WHAT"S ON AUGUST 1-15 (DAILY UPDATE)

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

14 and 15 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

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

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

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

Conductor Philippe Lesburguères

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

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

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

Music: Astor Piazzola

Libretto: Horacio Ferrer

Conductor: Philippe Lesburgueres

Choreography: Meritorious Artist Hồng Phong

Choreography’s assistants: Phan Lương, Thúy Hằng

Solists:

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

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

El Duende: Phan Đức (Tenor)

Dancers:

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

Minh Thanh, Hoàng Anh, Duy Khánh, Thọ Dương

The orchestra:

1st Violin: Lê Tuấn Anh

2nd Violin: Phạm Thanh Hà

Viola: Doãn Trung Anh

Cello: Trần Thu Vân

Double Bass: Nguyễn Hải Nam

Flute: Bùi Minh Hoa

Piano: Phan Huy Phúc

Accordeon: Nguyễn Quỳnh Chi

Guitar: Nguyễn Tuấn Bình

Percussion: Trần Xuân Hòa

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500,000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858 / 0983067996.

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

Photo Installation “8m²” by Nguyen The Son

Opening: Thu 13 Aug 2015, 6 pm

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

Goethe Institut

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

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

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

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

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

Free admission.

Exhibition “Heterotopias as Other” by artist Lien Truong

Opening: Wed 05 Aug 2015, 6 pm

Artist talk: Wed 05 Aug 2015, 4 pm

Exhibition: 05 – 16 Aug 2015

Nha San Collective

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

From Nha San Collective:

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

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

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

Music Performance by Peabo Bryson in Hanoi and HCMC

Hanoi: Sat 12 Sep 2015, 8 pm – 11 pm

Vietnam National Convention Center

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HCMC: Fri 18 Sep 2015, 8 pm – 11 pm

Hoa Binh Theater

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

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

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

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

Peabo Bryson in Hanoi and HCMC-support artists

Ticket

Ticket price: 500.000 – 3.500.000 VND

Vietnam National Convention Center

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

Hoa Binh Theater

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

Concert “Khachaturian and Prokofiev”

Sun 09 Aug 2015, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

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

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

Program

PART I:

Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D Minor

Violin: Linda Dobrevska

PART II:

Aram Khachaturian Adagio from ballet “Spartacus”

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

Performing:

HBSO Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Lê Phi Phi

Tickets

Ticket price: 550,000 – 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)

Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972

At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square

Online Booking: www.ticketbox.vn   

Tango or not

08 PM,09 – 10 PM, 09 August

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

One night only and for those who love Tango Nuevo!

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

Surcharge: 250,000VND (including one drink)

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

‘A to B’ by Thuy Tien Nguyen

12 AM,02 – 12 PM, 02 August

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music Story of the Old Quarter in August

Fri 14 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Center of the Old Quarter’s culture exchange

50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi

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

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

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

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

Incentive Idea: Vu Nhat Tan, Dam Minh

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

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

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

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

Fri 14 Aug 2015, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

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

For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

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

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

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

Exhibition: 10 – 30 Aug 2015

Meeting: Fri 28 Aug 2015, 9.30 am

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

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

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

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

Language: Vietnamese

Free entrance.

Concert “Tango or not” at Manzi Art Space

Sun 09 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

One night only and for those who love Tango Nuevo!

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

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

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

Film Screening “9 Mois Ferme” by Albert Dupontel

Fri 07 Aug 2015, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

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

For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

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

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Toyota Concert Tour 2015

Hanoi: 05 and 06 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

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Da Nang: Sun 09 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Trung Vuong Municipal Theatre

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HCMC: Tue 11 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Saigon Opera House

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Thanh Hoa: Thu 13 Aug 2015, 8 pm

Lam Son Municipal Theatre

From Toyota Motor Vietnam:

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

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

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

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

PROGRAM

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

Duc Trinh The Land Faraway

Thuan Yen The Color of Red Flower

Nguyen Tai Tue The Sound of Singing in Pac Bo Forest

Saint Saens “Introduction and Rondo capriccioso” Op. 28

(Bui Cong Duy)

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

(Bui Cong Duy)

Trinh Cong Son White Summer (Tran Manh Tuan)

Tran Manh Tuan Butterfly Dream

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

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

TICKETS

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

A level: VND 700,000/ ticket

B level: VND 500,000/ ticket

C level: VND 300,000/ ticket

Student level: VND 150,000/ ticket

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

A level: VND 100,000/ ticket

B level: VND 50,000/ ticket

– Tickets available from 21st July 2015 at:

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

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

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

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

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

Hanoi Opera House

No. 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi   

HCM City Municipal Theatre

No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC   

Trung Vuong Municipal Theatre

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

Lam Son Municipal Theatre

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

Public Performance “From. To .”

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

Date: 03 – 16 Aug 2015, 10 am – 4 pm

Nha San Collective 2

15th floor, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi

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

Participating artists:

– Nguyen Thuy Tien

– Patricia Nguyen

– Duc Flying Bay

– Ly Hoang Ly

– Tuan Mami

I. Sunday 2.8.2015

12 am to 6pm: Public performance

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

6pm to 10pm: Gathering

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

10pm to 12pm: Dismissal

Artists and audience decide their own dismissal

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

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

II. From Monday 3.8.2015 to Sunday 16.8.2015

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

Art Workshop “From Regeneration to Creation”

Sun 02 Aug 2015, 12 am – 6 pm

Pasteur Garden, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

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

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

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

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

*This workshop is free of charge.

Concept:

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

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

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

How to participate:

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

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

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

Painting Program with Pallet Workshop

Sun 02 Aug 2015, 8 am – 5 pm

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Nguyễn Văn Huyên Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội

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

Hue – Exhibition “The Bridge Span”

Opening: Sun 02 Aug 2015, 5 pm

Exhibition: 02 – 11 Aug 2015

New Space Arts Foundation, Hue

2nd Floor, 15 Le Loi Street, Hue City

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

– Purich Srisuay’s

– Natthapoom Saenghan

– Thanomasak Suwannasi

– Lê Quốc Hoàn

– Nguyễn Thành Trung

Art Workshop “From Regeneration to Creation”

Sun 02 Aug 2015, 12 am – 6 pm

Pasteur Garden, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

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

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

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

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

*This workshop is free of charge.

Concept:

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

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

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

How to participate:

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

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

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

Film Screening “Minuscule: La Vallée des Fourmis Perdues”

Sun 02 Aug 2015, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

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

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

For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

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

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

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