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

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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