program Vietnamese cinema (Saturday afternoon).
In the first week of May, Doc Journey will feature four documentary films by female authors, including:
– Con hươu non – Director: Le Thu Minh
– Chúng tôi đã cưới – Director: Nguyen Ha Phuong
– Khi sóng vỗ bờ – Director: Nguyen Xuan Hoang Minh
– Con đi trường học – Director: Ha Le Diem
Director Le Thu Minh with green – a film set in mountainous area in the North. A story, some sharing about child marriage in thousands green shadings of the mountains …
Director Nguyen Ha Phuong with red – a film name provokes the color of wedding cards, luck and blessings for the couple. A love stories of Down patient couple is both complex and ardent …
Director Nguyen Xuan Hoang Minh with blue – a girl from the sea. This can be considered as a love story, a story of people away from home.
Director Ha Le Diem with purple – is another story from the mountainous area in the North, telling the story of a HIV woman raised her HIV child alone.
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Les Arômes 2016 Cultivates Culinary Savoir-Faire
29 Apr – 04 Jun 2016
Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi
15 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi
Like Tet, some special events require more than the few official days allocated to them, and this year the Hotel Metropole’s 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 workshop 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’ special picnic dinner at La Veranda, featuring wines by Chateau Grand Verdus. With live jazz music, a bread counter, cold cuts station, this is truly a unique summer night to remember.
The Chateau Grand Verdus vintages hail from 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 on April 29 at La Veranda with a wine dinner featuring Craggy Wines from New Zealand, followed by La Nuit by Sofitel on 27th May, a night of glamour at Angelina restaurant & lounge, and concludes June 4 with a wine dinner featuring Bordeaux’s famous Domaine de Chevalier at L’Orangerie.
OvO / Wừu / Sound Awakener / Đẻ
Sun 15 May 2016, 7 pm
REC Room, Floor 20, Hanoi Creative City, 1 Luong Yen, Hanoi
This is perhaps not so obvious, but anyone who has been to one of the live gigs The Onion Cellar put on circa 2013, 2014 – and how could one ever forget about Zeni Geva, The Observatory, MoE, about Staer, CoCC, or Proportions? – might have realised that dark, noisy, violent and extreme ‘rock-ish and metal-ish’ musics form an important part of our multi-faceted identity.
And after a considerably lengthy absence from the live stages of Vietnam, we are happy to turn up the volume to 11 again, with this REC Room Hanoi debut co-headlined by ‘minimal extreme-metalists’ / giants of the global left-field underground OVO (Italy) and Vietnamese-grindcore purveyors WỪU – a name that perhaps needs no introduction; plus support from two young, promising acts representative of the new crop of Vietnamese talents: SOUND AWAKENER (noise) and ĐẺ (grindcore).
Obviously The Onion Cellar’s noisiest gig to date – which does say something. Brace yourself.
OvO’s drummer Bruno Dorella describing the duo (via numerous interviews):
“A little masked girl singing like the scariest growler in her made up language, torturing a detuned guitar. A big masked guy playing a little drum set without a kick, just using his arms, and sounding like a double-kick heavy metal drummer.
I met Stefania at a Sepultura show, in 1996. We both grew up with punk, metal and hardcore. We still listen to them, but we’re open to every kind of music.”
“..,and I guess we’ll never play a standard one. Whenever we play something it can sound more like sludge, noise, doom, black, stoner, rock and roll, but I think I’m not too arrogant if I say that there’s nothing else like OvO. And I don’t even think we’re so strange and bizarre.
She’s a natural born phenomenon. Her voice sounds like a trained opera singer mixed with the wildest male growler linked to a chain of weird pedal effects… but it’s all natural and she does it without any training.”
“Considering the buzz surrounding the band and their music, the demand for trippy, demonic fem-metal is active and healthy.” (Blistering website on OvO)
After a lengthy hiatus, ‘the geniuses are now back’.
“WỪU don’t spare much in their arsenal, laying down all manner of blasts, shreds, breakdowns, death metal riffs, punk riffs, screams, growls, pig squeals, yelps and more besides.
Named after a local hero in the war against the Colonial French, Vietnamese grindcore powerhouse WỪU are just as furious and uncompromising as their namesake.
Bringing it more than the standard grindcore influences, their 2011 debut ‘888’ takes in everything from old school death metal to more experimental, eclectic and electronic styles, bringing them to the attention of internet label Grindcore Karaoke run by Arogaphobic Nosebleed’s J Randall. WỪU’s second album – Hoang Tưởng (Paranoia) – came out in 2012 via Bloody Chunks Records, a label run by Trung Loki, key member of WỪU and numerous other extreme bands of Saigon.” (Obscene Extreme festival)
SOUND AWAKENER (noise, Hà Nội)
WỪU (grindcore, Saigon)
The experimental musician and sound artist behind the alias Sound Awakener has been composing and playing experimental music since 2011. She has been creating sonic waves in Hanoi’s underground music scene for the last couple of years. With an extraordinary understanding of tones and tunes and an ear for everyday sounds she can turn into music she works both on solo projects and has teamed up with artists working across various media and from around the world to add audio elements to visual experiences.
ĐẺ (grindcore, Hà Nội / Sài Gòn)
ĐẺ was founded in early 2016 by 3 young members Đức Lùn, Hưng Béo and Tín Mập. Even though they have performed live twice the band have never had a proper practice together. That explains their freestyle performance influenced by noise and experimental.
TICKETS:
Early Bird: 40,000 VND (limited to 20 tickets)
Advance: 80,000 VND *
On the door: 120,000 VND
* Advance tickets available via the following channels:
– Via TicketBox
– Via The Onion Cellar office (22 Hàng Mành) – please contact 01224 391 682 before visiting
– Via Da Paolo restaurant (18 lane 50/59/17 Đặng Thai Mai, Tây Hồ // phone number: 37 186 317)
Music Story of the Old Quarter in May
Fri 13 May 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 richness as the city’s history itself: diversified and original.
“Music Story of the Old Quarter” is a monthly music shows which is objected to introduce generally to the world the evolution of the city of Hanoi’s music, from past to present.
The shows portrait the city’s music history through traditional vocal techniques, rhythms and beats combined with contemporary installation arts. The performances are delivered by the top class singers and musicians.
Through the shows, we hope to successfully communicate the core values of Hanoi’s culture, history and humans to the audiences, both Vietnamese natives and foreign friends.
* FREE ENTRANCE *
This is a non-profit program. Donations are greatly welcome.
Donation methods:
– Donation at the door
– Buying bamboo sticks (50k/stick) and give the stick to organizers after any performance that you find amusing.
– Short term/ Long term sponsorship for the project (Contact details below)
** ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS**
THE ANCIENT MUSIC OF TONKIN, the group of artists, traditional singers, musicians and Vietnamese culture lovers who embrace the passion for the conservation of Vietnamese traditional music. We are working to share the values of our beautiful Vietnamese cultural heritages.
CONTACT DETAILS (for information, tour dates, cooperations and sponsorship)
Linh Nguyen
Communication & Project Management
Email: nlethuylinh@gmail.com
or dongkinhconhac@gmail.com
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Film Screening “9-Month Stretch”
Film screening with Vietnamese subtitles: Fri 13 May 2016, 8 pm
Film screening with English subtitles: Sun 15 May 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “9-Month Stretch” (France, 2013, 82’).
Director: Albert Dupontel
Casting: Sandrine Kiberlain, Albert Dupontel, Nicolas Marié
A hilarious comedy about a judge of strict morals who discovers she’s got pregnant by a criminal wanted for murder.
Film synopsis:
Ariane Felder is pregnant! The situation is even more surprising because Ariane is a young judge and confirmed single woman with very strict morals. But what is even more surprising is that, based on the paternity tests, the baby’s father is none other than Bob, a criminal who has been tried for an horrific assault. Ariane, who can’t remember a thing, tries to understand what on earth could have happened and what lies ahead for her…
Language:
On 13 May: French with Vietnamese subtitles
On 15 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.
Tea Ceremony Workshop
Sat 07 May 2016, 3 pm – 5 pm
Module 7
83 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Tea is not only a drink but also a static art imbued with Asian culture. Following the program “Cùng bạn nhìn lại vẻ đẹp” (Look back at beauty together), you are invited to the Tea Ceremony Workshop at Module 7.
Tea art in Vietnam is not influenced by the Chinese, Korean, or Japanese counterparts. This event will be a platform for tea lovers to feel, interact with tea, from manufacturing knowledge to preservation and enjoy a delicious tea kettle.
Free entry
Language: Vietnamese/English
For more information, please contact:
Module 7 Studio
Tel: 84 43 719 7247
Email: module7design.info@gmail.com
Exhibition “Whisper of Memory”
Opening: Sun 15 May 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 15 – 29 May 2016
Nha San Collective
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
Nha San Collective is pleased to present Israeli artist Belle Shafir’s solo exhibition, entitled “Whisper of Memory”. Through her animated videos, drawings inspired from old photographs of her family and installation work with knitted horsehair, Belle Shafir explores the notions of memory imprinted in history and crossing cultures as an initiative of shaping identity. The exhibition is made possible with the support of the Embassy of Israel in Vietnam.
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“What is memory? What does the brain choose to remember? And what distinguishes memory from remembrance? These issues have, in recent years, stood at the heart of Belle Shafir’s artistic research. This research focuses on the invisible, elusive, internal processes that cause some things to sink into the depths of our memory and allow other experiences, long forgotten in its chaotic archives, to be recovered and made real.
Shafir’s continuous, reflexive work process takes her back to the sights of her childhood and youth, to the stories of the earlier generations of her family, when they had resided in other countries. Through these, her own memories, she examines the mechanisms of memory, and how memories shape our identities. The motivation for this process is neither nostalgia nor the desire to document the past, but rather the awareness of the gap between the memory itself, and its recollection, which takes place place many years after the events had occurred (or not), as well as of the futility of the attempt to capture a memory and view it as absolute.
The decision to explore these issues and their relation to her personal, split and conflict-ridden identity has pulled the carpet from under Shafir’s feet. It is an experience akin to getting lost in the historical thicket of one who wanders between cultures; between the east and the west, between German and Israeli identities, while looming above it all, like a dark cloud, is the fact of her being the daughter of Polish Holocaust survivors, who had immigrated to Germany at the end of World War II.”
About the artist:
Belle Shafir is a multi-disciplinary artist. Born 1953 in Germany, Shafir currently lives and works in Tel Aviv. She has been an active artist in Israel and abroad for over three decades and has presented her works in solo and group exhibitions at prominent venues, including: Tel Aviv Museum, Petach Tikva Museum, Herzliya Museum (Israel), Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn (USA), The Jewish Culture Museum, Veitshoechheim (Germany) and other galleries and museums around the world. Throughout the years Shafir participated in prestigious residencies such as Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and her works were purchased by the collections of the Modern Art Museum of Portofino, Italy, Davis Museum in Barcelona (Spain) and private collectors across the globe.
Free entry
European Food Festival 2016
Sat 14 May 2016, 4 pm
National Library
31 Trang Thi, Hanoi
Part of the Europe Days 2016 programme, the 10th European Food Festival adds some flavour to the celebration of European cultural diversity.
An exciting day-out to enjoy with your whole family or to treat your friends and business partners: Leading hotels, restaurants and distributors offer a variety of delicious food and drinks. As special highlights, you will be invited to try unique European delicacies for the first time ever in Vietnam, to enjoy a special Cryogenic food show, live entertainment and music, children’s activities, and a lucky draw with lots of valuable prizes. Learn about Fair Trade products and take part in a quiz about Geographical Indications.
There’s something for everyone at Hanoi’s premier gastronomic festival. Come and enjoy a culinary trip through Europe in the lush garden of the National Library and celebrate with us the 10th European Food Festival.
Programme:
4.00 pm: Venue opens: kids’ activities and music
5.00 pm: Opening ceremony: Food stalls open
5.15 pm: Cryogenic food show
6.00 pm: Live music: “The Electric Yard Dogs”
7.15 pm: 1st lucky draw
7.30 pm: Live music: “FLASHBACK”
8.30 pm: 2nd lucky draw
8.45 pm: Dance music by DJ
Tickets:
Venue: 31 Trang Thi, Hanoi
Tickets: 360,000VND (incl. many food/drink coupons)
Free entrance for children under 7 years old
Discounts for purchases of +10 tickets
For tickets, please contact:
EuroCham Office: Ground Floor, Sofitel Plaza Hotel, 1 Thanh Nien, Hanoi
Tel: 04-3715 2228; Email: linh@eurochamvn.org
Europe Meets Vietnam in Jazz: Michael Schiefel Plays in Hanoi and HCMC
Hanoi: 09 & 10 May 2016, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
No. 1 Trang Tien
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HCMC: Wed 11 May 2016, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Cong Truong Lam Son, D. 1
On the occasion of the annual European day on May 09, three countries Italy, Poland and Germany are organizing gala concerts at Hanoi Opera House and HCMC Opera House.
Michael Schiefel (Vocals) │ Nguyen Bao Long (Saxophone) | Davide Pasqualini (Percussion) │ Gabriel Niedziela Guitar Jörg Brinkmann (Cello) | Nguyen Huu Vuong (Piano)
Coordinated by the Goethe-Institut Hanoi, talented jazz musician Michael Schiefel, who is often described by German press as a phenomenon in the national jazz scene, will be playing in Vietnam alongside Italian drummer Davide Pasqualini, Polish guitarist Gabriel Niedziela and German cellist Jörg Brinkmann, Vietnamese saxophonist Nguyen Bao Long and pianist Nguyen Huu Vuong (both from the group JumpforJazz).
On the evening before the gala concert, the musicians will also host a jamming session at Goethe-Institut Hanoi. All interested jazz musicians are welcome to bring their instruments and improvise together with the renowned musicians from Europe. Admission to the jam session is free.
Free tickets available to collect:
Hanoi: 05.05.2016 at Goethe-Institut Hanoi (from 9 am).
HCMC: 06.05.2016 at Goethe-Institu HCMC (from 9 am)
European Literature Days 2016 in Hanoi and HCMC
Opening: Thu 05 May 2016, 5 pm
Goethe Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi
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Literature Days in Hanoi: 05 – 10 May
Goethe Institut, L’Espace and Casa Italia
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Literature Days in HCMC: 08 – 12 May
IDECAF, Library of General Sciences, several venues on Book Street (Nguyen Van Binh)
From Goethe Institut:
This is the 6th European Literature Days event to be held in Hanoi, and it is the first time that the event will travel to Ho Chi Minh City. The vibrant literature festival with contributions from 8 European countries will offer a lot of exciting activities for book lovers, including book presentations, readings, workshops, exhibitions, films, prizes and big discounts on European books in shops on HCMC’s Book Street – Nguyen Van Binh (Ben Nghe Ward, D.1).
The event will run from 4th to 10th May in Hanoi, and from 8th to 12th May in Ho Chi Minh City with 24 activities in which you can participate. Different groups of readers, from kids to adults with a variety of reading tastes, will all be able to find novels that match their interests and ignite their imaginations as they explore literature from eight European countries – Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
In 2016, the world of literature is also celebrating the work of two famous authors – the British playwright William Shakespeare and the Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes, author of the famous Don Quixote. 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare and Cervantes, therefore, during European Literature Days, Britain will host three events – a conference, a talk, and a workshop celebrating Shakespeare; and Spain will host a presentation celebrating Miguel de Cervantes and his seminal work – The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.
Vietnamese readers of European literature might already be familiar with children’s characters from French and British literature like Nicolas, the Little Prince, Pippi Longstocking and Emil of Lonneberga. Many more European books have now been translated into Vietnamese for the first time. These newly translated works, many of which are award-winning titles, will be showcased in book presentations and conferences. These include «Wisdom and Destiny» by Maurice Maeterlinck (Wallonia-Brussels – Nobel prize 1911), «Don’t cry» by Lydie Salvayre (France – Goncourt prize 2014), “War memoirs” by Charles De Gaulle (France), “Geschmack von Apfelkernen” by Katharina Hagena, «Das Schloss» by Franz Kafka (Germany) and a wide range of children book series like “Ulysses Moore” Vol. 4, 5 and 6 (Italy), the three – volume Rico and Oskar series (Germany), «Speaking English with Martine» (Wallonia-Brussels), “Philosophy for teenagers” (France), and the illustrated children’s series «Secrets Children Need to Know» (Sweden).
Other events have also been adopted to make the most of this year’s European Literature Days, including a discussion about historical fiction and an exhibition of illuminated picture books (Denmark), a reading of «Sungs Laden» by Karin Kalisa (Germany), a writing competition and a workshop on drawing young characters (France), a movie screening, and a European Books Discount Festival on Book Street (HCMC). Calling all literature lovers! Come and enjoy!
About the organizer: The annual European Literature Day has been successfully organized in Hanoi by EUNIC, the association of European Cultural Institutes and Embassies, since 2011. It celebrates and shares the best of European literature with Vietnamese readers, and for 2016, the event will also take place in Ho Chi Minh City, opening the opportunity for a much wider audience of literature lovers in Vietnam to participate.
All events will take place at the Goethe-Institut, l’Espace or Casa Italia in Hanoi, and at IDECAF, Library of General Sciences HCMC, or at venues on Book Street (Nguyen Van Binh, D.1) in HCMC.
Free admission.
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi
Tel.: +84 4 37342251
Fax: +84 4 37342254
info@hanoi.goethe.org
website
Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace
24 Trang Tien, Hanoi
Điện thoại: (84-4) 39 36 21 64
info@espace-ccfhanoi.org
www.ifhanoi-lespace.com
Casa Italia
18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi
Opening hours: 9 am – 9 pm all days
”Into Darkness” – Solo Exhibition by Vu Kim Thu
Opening: Fri 06 May 2016, 6.30 pm
Exhibition: 06 – 31 May 2016, 8 am – 10 pm
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
Manzi is delighted to present Vu Kim Thu’s solo exhibition ‘Into Darkness’.
‘Into Darkness’ is the outcome of Kim Thu’s continuous experimentation in combining Japanese Washi with Vietnamese Dzo paper, and line drawing with lighting. The project-in-progress started in 2013 with Kim Thu’s residency at Mino Paper Art Village (Mino, Japan) where she learnt the art of Washi and lantern. It later developed into a light installation at her 2014 residency at Sapporo Artist in Residence Program (Hokkaido, Japan). The artist’s 2015 experimentation with the project at ECO Art Project (Muong Art Studio, Hoa Binh, Vietnam) saw her including elements of space and light design.
“My world is a miniature world. It consists of landscape, nature, architecture and abstract mark making and line drawing. It forms a three-dimensional map, possibly of a city, possibly an imaginary one. These images change as I arrive at a new destination, and as my personal experience and impression of that place begin to form. As a traveler, I navigate a new city by synthesizing its repeated forms, fragmentations, and architectural spaces with memory and observation. I reimagine the place in the form of a map and with my personal visualization. I start with one small detail by creating a mark – one that never stops spreading outwards. And from there, the city keeps growing and growing…”
About the artist:
Vu Kim Thu was born in 1976 in Hanoi, graduated her BFA from Hanoi University of Fine Arts in 1999, Vietnam and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States in 2003. Thu has been participated in a number of residencies worldwide including Vermont Studio Center (USA) Goyang National Art studio, (Korea), Sanskriti Kendra (India), Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen (Germany), Mc Coll Center of Visual Art (USA), Rockefeller Bellagio Center (Italy), Museum of Contemporary Art, A Coruna (Spain).
In the past three years, Thu was interested in Japanese culture and her studies of Washi paper leads her to new experimentation with paper sculpture and lighting based on her current experience in three residencies in Japan: Kamiyama Artists in Residence Program, Mino Paper Art Village and Sapporo Artist in Residence Program.
Free entrance
Program of Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) in May 2016
This month, FVH is pleased to offer two city walks and two excursions:
– An excursion to Đường Lâm Ancient Village on Saturday 14 May
– A city walk to Good Old Chinatown area (in Japanese) on Wednesday 18 May
– A city walk to Ba Đình area and the French Colonial Quarter (in English) on Saturday 21 May
– An excursion to Đông Các Water Puppets Village on Sunday 29 May.
Plus, come join Friends of Vietnam Heritage to meet our friend and founder, Mr. Hữu Ngọc, and to celebrate the launch of his new book “Viet Nam: Tradition and Change” on Thursday 19 May at Hanoi Cinematheque.
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 May 2016.
Friends of Vietnam Heritage
http://fvheritage.org/
The Second Street Art Fair in Hanoi
Sat 07 May 2016, 3 pm – 10 pmv
1st floor hall, Hanoi Creative City
1 Luong Yen, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi
Following the success of the First Street Art Fair, which drew attention of many artists, newspapers and audience, on 07 May, painter Phuong Vu Manh Hanoi and Hanoi Creative City (HNCC) will organize the Second episode of this even with more than 1,000 attendees.
Street Art Fair 2 – will be an open space, for everyone, with many kinds of art forms such as: painting, fashion shows, street music, creative booths, etc…
In particular, painter Phuong Vu Manh will perform interactive Action Painting with face painting performance of children models. According to the fair statement that everyone can participate, Street Art Fair will be an impromptu stage: the children try a new kind of art and fashion show catwalk for the first time.
In addition, anyone can sign up to perform with his/her own talent.
Besides the participation of famous artists in Vietnam, the fair also features several new faces, new artists.
A typical example is Gloving performance – a new kind of art by Ravers and EDM lovers. Gloving artists use LED lights on each of the fingers and palms, highlight the beautiful light motion by moving the fingers, hands, arms, even full body, according to the music beat. These strange actions combined with fluid movements will create the colorful visual illusion.
Funk and Soul Night with Uncon Sci and Datodeo from Los Angeles
Fri 06 May 2016, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
The two talented DJs from L.A roll up for a night at ATK, bringing their extraordinarily varied sets of funk and soul – dedicated to making you bounce all night long.
For the last 5 years, Uncon Sci has been traveling the world with a box of 45s and a beat machine. As comfortable behind the turntables as he is in front of a sampler, Sci delivers a very wide range of styles that are all united under a heavy psychedelic groove.
As a passionate performer who has cut his teeth in the LA underground scene, Sci has performed with the likes of J-Rocc, Dorian Concept, Kode9, Keb Darge, Dam-Funk, Cut Chemist and D-Styles to name a few. Uncon Sci has put out a string of releases on wax (and even more digital) and keeps his sound fresh, going the route of re-invention, rather than releasing bootleg remixes of pop artists to spread his name.
80k at the door.
Reggae Garden Presents Zamina and La-nai Gabriel
Fri 06 May 2016, 9 pm – 3 am
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
Reggae Garden presents ZAMINA S.M.P. LIVE with support from La-nai Gabriel.
This is going to be an amazing night with 2 live acts! Also staring DJs One NayTon and Matty C.
ZAMINA S.M.P. are a band known for their sweaty, rhythmic, jam-packed live shows. They got everyone skanking and bouncing for their amazing performance back in February. Get ready to experience a good mix of Afrobeat, Reggae, Asian Rhythms & Makossa.
La-nai Gabriel will be playing her final gig in Hanoi before going back to Canada. Her amazing voice and funky tunes will get you in the mood to dance the night away to Reggae Soul and R&B.
One NayTon will be playing the finest selection of Reggae and Dub form new to old. Expect heavy bass and happy reggae vibes all night long.
Matty C will be bringing a mix of all things Reggae, everything from Roots and Rocksteady to Drum and Bass and Jungle.
This is going to be a BIG NIGHT so come down early and make sure you see all the acts.
FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT!
50% OFF RUM UNTIL MIDNIGHT!
Architecture Month: Exhibition – Modern Architecture in Vietnam and ASEAN
Opening: Sat 07 May 2015, 5 pm
Exhibition: 07 – 28 May 2016
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 6 Nguyen Hoang / 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh 2, Hanoi
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Film screening: Sat 07 May 2016, 3 pm
Hanoi: Heritage Space, Dolphin Plaza, Nguyen Hoang / 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh 2
HCMC: Cà phê thứ bảy – 19B Pham Ngoc Thach, Ward 6, District 3
From the organizer:
Program:
7-28 May:
Exhibition – Modern Architecture in Vietnam and ASEAN
7 May, 3pm:
Film screening about architect Le Corbusier in Hanoi and HCMC.
Free entry. Vietnamese subtitles
7 May, 5pm:
Opening the library / Opening the exhibition
14 May, 9am:
Conference about Tọa đàm về Modern architectural heritage
21 May, 3pm:
Film screening about architect Louis Kahn
and other activities…
Free entry
Symphony Concert with Conductor Ian Passmore
Sat 21 May 2016, 8 pm
The Grand Concert Hall
Vietnam National Academy of Music
77 Hao Nam Str., Dong Da Distr., Ha Noi
You are invited to the symphony concert with:
Conductor: Ian Passmore
Piano Soloist: Jean-Louis Haguenauer
and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM
Vinh Cat
Symphony Poem “Ngàn Năm Khoảnh Khắc”
W. A. Mozart
Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453
INTERMISSION
Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No.9 in E minor
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.
”Elegant Concert” by Aurora String Quartet
Sat 14 May 2016, 8 pm
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh/6 Nguyen Hoang, My Dinh, Ha Noi
The two works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn in the Classical period and Romantic period will be performed by Aurora string quartet at “Elegant Concert”, which takes place at 8PM, 14th May 2016 at Heritage Space (6 Nguyen Hoang, My Dinh).
Chamber music concert is one of the musical activities of Aurora string quartet to conserve and maintain classical music. Violinist Nguyen My Huong, violinist Nguyen Cong Thang, violinist Nguyen Thu Binh and cellist Nguyen Hong Anh will introduce to the String quartet No. 10 in E flat major – “Harp”, Opus 74 and String quartet in A minor Opus 13 by Ludwig van Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn. These works depict the life, the dream of people and devote to beauty.
The concert has two parts:
1. Ludwig Van Beethoven: String quartet No. 10 in E flat major – “Harp”, Opus 74
V. Poco adagio – Allegro
VI. Adagio ma non troppo
VII. Presto – Più presto quasi prestissimo
VIII. Allegretto con variazioni
2. Felix Mendelssohn: String quartet in A minor Opus 13
V. Adagio – Allegro vivace
VI. Adagio non lento
VII. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
VIII. Presto – Adagio non lento
The artists of Aurora string quartet:
Violinist Nguyen My Huong
Born into a musical family, Nguyen My Huong started learning to play the violin at the age of 3. After finishing her Bachelor and Master’s degrees at the Vietnam National Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Ngo Van Thanh, Nguyen My Huong took an advanced course at University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria with Professor Thomas Zehetmair.
Nguyen My Huong was a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra and PMF Orchestra, she had participated in many training courses and exchange programs of symphony orchestras in Japan, China, Germany, Austria, the United States… In addition, she was invited to be the Chief violinist performing at Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra, chief violinist 2 at Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra; member of Hanoi Ensemble, Aurora string quartet, Trinity piano trio… Currently Nguyen My Huong teaches at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.
Nguyen My Huong’s achievements: Special prize in “Contest for young talents” in Ho Chi Minh City in 1990; Award at “Autumn National Music Competition 2” in 1991.
Violinist Nguyen Cong Thang
Violinist Nguyen Cong Thang was respected for his meticulous techniques and inspiring melodies. He obtained a Master degree in Violin performance the Vietnam National Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Ngo Van Thanh. Later, he attended the course Improving Violin Performing Arts at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with Professor Michael Ma and Master Classes with famous violinists of the world such as Isac Stern, Josehp Silverstern…
Cong Thang has had many successful solo performances with orchestras at the Concert Hall- Vietnam National Academy of Music and Hanoi Opera House, performed with the orchestra of Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in countries like: Austria, Spain, France, Italy, UK, Thailand.
In 2003 Nguyen Cong Thang was an official violin faculty of the College of Music, Mahidol University, Campus For General Public, Thailand and the Chief Violinist II of Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra; lectured and staged performances, annual violin festivals for students and had many successful performances at Mahidol University and the Thailand Cultural Center. Nguyen Cong Thang teaches and is Vice-Dean of String Department, Vietnam National Academy of Music.
Nguyen Cong Thang’s achievements: Violin First Prize at Autumn National Music Competition, 1990, the award “Best performance of Vietnamese works” Chamber Concert group at Autumn National Music Competition, 1993, Certificate of Improving Violin Performing Arts, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
Violinist Nguyen Thu Binh
Nguyen Thu Binh obtained Master degree of Performing Arts with distinction at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, advanced professional training in the Republic of Austria and Japan. She won the second prize in Chamber Symphony at the contest Autumn National Music Competition.
Nguyen Thu Binh participated in many performances at the Asian Youth Orchestra, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, Southeast Asian- Japan Orchestra, Cisma Orchestra, China. She plays proficiently the two instruments violin, viola and is currently lecturer of String Department, Vietnam National Academy of Music.
Cellist Nguyen Hong Anh
Nguyen Hong Anh graduated Cello Department at the Vietnam National Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Hoang Duong; participated in advanced course at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar (Germany) with Professor Erichson and Professor Brunhard Böhme.
She was a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra; CISMA Orchestra, Guangdong (China), Hanoi Ensemble, Aurora string quartet and Trinity trio. Currently, she teaches at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and is the Chief cellist of Hanoi Symphony Orchestra.
Surcharge:
Public: 200,000 VND / ticket
Students, members of Heritage Space: 100,000 VND / ticket
(Costs for organizers, performers and operation group; Heritage Space does not benefit from the costs)
– Tickets: 150 seats
Because of our limited number of seats, please register with us before 10th May.
– Registration information: Please contact us at heritagespacehanoi@gmail.com, providing your [name, phone number] to reserve seats. We will then send you payment instructions. Your seat is only held after your completion of payment.
Exhibition – Installation “The Meeting Point”
Opening: Thu 12 May 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 12 May – 05 Jun 2016
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the exhibition – installation “The Meeting Point” by Tran Trong Vu & Christine Jean at L’Espace in May.
Tran Trong Vu – an internationally renowned Vietnamese artist, winner of Pollock Krazner prize and Christine Jean – a French artist, winner of Jean-François Millet prize, share a pictorial practice and a question to image. A recent photograph of a flower taken in Vietnam becomes their starting point of this exhibition. This photograph, two artists – one approaches a point from which the other just comes back – propose two different directions, one on the wall and the other in space, one with two-dimensional works and the other with three-dimensional ones.
Free entry.
HCMC – Opera “The Magic Flute”
07 and 08 May 2016, 8 pm
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House
7 Lam Son Square, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Papageno wants Papagena – Tamino wants Pamina. But there is no easy way to love! Every single protagonist has to pass a difficult exam: they have to choose between murder and suicide, abstain from meat and drink or even from speaking and singing. The only tools they have to help them along their dangerous way are a magic flute and a carillon.
The Magic Flute, which premiered in Vienna in 1791, is one of the world’s best known operas. To this day audiences are fascinated with the work, whether they are new to opera or experienced opera buffs. The music was created by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the actor and writer Emanuel Schikaneder contributed the libretto. For the first time now, The Magic Flute will be performed in full length and in original language in Ho-Chi-Minh-City as a German-Vietnamese cooperation directed by David Hermann and conducted by Trần Nhật Minh.
Franco-German opera director David Hermann studied stage direction at the University for Music ‘Hanns Eisler’ in Berlin. In 2000 he won the first prize in the International Competition for staging and scenography in Graz. Since then David Hermann has worked for numerous German opera houses in Berlin, Nürnberg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt among others. Furthermore he has directed several operas abroad, for example as the youngest director to date at the Salzburg Festival, and at the theatre of Luzern, the National Opera House of Amsterdam, in Nancy and at the Teatro Real in Madrid.
Trần Nhật Minh graduated in conducting from the National Conservatory of Magnitogorsk, the National Tschaikowski-Conservatory in Moscow and the Academy of Conductors of Milan. He received the second prize at the International Competition of Young Conductors in Wladiwostok in 2003. Trần Nhật Minh is choir leader and vice-head of opera at HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO). In 2009 he was awarded Best Conductor at the National Competition for Singing, Dancing and Music in Vietnam.
Tickets
Admission fee: 800.000 – 650.000 – 550.000 – 400.000 – 150.000 VNĐ (reduced admission fee only for students)
Tickets are already available at the HBSO office (opera house) and online starting from 22.04 on ticketbox.vn or by calling: 08.3823.7419 (E – V); Ms. Ly: 0903.604.539 (E – V)
Film Screening “Jack et la Mécanique du Coeur”
Sun 08 May 2016, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to film screening “Jack et la Mécanique du Coeur” (France, 2011, 89’).
Director: Mathias Malzieu, Stéphane Berla
Voices: Rossy de Palma, Olivia Ruiz, Arthur H, Jean Rochefort
A journey in Jack’s world – a man whose heart is made of a clock and to whom loving is forbidden.
Film synopsis:
“Jack et la mécanique du coeur” contains all the elements a good movie should have: beautiful emotions, typical characters, cartoon stylish drawings, and lots of musical tunes for all ages. The story of the journey to find the love of a boy whose hearts is made of mechanical clock – Jack – is a life journey. “Jack et la mécanique du coeur” satisfies our eyes and ears, make us dream, tremble, laugh and cry. We even have stronger emotion when knowing this is the first feature-length film of Malzieu and Stéphane Berla.
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.
Subscription Concert Vol. 91
Sat 07 May 2016, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to concert with:
Conductor: Honna Tetsuji
Viola Soloist: Imai Nobuko and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra
Program
ELGAR – Viola Concerto in E minor Op. 85 (original: Cello Concerto)
Interval
BRUCKNER – Symphony No. 4 “Romantic” Eb- major
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.
Exhibition “LIVINWONDR – Stars in Our Eyes: Creating a Sense of Place”
Opening: Fri 6 May 2016, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition: 6 – 14 May 2016
Galerie Quỳnh
Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi, District 1, HCMC
Galerie Quynh is thrilled to launch the community-art project Livinwondr initiated and co-ordinated by artist Hung Viet Tran. The gallery will host a 9-day fundraising exhibition from the 6th to the 14th of May.
Comprising a sculptural structure made up of stainless-steel (inox) tubes that can be arranged in various permutations, LIVINWONDR is an interactive project, taking on configurational transformations in direct response to public surroundings. The shape-shifting nature of LIVINWONDR is not unlike how the name itself – and thus its meaning – can be deliberated upon along multiple avenues: the states of being immersed in wonder and beauty; of living with curiosity and an open mind; of recognizing living wonders – miracles or spectacles that are alive.
Curated by Tran, the submissions are varied in expression and discipline such as fine art, design, photography, illustration, sonic arts, comics, calligraphy, etc. – ‘anything that sparks imagination’). Celebrated artist Tiffany Chung, veteran photographer Thong Van Nguyen and comic book artist But Chi are among the 17 contributors to the project thus far.
Hip hop and Contemporary Dance “Autarcie (.…)”
Fri 06 May 2016, 8 pm
Youth Theater
11 Ngo Thi Nham, Hanoi
You are invited to hip hop and contemporary dance performance “Autarcie (.…)”, choreographed by Anne Nguyen – Compagnie Par Terre.
Anne Nguyen is the winner of the 2013 SACD New Choreography Talent prize. “Autarky (….)” is a strategy game between frontal dance and free digressions, which confronts two specialties of hip-hop dance: break and popping. The center stage is the rallying point where four dancers unite to build a war dance. The empty space beyond the area of understanding draws them and propels them in search of territory, alliances and hierarchy.
Ticket
Ticket price: 170 000 VND, 100 000 VND, 80 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Hip hop and Contemporary Dance “Autarcie (.…)”
Wed 04 May 2016, 7.30 pm
Ben Thanh Theatre
06 Mac Dinh Chi, Dist 1, HCMC
You are invited to hip hop and contemporary dance performance “Autarcie (.…)”, choreographed by Anne Nguyen – Compagnie Par Terre.
Anne Nguyen is the winner of the 2013 SACD New Choreography Talent prize. “Autarky (….)” is a strategy game between frontal dance and free digressions, which confronts two specialties of hip-hop dance: break and popping. The center stage is the rallying point where four dancers unite to build a war dance. The empty space beyond the area of understanding draws them and propels them in search of territory, alliances and hierarchy.
Tickets
Ticket prices: 450 000, 300 000, 250 000, 200 000, 100 000 đồng tùy vị trí chỗ ngồi trong khán phòng
Tickets are available at: www.ticketbox.vn
Exhibition “Dialogues – An Artistic Exchange”
Opening: Wed 04 May 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 05 – 29 May 2016, 9 am – 7 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Fine arts as a medium for a dialogue between different artists of two nations: The exhibition Dialogues is on display from May 5 to May 29 at Goethe-Institut. The exhibition offers an artistic dialogue between different imageries from lacquer paintings through to oil paintings.
The exhibition will be opened on May 4, 6 PM in the presence of the participating artists.
Armen Gevorgyan was born in Armenia in 1960. After studying art in his home country he moved to Germany. For several years now he lives and works in Vietnam.
Le Thi Minh Tam, born 1976 in Hanoi, studied at Vietnam University of Fine Arts. As a member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association she exhibits regularly in Hanoi.
Nguyen Dinh Duy Quyen was born 1987 in Hue where he studied at Hue University of Fine Arts. His new series of works deals with environmental and climate changes.
Nguyen Dinh Vu, born 1980 in Thai Nguyen, studied at Vietnam University of Fine Arts. In 2015 the artist had his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong.
Nguyen Van Duy was born in Nghe An province in 1989. In 2013 he graduated from Hue College of Arts. Nguyen Van Duy lives and works in Hue and exhibits his works nationwide.
Tran Gia Tung, born 1970 in Hanoi, studied at Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema and graphics at Hanoi Industrial Arts University. Tran Gia Tung exhibits internationally, amongst others in France, Italy and Korea.
Tran Hoang Hai Yen, born 1979 in Hanoi, studied design at Whitehouse Institute of Design in Australia. After returning to Vietnam she lives and works in Hanoi.
Dinh Quan was born 1964 in Hai Phong. The artist studied lacquer painting at Vietnam University of Fine Arts and exhibited amongst others in China, France and Singapore.
Trinh Minh Tien, born 1983, studied at Vietnam University of Fine Arts Hanoi. Trinh Minh Tien exhibits internationally and is co-organizer of Tet Art, Vietnam’s leading contemporary art fair.
Talk with Author Dinh Phuong about Story Collection “Đợi đến lượt”
Wed 04 May 2016, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the meeting with Dinh Phuong about his collection “Đợi đến lượt” (Wait for your turn) with the participation of author Dinh Phuong and editor Nguyen Hoang Dieu Thuy.
“Đợi đến lượt” brings together 14 stories whose characters are often alone, without characteristics, without countries of origin. They are always in search of some thing not found in reality. But ultimately, they tell stories of life: obsession with war, crime, loneliness, impotence, trouble, etc…
Dinh Phuong won the second prize in a short stories contest organized by Army Arts magazine in 2013-2014. He is currently editor of Ha Long newspaper.
Language: Vietnamese
Free entry.
Hue – Hip hop and Contemporary Dance “Autarcie (.…)”
Mon 02 May 2016, 7.30 pm
Eastern Stage of Thai Hoa Palace, Imperial Citadel
From Institut français de Huế:
You are invited to hip hop and contemporary dance performance “Autarcie (.…)”, choreographed by Anne Nguyen – Compagnie Par Terre.
Anne Nguyen is the winner of the 2013 SACD New Choreography Talent prize. “Autarky (….)” is a strategy game between frontal dance and free digressions, which confronts two specialties of hip-hop dance: break and popping. The center stage is the rallying point where four dancers unite to build a war dance. The empty space beyond the area of understanding draws them and propels them in search of territory, alliances and hierarchy.
The performance will also take place in Hanoi (06/05) and Ho Chi Minh City (04/05).
Ticket price: 100,000 VND
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