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Tri Minh and Clara Bryld Debut Concert in Hanoi
Sun 15 Nov 2015, 9 pm
Wink Lounge
40 Nguyen Sieu, Hanoi
Tri Minh & Clara Bryld debut a private duet Jazz-Vocal performance “Dreaming of Sailing” on Sun 15 Nov.
The show will feature some of Tri Minh’s latest compositions as well as tracks from Clara’s debut album, “On Your Wall”, which was nominated for a Danish jazz music award.
Entrance surcharge is VND 500,000 (including one free drink). Due to limited seating capacity, please contact us before Friday, Nov.13 to reserve seats.
Contact: Mr. Ngọc Anh 098.66666.81 – 04 Thợ Nhuộm
Or: Mr. Lộc 098.3010.783 – 40 Nguyễn Siêu
Live Roots Music with Matt Montez
Sat 14 Nov 2015, 8.30 pm
Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi
This Saturday, The Hanoi Social Club is proud to present Matt Montez. As well as at Hanoi’s own Quest Festival, he’s played Beat-Herder Festival, Little Big Gig Festival, Nimbin Roots Festival, Rock The Gate at Bryon Bay and toured throughout Europe and East Coast Australia. Yes, he’s played all these festivals because he’s very bloody good!
Breaking genre boundaries with acoustic-rock, roots, folk and reggae, he’ll lead you to spiritual introspection before summoning your feet to dance. Explosive live performances fueled by the atmosphere of the crowd, he feeds off the energy and flourishes in the feeling of connection.
Rather than writing structurally, Matt gives way to his feelings in the moment to guide the natural direction and progression for each song, while intertwining the lyrics with the melody. His music comes from the heart. Lyrically, each song has a spiritual meaning or a positive message to enlighten people through their daily lives.
Tickets: 100,000 VND at the door
Korean Film Festival 2015
14 and 15 Nov 2015
Labour Theatre
42 Trang Tien, Hanoi
You are invited to the Korean Film Festival 2015 on 14-15 Nov at Labour Theatre.
Korean Film Festival 2015 offers a variety of films from historical dramas “Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island” to romantic movie “Goodbye mom” and animated film “Cloud bread”, “Super wings”, “Mini forces.”
Language: Korean with Vietnamese subtitles.
Film Screening “New York, I Love You” at TPD
Fri 13 Nov 2015, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
Following the success of “Paris, je t’aime” in 2006, Emmanuel Benbihy continues to produce part 2 of the series “Love cities” with the second location of New York.
On this Friday, you are invited to the film screening “New York, I Love You” a collection of short films by famous director Fatih Akın as Brett Ratner, Shunji Iwai, Mira Nair, etc.
About the film
“NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU” is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama anthology consisting of eleven short films, each by a different director. The short films all relate in some way to the subject of love, and are set among the five boroughs of New York City.
The film is a sequel of sorts to the 2006 film ‘Paris, je t’aime’, which had the same structure, and is the second film in the Cities of Love franchise, created and produced by Emmanuel Benbihy. Unlike ‘Paris, je t’aime’, the short films of “NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU” all have a unifying thread of a videographer who films the other characters.
The film stars an ensemble cast, among them Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Anton Yelchin, Hayden Christensen, Orlando Bloom, Irrfan Khan, Rachel Bilson, Chris Cooper, Andy García, Christina Ricci, John Hurt, Cloris Leachman, Robin Wright Penn, Julie Christie, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Shu Qi and Eli Wallach.
“NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU” premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008, and was released in the United States on October 16, 2009.
[Wikipedia]
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Classical Concert “Women of Music” by Pamela Foard Team
Sat 14 Nov 2015, 8 – 10 pm
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi
Come to a classical concert by American violinist Pamela Foard, violist Nguyen Nguyet Thu and pianist Tran Thi Tam Ngoc.
At 7 p.m., the concert will be preceded by refreshments at the last day closing reception for the photography exhibit – “THE NEW GLOBAL WOMEN” created by Ms. Foard’s husband Lawrence D’Attilio. This is the final opportunity to see this exhibition with its many canvas abstract images and spectacular installation work.
PROGRAM
1. Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1714 – 1787)
2. Meditation on a theme from “Thais” by Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (1842 – 1912)
3. Czardas by Vittorio Monti (1868 – 1922)
4. Theme from “Schindler’s List” by John Williams (b. 1932)
5. Spiegel im Spiegl by Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
6. Hoedown from “Rodeo” by Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)
Pamela Foard is a freelance violinist, and in that capacity has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, was co-concertmaster of the Wisconsin Philharmonic, the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Skylight Opera Theatre, the Green Bay Symphony, concertmaster of the Green Lake Festival of music and numerous other fine arts organizations in southeastern Wisconsin.
Ms. Foard has taught violin and viola students, and has worked with school systems on special projects, such as the Elmbrook High School Orchestra’s appearance in Carnegie Hall in 2002 and 2012. She is also a coach for the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra chamber music program, and has worked with their “Progressions” program.
Ms. Foard has had extensive experience in the arts, including administrative positions. She has been Personnel Manager for the Waukesha Symphony Orchestra, Managing Director for Present Music, the Milwaukee-based new music ensemble, from 1996-1999, and Administrative/Artistic Director for Sinfonia Concertante, an all-string ensemble that she founded, from 1980-1984. From 1982 to 2006, Ms. Foard operated Les Artistes Music Agency – a corporation devoted to providing live music talent for events such as weddings, concerts, festivals, dance and corporate events. Ms. Foard holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Violin from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and was coached with Franco Gulli, Josef Gingold, and Ruggiero Ricci.
TICKETS
– Normal: 200.000 VNĐ
– Student: 100.000 VNĐ
– Free ticket for children under 10 years old.
Tickets are available at the Heritage Space entrance starting at 7:00 pm before the concert or at the Heritage Space office through Saturday hours: 10 AM – 5:00 PM.
Specially, The concert will raise money for SFORA school (website sfore.edu.vn) for autistic children, and Chan Am, which helps poor children in the countryside,.
Futher infomation, please contact hotline: 090 282 6769
Artist Talk with Asherah Cinnamon
Sun 15 Nov 2015, 6 pm
Nha San Collective’s new space
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
Muong Studio & Nha San Collective would like to invite you to attend a talk with artist Asherah Cinnamon on an occasion that she has attended Muong AIR residency program held in November 2015 at Muong Studio. Asherah will talk about her experiences in art field, as an individual of Jewish community, as well as about pressure on a female artist that are challenging her by the role in society.
Asherah worked for two decades as an educator, trainer, and community builder, promoting inter-group cooperation and collaboration. In 1992 she received the New England United Methodist Award for Social Justice Actions. She has incorporated this healing and community building work into her installation and performance art. Using her own cultural heritage and personal history as a starting point, she invites broad public interaction and involvement into her projects. Asherah’s creative practice explores the power of human interaction to build community, and reaches for two primary goals from her Jewish tradition: seek justice (tzedek) and heal the world (tikkun olam).
During the talk, Asherah Cinnamon will share her experiences and pressures as a female artist in the art world, where males are the majority. The role that society places on women impacts how women work. It brings unique difficulties, strengths, and challenges.
Asherah Cinnamon is a contemporary sculptor, installation, and performance artist, who makes her home in a forest in the northeastern United States. She has had a long love affair with trees, and uses her own cultural traditions as a platform from which to begin each new project. Her work incorporates decades of activism for the rights of women and minorities. She will show examples of her projects and discuss her process for creating spaces to connect people with each other and the earth. Her sculpture can be seen currently in group exhibitions in New York and London.
The talk will be conducted in English. Vietnamese listeners will be assisted by our interpreter.
Free entrance.
Launching poem collection “Sự mất ngủ của lửa” by Nguyen Quang Thieu
Sat 14 Nov 2015, 5.30 pm
lAcA Cafe
2nd floor, 24 – 26 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi
23 years after publishing poem collection “Sự mất ngủ của lửa” (Sleeplessness of the fire) in 1992, Nguyen Quang Thieu decided to republish it this year in 2 versions: by word and by paintings.
23 original illustrations for each poem printed in the book will be featured in this event.
15 participating artists: Le Thiet Cuong, Dao Hai Phong, Hoang Phuong Vy, Do Dung, Tao Linh, Dang Tien, Tran Vinh, Doan Hoang Lam, Nguyen Nghia Cuong, Tran Gia Tung, Pham Tran Quan, Nguyen Quoc Thang, Ngo Binh Nhi, Nguyen Dinh Vu, Phuong Binh.
In addition, Nguyen Quang Thieu will read 5 poems on the theme of Saxophone by Phan Anh Dung.
Free entry.
Exhibition “Fine Arts in Vietnam”
Exhibition: 10 – 16 Nov 2015
Exhibition house 29 Hang Bai, Hanoi
To celebrate Vietnamese Teachers’ day on Nov 20, the exhibition “Fine Arts in Vietnam” by lecturers of Hanoi Architectural University is held with over 60 artworks in different forms: painting, sculpture, graphics, stylish interior and various styles: realistic, over-realistic, symbolic, etc.
Free entry.
Festival of Lights – “Diwali” in Hanoi
Sat 14 Nov 2015, 5.30 – 11 pm
Kinder Park
(Next to Ho Tay Water Park, 614 Lac Long Quan
The biggest Indian festivals – ‘Festival of Lights’ – ‘Diwali’ will be back in Hanoi on 14/11/2015.
A grand cultural extravaganza is being organized over a weekend evening, which will feature Indian rockband music Krosswindz, live singers, kids corner and raffles prizes, Indian and international delicacies, Traditional Indian and Bollywood entertainment. There will also be theme stalls, handicrafts and a smattering of Indian gourmet delicacies and drinks to spoil one’s palate.
KROSSWINDZ – world music band from Calcutta India toured 6 cities in the US. They played 7 concerts and 1 Live Radio Broadcast 2 hour unplugged concert for Sandusky Radio Seattle-Kevin Mc Donald.
KROSSWINDZ has one of the largest amount of fans in the Indian music scene that spread all over the sub-continent and even to other parts of the world like in the USA, UK, MEXICO, IRELAND.
TICKETS
Ticket price: Adult 200,000 VND / Children (5 – 10 years) 50,000 VND
Tickets available at: Incham Hanoi office (625 De La Thanh), Dalcheeni (100 Xuan Dieu), Namaste Hanoi (46 Tho Nhuom), Foodshop 45 (59 Truc Bach), Platinum Cineplex (Level 4, the Garden Shopping Center), Khazaana Indian Restaurant (34 Duong Thanh), Tandoor (24 Hang Be), Little India (32 Hang Tre), Indian Palace (10 Tay Ho, Quang An), Green Mango (18 Hang Quat).
Film Screening “Les Revenants” (The Returned) Season 2
Sat 14 Nov 2015, 6.30 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
“The Returned” tells the story of a remote town in the French Alps, when a strange event occurred: those who died long ago had a sudden return. In particular, they have no signs of an “walking dead” but apparently look like ordinary people. They continue their unfinished lives and seek for the truth of these secrets long buried. Each return is a mystery with unpredictable ending with surprise twists.
Season 1 ended with unfinished twists. Season 2 – could it bring the answers to the audiences?Especially, those who love the series will have chance to enjoy 2 first episodes of Season 2 for free at L’Espace.
On 14 Nov, at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi – L’Espace will take place the premiere of 2 first episodes of The Returned – Season 2. Register now to get free tickets.
How to register:
– From now until 17:00, 13 Nov: register for free tickets via K+ facebook fanpage
o Send message to admin with “Register for The Returned. [Full name]. [Phone number]. [Email] ”
o Get tickets at the lobby of L’Espace from 16:00 – 17:00 on 14 Nov. After 17:00 same day, those who have not registered yet will need to register again.
– After 17:00, 13 Nov: Get free tickets at L’Espace’s lobby from 17:00 – 18:30 on 14 Nov.
– Total number of free tickets: 250
– SPECIAL OFFER: 100 Free vouchers to Welcome Party will be delivered to 100 earliest people who registered on fanpage and at the venue.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Music Night with Based on Kyoto [Japan] + GlitterTROFF [Hanoi]
Fri 13 Nov 2015, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Come to the music night with four impressive figures of the Japanese underground music scene, for the second time in Hanoi!
Based on Kyoto is a Japanese dance music unit consisting of DAICHI, a DJ and producer, and MARRON, a guitarist for Dubdub on-seng, Dubmarronics and Datenryu. BOK was formed in 2006 to search and create a groove that incorporates a very unique Japanese dynamic with a variety of other musical genres such as house, electro, ambient, dub, soul, jazz and rock. They’ve so far released four 12 inches and LPs.
Performing all over Japan, especially in Kyoto and Osaka, their name is well known in their home country’s vibrant electronic scene. They have performed alongside top artists including Theo Parrish, Idjut Boys, Filastine, Hifana, Juzu aka Moochy, A Hundred Birds, Kuniyuki, Kentaro Iwaki, Altz and Sayoko. Their track “Flower” was also added to the compilation album “4 Season” and became an underground hit in the Japanese club scene.
“Flower” was also highly acclaimed overseas and Giles Peterson played the track for his world-renowned Worldwide programme onBBC Radio 1. BOK has just released a remix of the cross-genre hit “Calypso On-Seng” by Dubdub On-Seng this autumn.
There will be support from local looping duo GlitterTROFF, dub set afterwards + disco afterparty at Le Soleil.
Tickets:
80k advance tickets (sold at ATK). 100k on the door
European Music Festival 2015
Youth Theatre Hanoi
HCMC Conservatory of Music
European Music Festival 2015 is jointly organized by Vietnam Performing Arts Centre – Department of Performing Arts – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, The Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam and eight Embassies of EU Member States in Vietnam.
Since its first launch in 2001, European Music Festival has captured attention of Vietnamese people, especially Vietnamese musical fans. This 14th edition of the festival will feature well-known musical talents from eight European countries as well as a guest band from Vietnam. Solo artists, duo, trio and big bands will deliver different genres of music, ranging from engaging jazz melodies to great classic, contemporary as well as Vietnamese traditional music.
Vietnam’s musical representative in European Music Festival 2015 is Hac San Band, who has been putting forward the idea of creating a unique and bold blend of thrilling western heavy metal and Vietnamese exquisite traditional music. Since its official debut in 2013, the band has achieved tremendous success in its music career, namely “Rock Song of 2014” Title given by VNROCK magazine, “Best Arrangement Musician” Award for their 3 songs and notably, “Best Arrangement Musician of 2014” Award in prestigious “Vietnamese Songs” competition. Hac San is ready to introduce to Vietnamese public its unique style of music in the festival this year.
With a total of 19 concerts in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, European Music Festival 2015 will surely provide Vietnamese audiences with a multi-coloured musical festival.
Admission to the concerts is free of charge. Tickets can be reserved and obtained from 9:00 am, 16 November in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City at the following locations:
Hanoi
• Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Tel.: 04 3734 2251/52
• L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền
Tel.: 04 3936 2164
TP. HỒ CHÍ MINH
• Goethe Institut
18 Đường số 1, Cư xá Đô Thành, Phường 4, Quận 3
Tel.: 08 3600 9587
• IDECAF
21 Thái Văn Lung, Quận 1
Tel.: 08 3829 5451 I 8h – 11h | 13h – 16h30
Music Story of the Old Quarter in November
Fri 13 Nov 2015, 8 pm
Center of the Old Quarter’s culture exchange
50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi
Hanoi – the capital city of Vietnam has its proud 1000-year-old history and tradition. The music born here shares the same richness as the city’s history itself: diversified, unique and original.
“Music Story of the Old Quarter” is a chain of music shows whose objective is to introduce generally to the world the evolution of the Hanoi’s music, past to present.
The shows are to replicate the footsteps of the city’s music through history, using traditional voices, rhythms and beats combined with contemporary installation arts. The performance will be delivered by the top class singers and musicians.
Through portraying Vietnamese’s unique music, The Old Quarter’s story of music hopes to successfully communicate the core values inside Hanoi’s culture, history and humans to the audience, both foreign and native.
Incentive Idea: Vu Nhat Tan, Dam Minh
Create & arrange the show: People’s Artist Xuan Hoach, Thanh Hoa, Thanh Binh, Cong Hung and the team “Dong Kinh Co Nhac”
Artist: Ly Truc Son, Tran Duy Hung, Trinh Tin…
Screening & Reading Night: Ulises Carrión & Other Books
Wed 11 Nov 2015, 7.30 pm
Six Space
6th floor, 94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi
Come to a special evening about the work of Ulises Carrión, and his passion for experimental books and publishing.
About Ulises Carrión:
Ulises Carrión (1941-1989) was an artist born in Mexico. He began as a writer, and later became regarded as Mexico’s first conceptual artist, working through video, books, text and performance. On his move to Europe in 1971, he began to take a deep interest in artists books. Making artists books himself, and collecting those of others, led to two things:
– He opened the first ever artist bookshop, Other Books and So, in Amsterdam in 1975. The space became known internationally as a vital cultural centre for exhibitions, collaborations, performances, and the making and publishing of artist’s books.
– In the same year, he published “The New Art of Making Books” – a major theoretical work on the subject of artist’s books. The text was first published in the art magazine Kontexts, and printed and distributed for free from the Centre for Book Arts in New York.
About the evening:
“The New Art of Making Books” has been published in five languages. This event will see the launch of the sixth – translated into Vietnamese for the first time, and distributed for free to all attendees.
The evening will also be the first Vietnamese screening of Carrión’s short film, “Bookworks Revisited”, part 1 (1979, 34min), in which he discusses his ideas around artist books, and showcases 72 publications from the Other Books and So archive.
Joining the evening will be a selection of books from the Arc mobile reading room for your browsing pleasure.
So: come, watch a short film, drink tea, listen to a short talk, read some books, and walk home with a wonderful piece of writing…
Event schedule:
• A short talk about Carrión and artist’s books
• A screening of Carrión’s short film “Bookworks Revisited”, part 1
• Launch of the Vietnamese translation of Carrión’s important 1975 essay, “The New Art of Making Books”
• A selection of artist’s books from Arc Mobile Reading Room
• Tea and reading
Free Entry.
Danang – Exhibition “Aspiration of Happiness” by Hoang Phuc Quy
Opening: Sun 15 Nov 2015, 4 pm
Exhibition: 15 – 25 Nov 2015
Da Nang Museum
78 Le Duan, Thach Thang, Hai Chau, Da Nang
Throughout the works are the emotional sublimation of man when they reach the “world of happiness” of their own, like a sweet song in the joyful emotions of the people with their overwhelming happiness.
The entire series are the scene of the people lost in daydreams floating high in the melodies of happiness among the lotus fields. Undulating people blending themselves in musical sublimation. They are singing passionately expressing their own happiness. When man gets the overwhelming happiness, it is when nature and the surroundings blend with each other to make a sweet song and it is at this moment when the musical instruments represented from stems of lotus leaves increases the abstraction of the sublimation of happiness.
Throughout the creation, I would like the viewer to feel the melodies of happiness of heart, ignoring all the troubles of daily life.
The creations are my own creative breakthrough on the concept of happiness. Through the creations I would like to express the surreal emotion on sublimation of happiness. And I would like to confirm that men and nature is a harmonious unity. And through my creations I would like to feel my world of happiness and hopefully somewhere from my creations they may find the sympathy with “standard of happiness” of their own.
In present societies, men have to race with the bustling life. They are gradually away from nature and they fail to appreciate the simple happiness around. Because of that, I would like my creation “The melody of happiness” to awaken the values that we may unintentionally neglect. The creations is the red thread which takes men and nature closer to each other. Hopefully, through the creations, the viewer can find their own happiness and treasure the wonderful things the creator has offered human beings.
Film Screening “Il Était une Forêt”
Sun 15 Nov 2015, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Once Upon a Forest” (France, 2013, 78 mins) directed by Luc Jacquet.
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Light Art by Artist Group “The Core” from Berlin
The Core: Kieler Woche © Marco Duggen
The Core: Kieler Woche © Marco Duggen
13 and 14 Nov 2015, 9 am – 7 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
From 8 pm of 13 and 14 November 2015, The Core, a trio of media experts and light designers, will visit Hanoi and use video mapping to put the front of the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in the limelight.
During these days, from 9 am – 7 pm, the Goethe-Institut will show projects which The Core has successfully developed and realised during the past two decades: in loop and with music. The presentation includes, among others, their extraordinary light projections from the Festival of Lights in Berlin or the Urban Art Forms Festival in Graz, Austria.
The Core consists of media experts and light designers Rick Kay, Chris Noelle and Jörg Reinauer and focuses on visual installations. After having worked together on space and club design concepts for legendary Berlin club Tresor for a long time, they decided to concentrate their knowledge and their visions in one joint team. Throughout the past two decades, The Core successfully developed projection and light design concepts with the goal of redefining urban space through individuality and industrial style.
Free entrance.
Film Screening “Les Quatre Saisons de Léon”
Sun 08 Nov 2015, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Four Seasons of Leon” (France, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 115 mins).
Director: Pierre-Luc Granjon, Antoine Lanciaux, Pascal Le Nôtre
“A superb animated tale that revives the magic of the illuminations.”- Télérama
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 50 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Performances of The Electric Yard Dogs in November
Every Monday and Friday in November 2015
21 North Bar, Lang Yen Phu, Tay Ho, Hanoi
After a long summer break… The Electric Yard Dogs are back in town! Throughout November, they will be appearing every Monday and Friday and on Saturday 28th November at the Hanoi International Women’s Club Annual Charity Bazzar!
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!
Apart from local music venues around town in Hanoi, the band also tour regularly down south to Danang, Saigon and Phnom Penh where they have an increasing reputation for doing what they do best: Electric Blues with Soul & Style!
Street Art Event “LIAR BEN & THE SUGARCANE LADY coming to HANOI”
Live mural painting at Hanoi Creative City: Sat 07 Nov 2015, 10 am
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Artist talk: Sun 08 Nov 2015, 4.30 pm
Nha San COLLECTIVE
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
Nha San Collective invites you to our event “LIAR BEN & THE SUGARCANE LADY coming to HANOI” on the first weekend of November. Considered as one of the most prominent street art figures, graffiti artist Liar Ben from Ho Chi Minh city will perform a live mural painting at Hanoi Creative City from 10 a.m on Saturday. It forms part of his art project “The Sugarcane lady” which started in 2014. On Sunday, Liar Ben will give an artist talk at Nha San Collective to share with Hanoi’s audience about his projects and his work as curator of Zero Station art space.
“The Sugarcane Lady” art project centers around Liar Ben’s collection of images depicting ‘sugarcane ladies’ that have previously been painted on the sugarcane juice kart in Vietnam. The search was structured in the form of collecting painted images and researching past documentation. It has inspired him to develop a series of distinctive mural painting in public spaces, based on the idea of the Sugarcane lady.
In Liar Ben’s point of view, this figure is also a cultural symbol where social values are manifested through a non-industrial kind of business. Such a figure of course has its own history, and more, a kind of memory and a historical part belonging to a particular community.”
Liar Ben (b. 1990) lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City. He has practiced graffiti art for over 10 years. While attending the University of Fine Arts in Silk painting department, Liar Ben begun to work at Zero Station and became a curator of this space. In the cultural year celebrating diplomatic relationship between France and Vietnam in 2013, funded by Institut Francais Liar Ben collaborated with French artist Sautel Cargo to do a project of mural painting thorough Vietnam: in Hanoi, Sapa, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Lat and Ho Chi Minh City.
In 2014, Liar Ben realized his art project “The Sugarcane lady” during an artist residency at the Koganecho Bazzar in Yokohoma, Japan. In the same year, he participated in street art project “Urban Up” in Korea. In early 2015, Liar Ben continued his project with a mural painting in the neighborhood of Nguyen Cong Tru, Ho Chi Minh city. It belonged to the program “Art walk” organized by Sao La.
“Liar Ben & Sugarcane lady coming to Hanoi” event is sponsored by Hanoi Creative City.
Free entrance.
Korean – Vietnamese Composer’s Exchange Concert
Sat 07 Nov 2015, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
Come to the new music night “Korean – Vietnamese Composer’s Exchange Concert” – a collaboration between the Society of New Korean Music and Ho Chi Minh city Conservatory of Music.
The Society of New Korean Music was established in 1963 as Sinak. Since then, the Society has been organizing many programs to introduce the new musical works and theories of music. Sinak has the pioneers in composing new music in Korean Traditional Music, including Professor Lee Seongcheon (Seoul National University), Professor Kim Yongji (Hanyang University) and Professor Baek Deung (Korea National University of Arts). Moreover, Sinak has held many competitions, exchanges and performing concerts for composers.
Free invitations are released at the Foreign Affairs Department, 112 Nguyen Du, District 1. Hotline: 0903.034.112.
Film Screening “Homostratus” and Talk with Filmmaker Siu Pham
Sat 07 Nov 2015, 7 pm
Nha San Collective’s new space
15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi
Nha San Collective warmly invites you to the screening of “Homostratus” and talk with director Siu Pham. The filmmaker will share her point of views about cinema aesthetics and her new film project “The endless road” in post-production. It’s a cinematic journey to the death in searching for the paradise of youth on the highlands of northern Vietnam.
“Homostratus” gives a portrait of contemporary society of Ho Chi Minh City with a unique style filled of dynamism and humor. A city in explosive development. A magma of images reflects, without consistency, all ideals of consumption. In this confusion, a particular destiny could be a daily life of everybody: a grandmother is dying, a divorced woman who does not want to take care of her teenage child, an anxious father initiates his son earning his own living, etc… Many fragments like metaphoric paintings structured the movie. Human stratum became a surrealist poem.
Born in Hanoi, Siu Phạm studied Art History and Film Critique at the University of Geneva. She has been working in contemporary theatre and making various documentaries with Jean Luc Mello. Her first feature film “Here and There” was selected in the New Current section of the Busan International Film Festival in 2011. Her second feature film “Homostratus” won Best Unique Vision at the Queens World Film Festival in New York. She has also held painting exhibition entitled “Companion – Chair and Wind” in HCMC in 2014.
Facebook page of “The endless road”
*To support Nhasan Collective’s further activities, we have a suggested donation of 30k each, including one free drink.
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles
Classical concert “Harmony Concert” with trumpet quintet
Sat 07 Nov 2015, 8 pm
V-art Club
2nd floor, 75th Tran Hung Dao street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi
You are invited to the classical concert “HARMONY CONCERT” with trumpet quintet: Oboe, Flute, Cor, Fagot, Clarinet through the performance of well-known artists from the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO).
Performing artists:
1. Hoang Manh Lam – Oboe
2. Nguyen Minh Hoang – Clarinet
3. Ta Tien Dat – Cor
4. Tran Minh Duc – Fagot
5. Nguyen Thi Dieu Quynh – Flute
Program:
Giuseppe Maria Cambini (1746-1825): Quintett No. 2 in d-Moll.
I. Allegro espressivo
II. Larghetto sostenuto ma con moto
III. Presto ma non tanto.
Ferenc Farkas: Early Hungarian Dances
I. Intrada
II. Lento (Slow Dance)
III. Shoulder – Blade Dance
IV. Chorea
V. Leaping Dance.
Jacques Inert: Trio pieces braves
I.Allegro
Ticket:
Ticket price: 150 000 VND
Booking hotline 04.62601459 or buy the ticket at the gate before the show.
Vietnamese Artists in SEA ArtsFest 2015 in London
26 Oct – 13 Dec 2015
Various locations in London
SEA ArtsFest is the first Southeast Asian arts festival in the UK, championing and developing the work of the artists of Southeast Asia and those inspired by Southeast Asia. SEA ArtsFest brings together artists, practitioners, makers and thinkers to increase awareness of SEA Arts and its audience base, and is supported by Arts Council England.
Vietnamese representatives in SEA ArtsFest this year include Saigon’s Sàn Art as the featured gallery from Vietnam in Fulcrum Digital project series; Hanoi’s experimental music group The Six Tones; and Mr. Thanh Vu, founder of the An Viet Foundation, based in London.
On Thu 19 Nov, Mr. Thanh Vu will be giving a talk at An Viet Foundation, 12-14 Englefield Rd, London N1 4LS, titled “Stories of Migration – Memories from Vietnam” about his memories and experience as a refugee from Vietnam after the Vietnam war in 1975. The talk will be illustrated by photographs from Kieran Jones. Read about Mr. Thanh Vu here.
The Six Tones
Inside/Outside performance by The Six Tones
On Sat 21 Nov, at 3 pm and 7 pm, The Six Tones will be presenting an installation and performance for three choreographed musicians titled Inside/Outside at Studio 1 in the Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, Lewisham Way London SE14 6NW. Read more about the performance here.
On Tue 24 Nov, at 3 pm, there will be a panel discussion with The Six Tones (Nguyễn Thanh Thủy, Ngô Trà My, and Stefan Östersjö) and Barley Norton and Roger Redgate of Goldsmiths University to explore notions of traditional Vietnamese culture versus a globalized, multi-cultural society and the politics of music making. The panel dicussion takes place at Room 314, Professor Stuart Hall Building, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Art Week “Art in the Forest”
31 Oct – 09 Nov 2015
Flamingo Dai Lai
Ngoc Thanh, Phuc Yen, Vinh Phuc
“Art In The Forest” is a visual arts project aimed at bringing contemporary arts closer to the public and thus helping to shape and improve the public’s aesthetic taste and preferences in a natural way.
The idea of “Art In the Forest” as an arts project had been conceived for many years before it was launched in 2015. The National Sculpture Workshop in Flamingo Dai Lai and The Painting Exhibition will serve as the start of what will be a series of subsequent steps for arts development.
“Art In The Forest” hopefully will be a breath of fresh air to excite and inspire visual artists.
Documentary Film Screening and Discussion “Who Owns the Earth?”
Tue 10 Nov 2015, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening and discussion “Who owns the earth?”.
The modernization of agricultural regions in Quang Nam disrupts local people whose lands are transformed into vast hotel complexes. Le Doan Hong went to meet these people.
The documentary will be followed by a discussion with Le Doan Hong – director of the documentary, and Jean Déléage – notary and General Delegate for Cooperation with South-East Asia in the Supreme Council of Notaries.
Language: Simultaneous translation French-Vietnamese
Free entry.
Documentary screening “The Transformation of a Train station”
Mon 02 Nov 2015, 6 pm
National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film
465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi
You are invited to the documentary screening “The Transformation of a Train station”.
The 80-minute documentary records a special architecture adventure – building the new train station Guillemins in Liège city, Belgium, in the heart of Europe, and a high-speed rail system.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles.
Film Screening “Toute Première Fois” tại L’Espace
Fri 06 Nov 2015, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “I Kissed a Girl” (France, 2015, 98 mins).
– Director: Maxime Govare, Noémie Saglio
– Cast: Pio Marmaï, Franck Gastambide, Adrianna Gradziel
“A fresh and original comedy with actors so charming and talented” – Gala
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 50 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Exhibition “Conservation of Vitality” by Lai Dieu Ha
Exhibition: 01 – 15 Nov 2015
A4703, Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower A
E6 Pham Hung Rd., Hanoi
For some time now, Lai Dieu Ha has been a prominent name associated with performance art in Vietnam, in particular, with those performances that have received the most controversy in public opinion. Embedded in her often visceral acts are concerns with the threshold of pain, social constraints on the female body, and the possibilities of corporeal transformation.
“Conservation of Vitality” is a series of material explorations tied to themes of destruction, re-use, mythology, and exploration. Infused by a constellation of preoccupations, this is a collection of handcrafted objects driven by interests in the scientific, the mythological, and the ethnographic. It appears that the radical gestures of Ha’s previous performances, challenging the artist’s own psychosomatic thresholds, have found another conduit in a craft-based project that nonetheless draws together interrelated contemplation on cycles of life and death, creation and destruction, as though attempting to transport the artist back to an age of innocence.
Lai Dieu Ha (b. 1976) is now currently living and working in Hanoi. After numerous renowned career developments in performing art since 2006, Ha now has taken on a new phase in her artistic development as a visual artist. Conservation of Vitality is her first solo exhibition and with CUC Gallery, supported by CDEF.
Film Screening “Grand Central” at L’Espace
Fri 13 Nov 2015, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Grand Central” (France, 2013, 94 mins).
– Director: Rebecca Zlotowski
– Cast: Tahar Rahim, Léa Seydoux, Olivier Gourmet
“‘Grand Central’, a beautiful film which combines modernity with happiness, the exhausting toil and exhilarating feelings” – Marianne
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 50,000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Film Screening “Les Quatre Saisons de Léon”
Sun 08 Nov 2015, 4 pm
L’Espace
You are invited to the film screening “Four Seasons of Leon” (France, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 115 mins).
Director: Pierre-Luc Granjon, Antoine Lanciaux, Pascal Le Nôtre
“A superb animated tale that revives the magic of the illuminations.”- Télérama
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 50 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
”Autumn Leaves” Music Night with Đồng Lan
Fri 06 Nov 2015, 7.30 pm
V-art Club
2nd floor, 75th Tran Hung Dao street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi
Come to AUTUMN LEAVES MUSIC NIGHT performed by Đồng Lan with:
Guest Singer: David Hào
Live Band:
– Guitarist: Lê Hùng Phong
– Keyboardist 1: Hoàng Anh
– Keyboardist 2: Việt Phương
– Drummer: Anh Tú
– Bassist: Vũ Bằng
A lot of songs in association with the reputation of this The Voice’s singer such as “Sợ chết”, “Sợ yêu”, “Cho em được yêu thương”, “Mẹ tôi”, “Đừng yêu một mình”, “Lại
gần hôn em”, “Autumn Leaves”, “Bang bang”, “La vie en rose”, “Je t’aime”,… will be performed one by one in a very fascinating way. The music night also has the
participation of David Hào (David Cousin), a lovely French singer who will bring to the event numerous songs including “L’aventure”, “Viens m’embrasser”, “Je suis malade”,
“Comme d’habitude”, “Em ơi Hà Nội phố”, “Nồng nàn Hà Nội”, “Ôi quê tôi”…
Đồng Lan is well known for her wild and charming gypsy style. She possesses a very special voice along with an untrained but natural and genuine style full of inner strength
and emotions. Lan can sing everywhere – on the way to work, during the makeup time or even while doing her daily tasks. It seems that music has been ingrained into her
blood and become her source of energy, the reasons to help her survive and thrive. Let’s join us and listen to Dong Lan’s stories through her music, and immerse yourself in
the rhythm of various passionate French love songs, profound Vietnamese songs as well as youthful compositions with a different perspective, performed in a very “Đồng
Lan” way.
Tickets:
Fees: 180K – 200K – 250K (VIP)
The entire amount of money collected will be used to support artists and program organizers.
As the number of seats is limited, please register and purchase tickets before Thursday, 8pm 05/11/2015.
Contact:
Mr. Sơn, mobile 0988 692 898
Ms. Thảo, mobile 0936 865 085
Or email us at thesistersvietnam@gmail.com
Tickets will be sold starting from 10am Sat, 31/10/2015.
Online tickets/confirmation emails will be sent to your email address/mobile phone after we receive your registration and fees (you can get your tickets 30 mins before our
show time).
*Remittance information:
Name: Đặng Thị Hiền Thảo
Account Number: 0011002963387, Vietcombank headquarter
Art Exhibition “Gather”
Opening: Sat 31 Oct 2015, 6.30 pm
Exhibition: 31 Oct – 15 Nov 2015
Center of the Old Quarter’s culture exchange
50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi
You are invited to the group exhibition titled “Gather” with the participation of artists who are different in styles and approaches to different topics:
– Nguyen Xuan Hoang
– Le Anh Hoai
– Nguyen Van Ho
– Le Nguyen Manh
– Tuan Gom
This exhibition will feature about 70 new artworks using various materials: oil painting, acrylic, water color, ceramic sculptures.
Free entry.
WildFest 2015 – Vietnam’s First Outdoor Wildlife Festival
Sun 08 Nov 2015, 4 pm
Imperial Citadel of Thang Long
WildFest – Vietnam’s first wildlife film and music festival – will take place on Sunday November 8th at Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi and will feature exciting live performances from some of Vietnam’s biggest musical acts including Suboi, PB Nation, Đinh Mạnh Ninh, Tô Minh Đức, Phạm Tiến Mạnh, and Kyo York – Uyen Nhi.
WildFest will also feature the premiere of three short films by critically acclaimed filmmakers Nguyễn Quang Dũng, Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp and Bảo Nguyễn, as well as the award-winning entries from the WildFest short film competition selected by a professional judging panel of famous filmmakers, celebrities, and wildlife trafficking experts.
WildFest has also released a promo clip for the festival featuring film star Hồng Ánh – WildFest Ambassador and Jury member, actor Hứa Vĩ Văn, star of WildFest’s short
film “Rhino Man” (Bảo Nguyễn), actress Thuỳ Anh, star of WildFest’s short film “Who is Alive, Hands up!” (Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp), WildFest Ambassador and MC Thuỳ Minh, as well as WildFest’s other official filmmakers Bảo Nguyễn and Nguyễn Quang Dũng. The clip can be seen at:
Don’t miss your chance to attend this once-in-a-lifetime event! Bring your friends and family, pack a rug or a camping chair, and enjoy an evening of short films and musical entertainment under the stars.
VNSO Special Concert 4
Fri 13 Nov 2015, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to VNSO Special Concert 4 with the performance of:
Conductor: Honna Tetsuji
Violin Soloist: Bui Cong Duy
and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra
Program
Johannes Brahms
– Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.77
Interval
Johannes Brahms
– Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
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.
HCMC Premier – Opera Carmen
08 and 09 Nov 2015, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
Georges Bizet’s opera CARMEN is one the most famous, successful and most performed operas in history. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy based on the Prosper Mérimée’s novel of the same name.
Opera CARMEN will be performed at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on November 8th and 9th, 2015. Being a featured program in the 2015 performing season, the production is a great effort from HBSO. Leading the premiere performance is the French Maestro Patrick Souillot. The performance will also feature French opera artists Sophie Leleu and Olivier Trommenschlager in the roles of Carmen and Don Jose, respectively.
As HBSO has done with Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE, the Ho Chi Minh City premiere of CARMEN will be presented in concert, with its emphasis on the musical aspect of the piece.
Performers in the production also include HBSO’s best opera artists such as Cho Hae Ryong, Mer. A. Tran Hong Vy, Pham Duyen Huyen, Pham Khanh Ngoc, Nguyen Thu Huong, Vo Nguyen Thanh Tam, Dao Mac, Phan Huu Trung Kiet… and the HBSO Choir and Symphony Orchestra.
This year, 2015, marks the 140th anniversary of the CARMEN’s debut as well as the 140th death anniversary of Georges Bizet, the opera’s composer. Bizet passed away suddenly 3 months after the debut of CARMEN and never got to experience its popularity and great success of the work. In 1938, on the celebration of Bizet’s 100th birthday, the Opéra-Comique theatre had had 2,271 performances of the opera. The work has enjoyed countless productions around the world and has inspired other works such as ballet, film, music suite…
Carmen: Sophie Leleu
Don Jose: Olivier Trommenschlager
Escamillo: Võ Nguyễn Thành Tâm / Đào Mác
Micaela: Cho Hae Ryong / Phạm Duyên Huyền
Frasquita: NSƯT / Mer.A. Trần Hồng Vy / Phạm Khánh Ngọc
Mercedes: Nguyễn Thu Hường / Lý Hoàng Kim
Zuniga: Bùi Danh Hùng
El Remendado: Phan Hữu Trung Kiệt
El Dancairo: Vũ Minh Trí
Morales: Đào Mác / Võ Nguyễn Thành Tâm
Performing: HBSO Choir & Symphony Orchestra
Assistant conductor & choirmaster: Trần Nhật Minh
Conductors: Patrick Souillot on 08 Nov, Trần Nhật Minh on 09 Nov
Cooperation with La Fabrique Opera – France
Tickets
Ticket price: 800.000 – 650.000 – 550.000 – 400.000 – 150.000 VND (for students only)
Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Hương 0989874517, Ms.Huong Ly: 0908057972
At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square
HCMC – Saigon International Guitar Festival 2015
11 – 15 Nov 2015
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
You are invited to Saigon International Guitar festival 2015 in HCMC this October with the participation of 06 famous guitarists from different countries:
– Artist Rene Izquierdo (Associate Professor of guitar at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA)
– Artists Jérémy Jouve (France), winner of 2003 GFA award (Guitar Foundation of America) – the most prestigious competitions between current guitarists, with guitar and flute duet CD nominated for 2014 Grammy award
– Anton Baranov (Russia), who won the prestigious GFA award in 2013 together with over 20 awards around the world
– Kozo Tate (Japan), who won the Guitar Foundation of Japan contest in 1975
– Padet Netpakdee (Thailand), the winner of Thailand International Guitar Competition in 2009
– French-Vietnamese female guitarists – Nguyen Thanh Hang, graduating from “Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris” and currently performing and teaching in France.
CONCERTS
Wed 11 Nov 2015
20h00: Opening concert | “Guitar suite” | Saigon Guitar Quartet (Vietnam), Padet Netpakdee (Thailand), Kozo Tate (Japan), Rene Izquierdo (USA)
Thu 12 Nov 2015
20h00: Concert | “Guitar Saigon”
Fri 13 Nov 2015
20h00: Performance & Talk | at “Cà Phê Thứ Bảy” | 19B Pham Ngoc Thach Street, District 3, HCMC | International and local artist.
Sat 14 Nov 2015
20h00: Concert | “Guitar Classique & Romantique” | Guitar Quintet (SGQ & Kozo Tate), Nguyen Thanh Hang (France – Vietnam), Anton Baranov (Russia).
Sun 15 Nov 2015
17h30: Concert | “Guitar Journey” | Rene Izquierdo (USA), Jérémy Jouve (France).
TICKETS
Ticket price: 200 000 VND | 100 000 VND | 50 000 VND (for students with ID, buy at HCMC Conservatory of Music)
Online ticket are available at ticketbox.vn
For more information, please contact: 0965140058.
HCMC – Piano and Violin Concert “A German Night”
Fri 06 Nov 2015, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
Come to the recital “A German night” – a concert by Dr. Felix Olschofka, violin and Dr. Eun Young Joo, piano.
German-born and raised violinist, Dr. Felix Olschofka, has toured as soloist, concertmaster and chamber musician throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. His performances have been recorded and released by several radio and TV broadcasting stations such as NPR (USA), KBS (South-Korea), Megavision and ATB (South America), NRPR (Rumania), Deutsche Welle, ZDF, and WDR (Germany).
Olschofka holds a Bachelor and Master degree from the Music Conservatory “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin (Germany), a Performance Certificate from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Doctorate from the University of California San Diego, combining the best of both cultural worlds in his performing and teaching.
Pianist Eun-Young Joo graduated with distinction from the Vienna State Conservatory in 2000 (class of Professor Leonid Brumberg, an assistant of the great Russian pedagogue Heinrich Neuhaus). In 2007 she got a doctoral degree with highest mark from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Sergei Cenkov. She has given many solo recitals in Seoul, Europe, USA, and Vietnam, and performs with many orchestras such as Vivaldi Chamber Orchestra (Moscow), Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra (Moscow), Wien Academy Chamber Orchestra (Vienna), Korean Symphony Orchestra (Seoul), and HBSO (Hochiminh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera – Vietnam).
At present, she is a lecturer of master courses at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.
Tickets are now available at the Foreign Affairs office:
– Standard: 150,000 VND
– VIP: 300,000 VND
Hotline: 0903.034.112
KOTO Dream Ride 2015
Sun 15 Nov 2015
Road: UNIS (Hanoi) – Chua Thay Pagoda
2015 marks the 14th KOTO Dream Ride, an annual fundraising event where all proceeds will be used to support the continued work of providing hopes and brighter future for at-risk and disadvantaged youth, by raising money to support the KOTO not-for-profit vocational training program.
Growing from 30 riders in 2002 to over 100 riders mainly through word of mouth, the Dream Ride has raised over US $250,000 over the last 14 years.
This year we aim to attract 200 hundred bikers to help us fundraise, to bring awareness and attention to the wonderful work that is being carried out at our training center. We hope to raise US $50,000, which will be used specifically to cover the annual rental cost of training centers and housing for 200 trainees.
On Sunday, November 15, KOTO Dream Ride bikers will go out on a loop ride starting at the United Nations International School (UNIS) to Chua Thay Pagoda and back. This fun bike ride challenge of about 65 km will take cyclists through some beautiful countryside, pagodas and rice fields around Hanoi.
On the Day:
– 07:00 Registration, briefing, drinks and breakfast snacks
– 08:00 Start the Dream Ride
– 9:30 – 10:30 Chua Thay Pagoda (Half-Way Mark): Snack
– 12:00 Finish Dream Ride 2015: Light Lunch
How to join KOTO Dream Ride 2015:
For online registration, please visit here.
Registration fee:
• General Biker: VND 2,000,000 / person
• Group of 6: VND 10,000,000
• Family Package (2 adults, 2 kids under 17): VND 5,000,000
• Bike Rental: VND 200,000 / bike
Registration before 11:59 PM Oct 26, 2015 will receive 10% discount on total fee.
Contact Information:
Mr. Dat Quoc Pham
Marketing Manager, KOTO Hanoi
Email: dreamride@koto.com.au
Tel: +84 16 44 00 55 18
A Night of Concert and Ballet – The Colour of Love
Thu 12 Nov 2015, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
Come to a night of Concert and Ballet – The Colour of Love with: Artistic Director PhD. People’s Artist Phạm Anh Phương and artists of Vietnam National Opera and Ballet.
Program
Part I
Conductor: Lê Hà My
the choir and the symphony orchestra of Vietnam National Opera and Ballet.
1- Overture: The Hebrides Op 26 ” Fingal’s Cave” by Felix Menselssohn
2- Duet from Opera Carmen:(Micaela – Don José: Thăng Long-Soprano, Anh Vũ-Tenor)
3- Gypsy song from Opera Carmen: (Carmen, Fraquita, and Mercedes: Trần Trang-Mezzo Soprano, Nguyên Đông-Baritone, Thu Trang-Soprano)
4- Aria from Carmen: Thu Trang -Soprano & the Choir
5- Aria from Carmen: Toreado Escamillo- Mạnh Dũng-Baritone the Choir
6- Fantasy Romeo and Juliet by P.Tchaikovsky
Intermission
Part II
The Classical Ballet “Firebird”
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Choreographer: Lars Anderstam
Director: Harald Emgard
Stage choreographer: People’s Artist Ngô Thị Kiều Ngân
Costume: La Hằng
Soloists:
Firebird: Phan Văn Lương
Prince: Hàn Giang
Princess: Như Quỳnh
Tyrant: Văn Nam
and other Dancers of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet
Tickets
Ticket prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.
For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Mạnh Dũng sings Toreado Song from the Opera “Carmen”
Film Screening “Inglorious Basterds” and “Django Unchained”
Film screening of “Inglorious Basterds”: Fri 16 Oct 2015, 7.30 pm
Film screening of “Django Unchained”: Sat 17 Oct 2015, 7.30 pm
Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents
51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi
In the second week of Quentin Tarantino film month, you are invited to the film screening of Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained at TPD.
Original language with Vietnamese subtitles. The screening is supportive to local film community.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS is a 2009 American war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender and Eli Roth.
The film was commercially successful, grossing over $321 million in theaters worldwide, making it Tarantino’s highest-grossing film at that point, and second-highest to date, after ‘Django Unchained’ (2012). It received multiple awards and nominations, among them eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
For his role as Hans Landa, Waltz won the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Actor Award, as well as the BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
DJANGO UNCHAINED is a 2012 American Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in the Old West and Antebellum South, it is a highly stylized variation of the spaghetti Western. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson.
The film was a major critical and commercial success and was nominated for several film industry awards, including five Academy Awards. Waltz won several awards for his performance, among them Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Academy Awards. Tarantino won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA award for writing the film’s original screenplay.
The film grossed over $425 million worldwide in theaters against its $100 million budget, making it Tarantino’s highest-grossing theatrical release.
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
Affordable Art Fair – November 2015 in Singapore
12 – 15 Nov 2015
F1 Pit Building (1 Republic Boulevard), Singapore
Fall in love with art and become art happy, as the Affordable Art Fair bounces back to the F1 Pit Building for its sixth Autumn Edition!
We are excited to welcome 86 local and international galleries, showcasing original contemporary works from more than 600 artists, all priced between S$100 – 10,000
(Singapore Dollar). With a plethora of new galleries, fresh artworks, and engaging education features, the Affordable Art Fair is the easiest and most enjoyable way to view
and buy art this November.
The Affordable Art Fair aims to make art as fun, accessible, and affordable as possible. Regardless of whether you’re a seasoned collector, or a new art enthusiast, we invite
you to explore, ask questions, fall in love, and ultimately, take art home!
Buy your tickets now!
Take a look at our reviews on Affordable Art Fair May 2014 and Affordable Art Fair November 2014.
Concert “Ludwig van Beethoven” at Goethe Institut in November
07 and 08 Nov 2015, 8 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
This year, on the 245th birthday of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, the Goethe-Institut presents a four-part concert series at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi. The ten sonatas for violin and piano will be performed by the renowned musicians Nguyen My Huong and Dao Trong Tuyen.
On 7 and 8 November, the audience can enjoy three sonatas, including Sonata No. 5, which is widely known as the “Spring Sonata” due to its cheerful and hopeful mood.
However, it wasn’t Beethoven himself who came up with this name. In fact, his life was everything but easy when he finished the sonata in 1801: Beethoven had just found out that his hearing troubles were no temporary problem, but that he would go deaf. Other works which he composed during this time resonate his fear and despair about his fate.
Beethoven has brought the Classical form to its highest expressive level and he is considered as a pioneer of Romanticism. With his sonatas for violin, composed between 1797 and 1812, he was following his role model Mozart, who recognized the violin as an equal partner for the piano for the first time. Furthermore, Beethoven’s sonata are known for their unconventional modulations and rhythms, which first shocked the audience, but after a while it was seen as the own course of the great classic composer.
Around 200 years later you can experience this complete exceptional music cycle for the first time in Hanoi – an exceedingly occasion for lovers of music.
PROGRAM
– Sonata No. 1 in D major, Opus 12
– Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 12
– Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24
Nguyen My Huong studied at Hanoi Art School, Vietnam National Academy of Music with Professor Ngo Van Thanh as well as at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz with Professor Thomas Zehetmair. Among other prices she has been awarded with the “Youth Talent Award”. As a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra and the PMF Orchestra she played many concerts abroad and also took part in training courses in Japan, China, Germany, Austria and the USA. Currently, Nguyen My Huong works as a soloist in chamber music concerts with Vietnamese and foreign counterparts. She is second violin principal in the National Symphony Orchestra and teaches at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. Moreover, she has received an offer to be concertmaster in Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra.
Dao Trong Tuyen studied with several prestigious piano teachers such as Hoang Vinh Huong, Hoang Hoa, Joel Pasquier, Professor Tran Thu Ha and Professor Đặng Thái Sơn. In 2007, he completed his Doctorate of Music in Piano Performance at the University of Montreal in Canada. Dao Trong Tuyen won the first prize in the National piano competition in 1990 and he has played concerts in Canada, France and Japan. He has recorded a large number of works for Vietnam National Television and Vietnam National Radio. He has also performed as a soloist with major orchestras in Vietnam such as Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
At present, Dao Trong Tuyen is a piano teacher at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.
Due to the limited number of seats we kindly ask only visitors from the age of 12 and up to come.
Free tickets for 07.11.2015 and the additional concert on 08.11.2015 are available from Monday 02. November, 9 am at Goethe-Institut Hanoi.
First Line-up Announcement of Quest Festival 2015
06 – 08 Nov 2015
Son Tinh Camp, Ba Vi, Hanoi
Quest Festival 2015 is proud to announce its first round of musical line up announcements – featuring an incredible amount of talent from Vietnam and the rest of the world.
Disco, DnB, Techno, Hip-Hop, Grime, Death Metal, House, Psych Rock, Afrobeat, Progressive, Jungle, Indie, Funk, Folk, Punk, Hardcore, Experimental Electronica and Reggae are all represented in our most eclectic selection of artists yet featuring an exciting array of live, electronic and fusion acts.
This is the first in many announcements of its kind, we have plenty more surprises heading your way with big names and local favourites set to bring the good vibes for three beautiful days.
Stay tuned for more announcements for music, performance, workshops and food!
Ouissam [Cliche Records, France]
DJ Instinct [Phatfunk, Bangkok / UK]
Hazard Clique feat. MC Pain, Cam, Black Murder [UK, Saigon, VN]
Xai [Hanoi, VN]
Space / Panther [Saigon, VN]
Duy Tuan [Sub Elements, Hanoi]
Pirate Copy [FuFu, Hanoi]
Tung Tim [Sub Elements, Hanoi]
Dan Lo [Eclectic Aesthetic, CYP]
Jack Swift [Möbius / Luska Records, UK]
Humb [Jigsore, UK]
Ngoc Mobile [Rockstore, VN]
Taylor Moore & The Young Buffalo [USA / UK / Vietnam]
Mimetals [Hanoi, VN]
Ng?t [Hanoi, VN]
James & The Van Der Beeks [Saigon, VN]
Windrunner [Hanoi, VN]
Bloodshed [Hanoi, VN]
Al Hobson [UK]
OneNayTon [Reggae Garden, VN]
Quest 2015 will continue calling for participating performers until 15/08/2015.
Paintings Exhibition “The Earth is in Your Hands”
Opening: Tue 03 Nov 2015, 6 pm
Exhibition: 03 – 15 Nov 2015
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the exhibition titled “The earth is in your hands” by students of Nguyen Tat Thanh high school.
The exhibition expresses sensitive and concerned eyes of students aged 12-18 on climate change. The dangers and consequences of climate change due to human intervention, its impact on the lives of future generations, everyone’s responsibility and actions to preserve the Earth are the topics to be covered by these students with different materials: acrylic, watercolor, synthetic materials, etc.
Free entry.
Cinema Announcement of Quest Festival 2015
06 – 08 Nov 2015
Son Tinh Camp, Ba Vi, Hanoi
This year, we bring to you a compilation of visual treats at the all new Quest Cinema. Kick back, take a time out and relax with selections of local and international pieces, mixed with a healthy dose of craziness.
Internet Cat Video Festival / Trạm Cứu Hộ Mèo Fundraiser
Hanoi DOCLAB Smartphone Doc Film Workshop
Hanoi DOCLAB Mini-fest
Future Shorts Vietnam: International Fall Showcase
Future Shorts Vietnam: Best of Vietnam Showcase
Fact & Fiction Films: Seen in Saigon Showcase
Humans of Hanoi Showcase
Vincent Moon: Hanoise, and the Southeast Asian field recordings
Street Theatre: The Interstellar Tour
Improvised Electronic Music Workshop: The Ignorant Schoolmaster
Space//Panther Curates: music videos that they like
Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Body Meditations
Alternative Animation Showcase
Contemporary Music with Quartet Tri Minh
Sat 07 Nov, 2015
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
In recent years, quartet Tri Minh has made itself a master of the contemporary music in Vietnam. They play traditional sounds Ca Tru, Hat Cheo or Quan Ho on modern
instruments, with the electronic approach.
Participating artists
– Tri Minh: organ
– Van Mai: 16-string zither
– Duc Minh: guimbarde
– Ha Dinh Huy: percussion
and other guest artists.
Tickets
Ticket price: 160 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 80 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace since 14 Oct.
Creative Documentary Wedding Photography workshop with Julian Abram Wainwright
“The Canterville Ghost” in Vietnam
Adapted from Oscar Wilde’s story
By Paul Stebbings and Phil Smith
Music: Paul Flush
Director: Paul Stebbings
Producer: Grantly Marshall
Hanoi: Tue 03 Nov 2015, 8 pm
Wed 04 Nov 2015, 11 am
Labor Theatre
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HCMC: Thu 05 Nov 2015, 11 am
HCMC Conservatory of Music
In autumn 2015 we revive one of the company’s most popular productions for a tour of over twenty countries in Europe and Asia. “THE CANTERVILLE GHOST” is an enigmatic masterpiece from one of the greatest story tellers ever to set pen to paper: Oscar Wilde. Being Wilde this is a piece of razor sharp wit, vicious satire and imagery that is both Gothic and lyrical. TNT brings out the full complexity of the story, a story that is wrongly labelled as solely for the young. And of course we update the satire as Wilde was nothing if not contemporary (he seldom sets his work in the past).
The story is set in an English castle whose aristocratic owner, Lord Canterville, has put up for sale as he is as broke as he is noble. The resident crows object to this as strongly as the resident Ghost (the wife murderer Sir Simon de Canterville). A brash and wealthy American family arrives to take possession of the castle: a cowgirl mom, a seemingly sweet daughter Virginia and her vile brother Washington. The Ghost does all he can to frighten the Americans away, but in the end it is the Duke who turns the tables by falling in love with Virginia. But first Virginia must learn a lesson or two from Sir Simon – if she is to have a Ghost of a chance…
TNT’s version has delighted audiences since 1997, from Shanghai to London and Munich to Tokyo. The combination of dynamic physical theatre, dance, comedy, masks, satire, audience participation and startling imagery grips young and old alike. The whole is complimented by Paul Flush’s musical score and a host of foot tapping songs plus a ballad or two to mix laughter with tears (or at least romance). TNT theatre and ADG Europe invite you to a magical theatrical performance in the company of yanks, ghosts, lovers, murderers, Lords, gypsies, horrible stains and the bad tempered dancing crows of Canterville.
“TNT – a theatrical firework.” – Berliner Morgenpost.
“TNT – touring theatre at its best.” – South China Morning Post.
“If young people need to be persuaded to go to the theatre this is the company to
see.” – Sudkurier, Germany.
“TNT presents true music theatre.” – Classical Music Magazine, London
Canterville Ghost 3
TICKETS: (Detailed information will be available soon)
Ticket prices:
– Day performance: 400,000 VND for adults / 200,000 VND for students pupils
– Night performance: 500,000/400,000 VND for adults/ 250,000 VND for students pupils
Labor Theatre
42 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du, D.1, HCMC
“ART for YOU” going South
05 – 08 Nov 2015, 09.30 am – 8 pm
3A Station
3A Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1, HCMC
– A MANZI & WORK ROOM FOUR production held at Mai’s Gallery in 3A Station.
– ART FOR YOU is a place to buy affordable ART.
– A collection of sketches, photographs, illustrations, paintings – works, ideas, mediums & meanings, questions and responses by some of the finest creative talents of
Vietnam today.
– A way to support your local artists (they deserve it), keep creativity kicking and alternative art spaces thriving.
– A place to discover something new, beautiful and engaging and give it a home. A meaningful and timeless way to solve any gift conundrum.
IT’S WHERE?
Mai’s Gallery, 3A Station, 3A Ton Duc Thang, District 1, HCMC
SO, WHEN IS IT ON?
A 4-day event from the 5th to the 8th of November. 9.30am – 8pm daily.
WHY DO I CARE?
This could be an essay! But, put simply: Find something you love, something that enriches your home. A work of ART that keeps you feeling alive and thoughtful everyday.
Buy it. Hang it. Cherish and share it. It is a good thing to do… for you, for the artist and for those you love.
FREE ENTRANCE.
Get in touch with a member of the art for you team: artforyouvietnam@gmail.com
VNSO Special Concert 3
04 and 05 Nov 2015, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to VNSO Special Concert 3 with the participation of:
– Conductor: Honna Tetsuji
– Piano Soloist: Ngo Phuong Vy
– Euphonium Special Guest: Hokazono Shoichiro
and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.
Program
Edvard Grieg
– Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Interval
Mousorgsky / Ravel
– Pictures at an exhibition
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.
Stand-Up Comedy with Glenn Wool
HCMC: Wed 04 Nov 2015, 8 pm
Game On
115 Ho Tung Mau, Q1, Ho Chi Minh City
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Hanoi: Thu 05 Nov 2015, 8 pm
House of Son Tinh
31 Xuan Dieu, Tay Ho, Hanoi
International stand-up comedy returns on Wednesday November 4 to Ho Chi Minh City and Thursday November 5 to Hanoi with a comedic line-up headlined by the highly acclaimed Canadian comic: Glenn Wool.
A veteran on the comedy scene, Glenn started performing in 1995 in his hometown of Vancouver. After moving to London in 1998, he was nominated for Best International Stand Up at The New Zealand Comedy Awards and Best Headliner at the Chortle Awards and soon became a rising star on the international comedy circuit performing to large audiences in places as far flung as Australia, New Zealand, USA, South Africa, Switzerland, France, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Holland, Dubai, New York and Los Angeles.
Known for his melodramatic, over-the-top delivery, Glenn is a serial festival performer, having played at all of the UK’s top festivals — Reading, Leeds, Latitude, Bestival, Download and Glastonbury. Numerous TV appearances have also been in the offering including John Oliver’s New York Comedy Show, The Melbourne Comedy Gala, Funny as Hell in Canada and Russell Howard’s Good News in the UK.
This will be Glenn’s third visit to Vietnam. In support at the Saigon show on Wednesday November 4 will be British comic: Graham Wooding.
And at the Hanoi show on Thursday November 5, Glenn Wool will be supported by the growing posse of local stand-ups that make up the ever-more-hilarious Hanoi Comedy Collective.
TICKETS
– HCMC: 220,000 VND
– Hanoi: 200,000 VND
Ticket price includes a complimentary drink at each venue. For more information or to book tables, email nick@saigoninternationalcomedy or dan@highway4.com.
Film Screening “La Belle et la Bête” at L’Espace
Sun 01 Nov 2015, 4 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Beauty and the Beast” (France, 2014, 112 mins).
– Director: Christophe Gans
– Cast: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussolier.
“This fairy tale populated by a little creature hiding charming surprises in the corridors of his beautiful castle.” – 20 minutes
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 50 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Exhibition “The New Global Women” by Lawrence D’Attilio
Opening: Sun 01 Nov 2015, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 01 – 14/11/2015
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi
Seventy-nine visual art works of artist photographer Lawrence D’Attilio explore the tensions of young women when having to make difficult choices in life. They will be presented in the exhibition “The New Global Women”. The opening reception is at 17:30 through 20:00 and the artist will be there and a featured guest artist, American violinist Pamela Foard, will perform for you too while refreshments are served. Mrs. Foard is the wife of Mr. D’Attilio.
The exhibition consists of 32 single fine art photographs surrounding a centerpiece installation art work entitled “Challengers”. The installation art work is made up of 24 ceramic photographs of women faces and 23 transparent photographs of Ao Dai. The structure has a conical hat shape, 4.87m diameter, 3.2m tall with transparent photographs and cloth strip suspended in the structure. The installation allows people to walk into the structure up to the edges of the ceramic tiles placed on the floor.
As a mid-career artist, Lawrence has always been interested in breaking current trends in his art media. The exhibit “The New Global Women” is a typical example. The exhibit uses camera-made images re-constructed into abstract expressions as well as a cross media installation work to challenge orthodox concepts of photographic presentation. All of the art works explore the women’s tensions with their own twisting of form, color and elements of minimal narrative.
During nine years in Vietnam, Lawrence has become friends with many young educated women. They have told him about their challenges in making the life-long decisions that they are pressured to confront now. Some of the woman chose to accept the tensions in their lives, a result of their choice to pursue their lives beyond the previous traditional roles. Other women conclude that they prefer a lifestyle that is more comfortable for them and more easily accepted in their current culture.
Lawrence wanted to recognize the tensions women had while making their choices from among the greater options they have today. His idea was to create a sense of the tensions through abstraction while confronting difficult artistic choices of form.
Lawrence D’Attilio is a native of New York City and currently resides in Los Angeles and Milwaukee. He has a Fine art degree from the University of Louisville and did independent studies with Ansel Adams. He has exhibited since 1970 in Vietnam, Malaysia, Italy, and The U.S.A. He co-founded The Bathhouse Gallery of photography in 1970 and was president of The Photography Collectors investment fund. He taught photography in extensions of the University of Wisconsin, Madison and others.
Lawrence is also a successful co-plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision involving civil liberties for people of African and Jewish heritage. Further, Lawrence had a 31 year professional music career as a bassoon player for three different major American Symphony Orchestras. He is also an aircraft pilot and was founder and president of Airdance, Inc., the management and FBO for Capital Drive Airport, (02C). Prior to that he was the founder of the Bellanca – Champion Club providing technical support for aircraft of those brands.
Exhibition “The New Global Women” by Lawrence D’Attilio
Theater is Us, 68×102 cm, ink on canvas, 2015
Opening: Sun 01 Nov 2015, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 01 – 14/11/2015
Heritage Space
Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi
Seventy-nine visual art works of artist photographer Lawrence D’Attilio explore the tensions of young women when having to make difficult choices in life. They will be presented in the exhibition “The New Global Women”. The opening reception is at 17:30 through 20:00 and the artist will be there and a featured guest artist, American violinist Pamela Foard, will perform for you too while refreshments are served. Mrs. Foard is the wife of Mr. D’Attilio.
The exhibition consists of 32 single fine art photographs surrounding a centerpiece installation art work entitled “Challengers”. The installation art work is made up of 24 ceramic photographs of women faces and 23 transparent photographs of Ao Dai. The structure has a conical hat shape, 4.87m diameter, 3.2m tall with transparent
photographs and cloth strip suspended in the structure. The installation allows people to walk into the structure up to the edges of the ceramic tiles placed on the floor.
As a mid-career artist, Lawrence has always been interested in breaking current trends in his art media. The exhibit “The New Global Women” is a typical example. The exhibit uses camera-made images re-constructed into abstract expressions as well as a cross media installation work to challenge orthodox concepts of photographic presentation. All of the art works explore the women’s tensions with their own twisting of form, color and elements of minimal narrative.
During nine years in Vietnam, Lawrence has become friends with many young educated women. They have told him about their challenges in making the life-long decisions that they are pressured to confront now. Some of the woman chose to accept the tensions in their lives, a result of their choice to pursue their lives beyond the previous
traditional roles. Other women conclude that they prefer a lifestyle that is more comfortable for them and more easily accepted in their current culture.
Lawrence wanted to recognize the tensions women had while making their choices from among the greater options they have today. His idea was to create a sense of the tensions through abstraction while confronting difficult artistic choices of form.
Lawrence D’Attilio is a native of New York City and currently resides in Los Angeles and Milwaukee. He has a Fine art degree from the University of Louisville and did independent studies with Ansel Adams. He has exhibited since 1970 in Vietnam, Malaysia, Italy, and The U.S.A. He co-founded The Bathhouse Gallery of photography in 1970 and was president of The Photography Collectors investment fund. He taught photography in extensions of the University of Wisconsin, Madison and others.
Lawrence is also a successful co-plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision involving civil liberties for people of African and Jewish heritage. Further, Lawrence had
a 31 year professional music career as a bassoon player for three different major American Symphony Orchestras. He is also an aircraft pilot and was founder and president
of Airdance, Inc., the management and FBO for Capital Drive Airport, (02C). Prior to that he was the founder of the Bellanca – Champion Club providing technical support for aircraft of those brands.
Documentary Film Screening “Always Beside You”
Sun 01 Nov 2015, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the documentary film screening “Always beside you”.
– Director: Nguyen Kim Hai
– Cast: Phuong and her mother
For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitle.
Tickets:
Ticket price: 40,000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.
Exhibition “Inner Channeling”
Opening: Sun 01 Nov 2015, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 01 – 07 Nov 2015
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St. Hanoi
You are invited to the exhibition “Inner Channeling” with painter Tran Van Tru (born in 1944) and his student – Nguyen Ngoc Dan (born in 1972).
Having established himself as a well-known painter in the local art scene, Nguyen Ngoc Dan (a.k.a Dan wire) will feature his new artworks on the same topics: wire, electric pole, loud speaker… messy and stuffy in the city.
On artist Tran Van Tru, according to the researcher Tran Hau Yen The: “Flowers on paintings and self portraits are two best topics of Tran Van Tru. In the flower paintings, we encounter a delicate and sensitive soul but in self portraits, he appears with strong will and consistent mind.”
Music Night with Award-winning Musicians Trang Tooc and Danh Tu
Sun 01 Nov 2015, 8.30 pm
Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi
Join us for a night of feel-good songs from these award-winning musicians. Trang Tooc is a Hanoi-based musician who has been fine-tuning her skills since winning the Blow Up 2012 competition.
Danh Tu is a pioneer of the art of fingerstyle guitar in Vietnam. He hasn’t been encumbered by the rules of formal musical education as he’s totally self-taught. He writes his own songs and draws inspiration from Paddy Sun and Andy McKee.
Together they’ll be tickling your pop-sensibilities for a once-only show.
Tickets: 50,000 VND at the door.
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