WHAT’S ON JANUARY 15-30 (DAILY UPDATE)

Electronic Music with La Fine Equipe

Sat 30 Jan 2016, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

You are invited to the electronic music night with La Fine Equipe, VIP winner of the Deezer Adami contest.

Composed of four beatmakers from Paris and Marseille: Blanka, Chomsk ‘, Mr Gib and Oogo, La Fine Equipe “offers original and damn malignant productions on stage” according to Les Inrockuptibles.

While pursuing collaborations and solo projects, Blanka, Chomsk ‘, Mr Gib and Oogo have both deepened and broadened their collective adventure without limit on style, color and form. With the third album “La Boulangerie” produced with Nowadays Records, La Fine Equipe is unanimous: VIP Prize of Deezer Adami in May 2015 when they participated in iNOUiS du Printemps de Bourges tour in fall 2015.

The performance will take place in HCMC and Danang on 28 and 30 Jan 2016 respectively.

Tickets

Ticket price: 80,000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Hanoi Winter Carnival

Sat 30 Jan 2016, 10 am – 1 pm

British International School Hanoi

Hoa Lan, Vinhomes Riverside, Long Bien, Hanoi

Come to Winter Carnival to celebrate New Year and raise money to support local charities: School on The Boat, Thinh Dai Pagoda, Sympa Meals, Tam Dao Bear Sanctuary, RICE scholarship programme, SOS Children’s Village Mai Dich.

The event includes traditional and modern games and activities such as: bouncy castle, face painting, calligraphy; music performance with solo violin, guitar, Japanese fishing dance, Korean traditional instrument performance; magic show for children, handicraft workshops, hanbok and kimono dressing, food and drink stalls and much more.

This is an opportunity for family and friends to come together, have an enjoyable time and experience the vibrancy of the cultures through all the activities.

FREE entrance. To book your space please register via this registration link

VNSO 2016 Season Opening Gala

27 and 28 Feb 2016, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

Come to the Season Opening Gala of VNSO with the performance of:

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji

Soprano Special Guest: Angela Nisi

Tenor: Dang Duong

Bariton: Manh Dung

And the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO)

PROGRAM

G. Rossini – Overture from Opera “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”

G. Donizetti – “Quel guando il cavaliere â¦ so anchi’io lavirtu magica”

G. Donizetti – Una Furtiva Lagrima – Tenor: Dang Duong

W. Mozart – Tamino Aria from Opera “Magic Flute” Tenor: Dang Duong

F. Lehar – Waltz “Gold and Silver”

F. Lehar – Viljalied – Soprano: Angela Nisi

F. Lehar – Lippen Schweigen- Soprano: Angela Nisi and Bariton: Manh Dung

G. Puccini – “Nessun dorma” from Opera “Turandot”, Tenor: Dang Duong

G. Puccini – “Si,mi chiamano Mimi” from Opera “La Boheme” Soprano: Angela Nisi

P. Mascagni – Intermezzo from Opera “Cavalleria Rusticana”

G. Puccini – “O mio bambino caro” from Opera “Gianni Schicchi”

G. Verdi – Overture from Opera “Nabucco”

G. Verdi – “La Donna e mobile” from Opera ‘Rigoletto’

G. Verdi – Intermezzo from Opera “La Traviata”

G. Verdi – “E strano.. Ah Fors’e lui..Sempre..” from Opera “La Traviata”

G. Verdi – Brindisi from Opera “La Traviata”

C. Napoletana – “O sole mio”

C. Napoletana – “Torna a Sorrento”

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.

Conference “Age of the Crowd: A Historical Treatise on Psychology of the Masses”

Thu 28 Jan 2016, 6 pm

Institut FranÃ§ais de Hanoi – L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

You are invited to the conference “Age of the crowd: A historical treatise on psychology of the masses” by Serge Moscovici on the occasion of publishing the book in Vietnamese.

Speakers:

– Mr. Ngan Xuyen (Pham Xuan Nguyen), translator

– Mr. Nguyen Tri Dung, researcher

Serge Moscovici, Director of Studies at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), wrote numerous works on the history of science, social psychology and political psychology. Serge Moscovici’s book gives a very accessible way, a system of ideas whose consistency is the psychology of crowds, from the work of three great architects: Gustave Le Bon, Gabriel Tarde, Sigmund Freud.

The book was translated into Vietnamese by Ngan Xuyen and published in November 2015 by Sao Bac Media.

Language: Vietnamese

Free entry.

Modern Jazz workshop with Dede Guardiola

Sun 24 Jan 2016, 4.30 – 7 pm

Kinergie Studio

7th Floor, 101A Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi

Let’s explore Modern Jazz with French dancer Dede Guardiola.

Participants: Artists, dancers, students and everyone who are interested in creative movements and contemporary dance.

Jazz dance was the first street dance ever known. Dancers used to learn ballet or folkloric traditional dances. But dancers are artists, dance is creation, and these artists need to express themselves with their bodies, by the movement, feeling the music.

Modern jazz is just its evolution, using ballet techniques and contemporary music.

For this workshop, we will explore how to express ourselves; how to move in a breath, feel the music, follow a choreography, use the precision of technique, and enjoy creating altogether!

Born in Alsace, France, Dede discovered her passion for dancing at the age of 7 years old with Amanda Gary and Christelle Pinet. Dede started dancing by learning modern jazz, but she has been curious to discover new ways how to move and express with her body. She has tried everything she can: Ballet, belly dance, African dance, Afro jazz, claquettes, hip hopâ¦ At the age of 15 years old, she joined the Dream Dance company, hip hop choreographic, with which she won several times the title of French championship. At the age of 18, Dede left Alsace to go to study fashion design in Paris. She joined Rick Odums dance school for few years and later on, MickaÃ«l Billioniere with who she danced hip hop before moving to Vietnam.

Language: Vietnamese – English

Fee (after concession): 250,000 VND (200,000 VND for current students of Kinergie Studio)

Mobile: 0912081950

Email: [email protected]

Film Screening “Le Tableau”

Sun 24 Jan 2016, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

You are invited to the film screening Má»i cÃ¡c báº¡n Äáº¿n xem bá» phim “The Painting” (France, 2011, 76 mins) at L’Espace.

Director: Jean-FranÃ§ois Laguionie

Cast: Jessica Monceau, Adrien Larmande, Thierry Jahn

“A beautiful reflection on the plastic work and an exciting game with shapes and colors.” – PremiÃ¨re

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.

Workshop “A New Age For You”

Sat 23 Jan 2016, 6.30 – 8.30 pm

The Black Box

56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi

A warm hello to everyone who wants to challenge yourself, to touch and feel through the language of symbols.

In this first hours of the new year, new age, what would you like to experience the most?

If you had the chance to transcend the time and space, which would be the age you’d want to come back to?

– The carefree childhood, without worries!

– The adulthood with many ambitions and dream.

– Or the calm and wise middle-age?

Welcome you to “A New Age For You”! You will have the chance toâ¦

– Choose for you an age to experience without worrying about what others think about you.

– Freely play in a place without time and space.

– Send yourself and all the new friends in “A New Age For You” the gifts of laughters and joy.

To step yourself into that interesting and special moment, you just need to:

– Relax, and breath

– Choose for yourself an age you want to travel to

– Andâ¦ “A New Age For You” will give you wings to fly into surprising adventures.

The rule of the game is very simple: choose for yourself at least two items in the room, breath your imagination into them, work and immerse yourself in them, step by step, and wait to see what is going to happen.

Workshop details:

– Maximum number of participants: 25

– Start date: 18:30 – 20:30, Saturday, 23 Jan 2016

– Venue: Life Art, Level 2, No. 56, Nguyen Khuyen, Dong Da dist, Hanoi

– Fee: 180.000 VND / person

Payment should be made before 16:00, 22 Jan 2016 by:

– Bank transfer to: 0491000061588, Vietcombank, owner: Tran Nguyen Binh Minh

– Direct payment in cash at Life Art, Level 2, No. 56, Nguyen Khuyen, Dong Da dist, Hanoi

Instructor: Ms. Tran Binh Minh, Founder of SENSES Garden

*Note: The workshop will only be conducted if the number of participants exceeds a required minimum.

* For information and enquiries, contact via email: [email protected] or Hotline: Ms. Há»ng Anh: 01674 500 301

Artist Talk with Gabby Miller

Sat 23 Jan 2016, 4 pm

Nha San Collective

15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi

Queer Forever! and NhÃ SÃ n Collective are pleased to invite you to the artist talk with Gabby Miller. The artist talk will close her exhibition “ÄI XUYÃN // CROSSING” in Hanoi.

In August 2015 Gabby Miller crossed The Pacific Ocean on The CMA CGM Gemini, a 380-meter long ship capable of carrying 11,000 containers. She was the only passenger going from Oakland to Xiamen, China. The trip took 21 days.

They steered through The Great Circle across The Arctic, through The Bering Sea, sucked up heavy crude oil for the ship in Russia. As they curved down to warmer parallels, lights began to hover on the horizon at dusk.

Aboard the ship and in the months following in Vietnam, she has been developing a new body of work that explores the geopolitical history, and current movement of goods, people and power across ocean lines. This project investigates the violence and power in the logistics of trade. The cargo ship plays an integral role as the vessel for departure for both refugees, and for goods, both historically and at present. In 1967 the U.S. government contracted Sea-Land Services to begin service from The Port of Oakland to South Vietnam. It is argued that the supply demands for Vietnam War catalyzed the adoption of container shipping globally.

“ÄI XUYÃN // CROSSING” includes some new paintings in heavy crude oil from the ship’s engine, photographs, video and sculptural work made during and after the crossing.

This exhibition includes a 30-minute video from 2010 with music composed by the late, great and beloved Nga Nhi.

Gabby Miller is an interdisciplinary artist based in San Francisco. As a visual artist and organizer, her creative practice investigates our contemporary existence within and across multiple locations. She has lived and practiced out of Vietnam, the birthplace of her mother, and The Bay Area, where she was born and raised. Often using her own body in her works, she is inventing a visual language through experiments merging sculpture, photography, performance and video to describe how we transport our habit patterns, history and iconic signifiers of identity across cultural boundaries in an age of globalization. The content of her work integrates a personal commitment to awareness of current political situations and the queer and alternative communities in The Bay Area and Southeast Asia that she is a part of.

Free entrance.

Artist Talk with Maika Elan

Sat 23 Jan 2016, 7 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Within an artist talk on January 23rd you will have the chance to learn more about Maika Elan, her lomographic work and new trends in photography. Together with arts and culture journalist Fabiola BÃ¼chele, Maika Elan will talk about her art and the exhibited Lomographys. Moreover, a selection of results from participants of Maika Elans Lomography workshop will be presented during the talk.

Lomography is a style of analogue photography, playing with the unpredictable image qualities of cheap cameras, like colour changes and negative effects. Maika Elan has been taking photographs with different Lomo-cameras since 2009. Her journey with Lomography can be seen in the Goethe-Institut from 14 to 28 January.

Languages: English, Vietnamese

Free admission.

Spring Party with Music and Dance

Fri 22 Jan 2016, 7 pm

Club M Health & Fitness

1/163 HoÃ ng NgÃ¢n, Trung HÃ²a, Cáº§u Giáº¥y, HÃ Ná»i

We are Club M Health & Fitness, i would like to invite you to join “Dance Party” with us at: 19:00 on Friday, January 22th 2016. Join with us, you can:

* Dance Zumba, Dancesport, Dance Cover, Sexy dance

* Tao Quan comedy very funny

* Enjoy nice voice from talen singer Duong Quang Tu and his friends

* In addition, Awarded “Billionaire calories” for customers

* Join amazing game show

* And more interesting activities

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*You also interact, exchange with many people and get special gift in lucky draw.

Please feel free to register with us via number 0961184369. We wish you can enjoy music and dance party with Club M. Enjoy party your way with Club M.

HCMC – Concert “New Worlds”

Fri 22 Jan 2016, 7.30 pm

HCMC Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC

Come to the concert “NEW WORLDS”, performed by the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra to open the performing season of 2016.

The Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra launches its 2016 season with a celebration of old world traditions in a contemporary light. Led by Music Director Adrian Tan, highlights of the program include the world premiere of Vietnamese composer Dinh Lang’s Concerto for Dan Tranh “The Endless Fields”, with acclaimed virtuoso Nguyen Hai Phuong; and the orchestral debut of prize-winning young pianist Tran Yen Nhi in Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Rounding up the program is Antonin Dvorak’s ever-popular Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” with which he advocates African-American melodies as American folk songs and the foundation for the “future music of this country”.

Program:

TRáº¦N ÄINH LÄNG – Viá»t Nam – Nhá»¯ng CÃ¡nh Äá»ng Báº¥t Táºn

F. LISZT – Piano Concerto No. 1

A. DVORAK – Symphony No. 9 “New World”

Tickets:

Tickets are now available at the Foreign Affairs office – 112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1.

Price: Standard: 200,000 VND – VIP: 250,000 VND

Contact Hotline: 0903.034.112 or email: [email protected]

Workshop Dance/Movement Therapy with Autism

Thu 21 Jan 2016, 10.30 am – 12 pm

The Black Box

56 Nguyen Khuyen, Hanoi

Children with autism are described as living in their own world, for they often shun social contact. The classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as a sickness, disease, or just a different way of being is still in question. Based on the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), poor social communication and restricted patterns of behavior and interests are two main diagnostics of ASD (DSM-5, 2013, p.50).

The workshop integrates the knowledge of the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) and the research of children with autism at Heartsong organization where I have been working as a Dance/Movement Therapy intern. The workshop provides a brief overview of the research and intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders and how developmental and clinical perspectives of the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) approach can bring benefit the clients.

Fee: 200,000 vnd (100,000 vnd for student only)

You can pay the fee before the workshop at Life Art, hotline: 0966058741

Minh Tuyet Bui graduated from a M.S in Dance/Movement Therapy at Sarah Lawrence College in New York (Fulbright scholarship). She is a member of America Dance Therapy Assocition (ADTA). Minh is a pioneer in applying Dance/movement therapy to education to benefit her home country. She has been working in education, specialized in serving as an art-based facilitator for personal and social development. DMT is a powerful tool for Minh to connect and enrich her emotion, physical and spiritual life as well as empower vulnerable people such as domestic violence victims, people with disability, children with autism, the senior with dementiaâ¦

Jazz Concert with Timo Vollbrecht & Band

Jazz Concert with Timo Vollbrecht

Hanoi: Fri 22 Jan 2016, 8 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

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HCMC: Sat 23 Jan 2016, 8 pm

HCMC Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du, Dist 1, HCMC

The Goethe-Institut presents the Southeast Asia tour of acclaimed jazz musician Timo Vollbrecht and his band FLY MAGIC. After the opening event in Hanoi, the musicians and their refreshingly different style of music will travel further to HCMC, Phnom Penh and Bangkok. The distinct and warm sound of band leader Timo Vollbrecht’s saxophone is inspired by the music scenes of Berlin and New York – the cities between which he commutes. Every song creates a new universe for itself – jazz elements merge with post rock, minimalism, new music and contemporary song culture.

FLY MAGIC consists of Timo Vollbrecht (saxophone), his long-time musical companion Keisuke Matsuno (guitar), Sebastian Merk (drums) and Matthias Pichler (bass). The band has been playing shows all over the world, in New York’s most famous jazz club, and at festivals in Panama, Haiti, Australia and Europe.

In Hanoi, the second part of the concert will be played together with saxophonist Nguyen Bao Long and the ensemble JumpforJazz. Band leader Long initiated this music project in order to establish and promote jazz music in Vietnam. You can expect a magical mix of energy, melancholy and urban pulse!

Timo Vollbrecht (30) studied at the Jazz Institute of the Berlin University of the Arts, and saxophone and composition at the New York University. The young musician is considered one of the most important voices of German jazz, and has already won several prizes. Timo Vollbrecht has been performing with internationally known Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker, and pop star Robbie Williams. He is also a lecturer and professor at the NYU.

Nguyen Bao Long is Vietnam’s best-known jazz saxophonist, and has been an important influence in the Hanoi jazz scene for almost 20 years. Next to that, he also works as a music teacher, organizes jazz events and plays in renowned orchestras. In 2013, he founded the band JumpforJazz, to support aspiring jazz musicians.

TICKETS

Hanoi: Tickets are available at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi starting Monday, 18 January 2016, 9 AM. We do not accept reservations.

HCMC: Tickets are available at the Goethe-Institut Ho Chi Minh City starting Monday, 18 January 2016, 9 AM. Two tickets per person; we apologise for any inconvenience.

Due to the limited number of seats, we kindly ask you not to bring children younger than 12 years.

Táº¿t Art 2016 – Vietnam’s Leading Contemporary Art Fair

22 – 31 Jan 2016, 9 am – 8 pm

Hanoi Creative City

No. 1, Luong Yen, Ha Noi

Come to join Táº¾T ART 2016 – “A.poth.e.o.sis” – Vietnam’s Leading Contemporary Art Fair.

Continuing the success of TET ART 2015, TET ART proudly presents TET ART 2016, a historical art happening that will take place from 21-31 January 2016, at Hanoi’s newest and hottest art and creative destination: HANOI CREATIVE CITY.

TET ART 2016 unites and showcases more than 200 curated original artworks by more than 80 leading Vietnamese and international modern and contemporary artists. The program also features a series of Art Talks on Artist and Art Creation, Art Collection and Art Investment; Art Performance; Workshops; Art Tour, and an Art Film section.

Notably, all artworks on display will have specially concessional prices during TET ART 2016 as a commitment of the organizer and all the participating artists to the development of Vietnamese arts and art lovers.

Film Screening “J’aime Regarder les Filles”

Fri 22 Jan 2016, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

You are invited to the film screening “J’aime Regarder les Filles” (France, 2011, 92 mins) at L’Espace.

Director: Fred Louf

Cast: Pierre Niney, Audrey Bastien, Lou de LaÃ¢ge

With the participation of French young talent – Pierre Niney, “J’aime Regarder les Filles” tells a story about the captivating and tormented first love, in 1981.

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.

Mozart-Beethoven Mini Cycle at L’Espace

20 and 21 Jan 2016, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

You are invited to the Mozart-Beethoven mini cycle with VNSO with: Bassoon Concerto in B flat major K. 191 by Mozart and Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” in E flat by Beethoven.

Conductor: Kim Xuan Hieu

Basson: Van Thanh Ha

Tickets:

Ticket price: 170,000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace: 100,000 VND

Special price for students: 80,000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

HCMC – Exhibition “Passers By” by Ho Hung

Opening: Fri 22 Jan 2016, 6 pm

Exhibition: 22 Jan – 29 Feb 2016, 8.30 am – 5.30 pm (except Sunday)

VinGallery

6 LÃª VÄn Miáº¿n, Tháº£o Äiá»n, District 2, HCMC

Come to ‘Passers By’ a solo exhibition of new watercolour paintings by Vietnamese artist Ho Hung.

Ho Hung’s watercolours capture the ephemerality and the subtle sensuousness of the everyday. Dappled light, warm colours and empty spaces characterize his style and his view onto the landscape of his homeland of Southern Vietnam.

Travelling from place to place and painting on the streets, Hung records people passing by and is himself a stranger and a passerby to his subjects.

The fragility of these encounters surfaces in the free flowing and unpredictable quality of the watercolour. Similarly his views of Old Saigon and its weathered buildings remind us that everything is temporary and life itself is just passing by.

A technically skilled painter, Ho Hung has exhibited in multiple exhibitions across the country including solo exhibitions at Hue Fine Arts University and at the Fine Arts University HCMC. He is continuously gaining acclaim and notoriety for his work.

Course “Photography – The Fundamentals” with Julie Vola

Start date: Tue 19 Jan 2016, 6 pm

The London College for Design and Fashion Studies Hanoi

Within 24 hours, the course is designed for students who desire to improve their knowledge and become more creative in photography:

– Handle and master all the camera settings

– The importance of light in photography

– How to use efficiently the Aperture/ Shutter Speed/ ISO trio

– Composition and framing

Course fee: 5,990,000 VND

(Students are required to bring DSLR camera to this course).

For more information about the course, please contact:

T: +84 (4)3 719 9706

E: [email protected]

The London College for Design and Fashion Studies (Hanoi)

No. 98 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

“A Spring Night” – Concert and Ballet

Thu 21 Jan 2015, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

Come to concert and ballet program “A Spring Night” this January at Hanoi Opera House.

PROGRAM

1. Rossini Overture “William Tell”

2. Rossini Don Bassilio’s aria from opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia”

Bariton: Manh Dung

3. Nguyá»n Thiáº¿u Hoa “Concerto ThÄng Long” for Bamboo Flute and Orchestra

Bamboo Fule Soloist – HoÃ ng Anh

4. Rossini Rossina’s cavatina from opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia”

Soprano: Thang Long

5. Tchaikovsky Valse from ballet “Sleeping beauty” 6′

6. Verdi La Gitana-Chorus from opera “Travatore”

7. Mozart Finale Chorus from Opera “Magic Flute”

8. Nguyá»n Thiáº¿u Hoa “ThÄng Long ngÃ n nÄm há»i ngá»”- Concerto for Vietnamese two-chord fiddle and Orchestra

Intermission

1. Colorful of the Northwest from Contemporary Ballet “The Light Source”

Script: PGS. TS. NSND LÃª Ngá»c Canh

Music: XuÃ¢n Thá»§y

Choreography: NSND Anh PhÆ°Æ¡ng & NSÆ¯T Há»ng Phong

The Northwest: green forest mountains – “the land of the flowers” legendaryâ¦

A beloved countryside rich in culture and traditions for generations ethnic minority. When spring comes, dazzling beauty of earth mixed up with feeling of human being. The Northwest rhythm of cheerful â¦

2. Vietnamese Traditional Songs in Acapella Style “Trá»ng cÆ¡m – LÃ½ cÃ¢y Äa – Chiáº¿c khÄn PiÃªu”

3. Contemporary Ballet “A Season of Fire-fly / MÃ¹a Äom ÄÃ³m”

Music: Há» HoÃ i Anh

Choreography: Äá»©c ToÃ n- ChÃ ThÃ nh – Phi Long – ThÃ¡i SÆ¡n

Fire flies are both miraculous and familiarâ¦ They represent social love, friendship, love of life and romantic love filled with poetic moments as the catalyst for a new day of sunshine and wind in harmony.

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.

Improvising Orchestra with Sandro Manzon

18, 20 and 21 Jan 2016, 7 – 9.30 pm

Blossom Art House

94B Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi

You are invited to participate in a rare multidisciplinary workshop and performance opportunity with Canadian composer/improviser Sandro Manzon.

Over the course of 3 sessions and a concert, Sandro will guide the participants through a workshop intensive on ‘conducted improvisation’. Each session will introduce and practice techniques based on an intricate ‘sign-language’ for improvisers in a large ensemble.

Workshop content:

You will learn about two particular conducted improvisation languages created by legendary jazz musician Butch Morris, and American composer Walter Thompson. The sessions will include special instruction and direction on ways to interpret and perform improvised music within the context of a large improvising ensemble. You will also learn and get the opportunity to conduct our ensemble of participants (if you’d like to). You will also be invited to give a concert/performance of the things we learn and prepare throughout the workshop as the Hanoi Improvisers Orchestra.

What you need/What you don’t need:

1. Bring your instrument and be ready to play!

2. You do NOT need to be able to read music.

3. This workshop is primarily for (but not limited to) musicians. If you are a dancer, a live video artist, an actor, etcâ¦ you are also invited to participate, as the conducting languages pertain to many artistic disciplines and facets.

4. Understanding English is preferred but not essential.

5. Proficiency on an instrument (or in another discipline of your choice) is preferred but not essential.

6. Interest in experimental music/art is probably a good thing.

Spaces are limited, so sign up early if you can!

FEE OF WORKSHOP: 750,000 VND/ person

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: Max. 20 people (over 16 years old)

TO REGISTER:

Please follow this link and fill in the form by 15th January 2015

THE DATES:

SESSION 1 – Monday, January 18th 2016: 7PM – 9.30PM

SESSION 2 – Wednesday, January 20th 2016: 7PM – 9.30PM

SESSION 3 – Thursday, January 21st 2016: 7PM – 9.30PM

CONCERT – Saturday, January 23rd 2016: 7PM – 9.30PM

(Please be present for every session if you would like to play in the concert!)

Conductor Sandro Manzon is a young composer/improviser currently living in Hanoi, Vietnam. His works have been performed in North America, Europe and Asia. His music spans a variety of realms, particularly focusing on forms of experimental music, chamber music and psychedelic soft-rock music.

Sandro first studied composition in Canada with notable composers such as Peter Hatch, Allison Cameron, Linda Catlin Smith, and James Harley. Sandro has also attended composition workshops/lectures by renowned composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki and Pierluigi Billone. He is also the founding member and Artistic Director of the band Edges who is dedicated to performing and creating experimental music of many sorts. He is also the band leader of the psychedelic soft-rock band FROMHERE.

As an improvising musician, Sandro regularly works and performs in Toronto’s vibrant improvising music scene. He started a band in 2012 featuring some of Toronto’s most active improvising musicians. He learned and practiced forms of conducted improvisation with several large improvising ensembles. Similarly, Sandro was an assistant instructor of the Improvised Concerts Ensemble at the renowned Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University.

He researched conducted improvisation at the Improvisation Community and Social Practice research group based in Guelph Ontario, Canada. Since then, Sandro has continued to perform improvised music in Spain, Canada, Germany and Vietnam.

Sandro was a participant of the 2012 Young Composers Workshop hosted by Array Music.

Music Night with Lydmor from Denmark

Wed 20 Jan 2016, 8 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Enchanting pop songstress with a knack for turning audiences into induced trances, LYDMOR, from Copenhagen, brings her Scandinavian style to a special Wednesday night performance.

Behind the curious and quite self-ironic name Lydmor (Danish for “Mother of Sound”), you find the 25-year old, Danish singer, songwriter and producer Jenny Rossander.

Despite of her young age, Lydmor has experienced more than most musicians ever will. She have toured most of mainland Europe and southeast Asia on her own, been on “trust tours” all across the European continent, where she performed, lived and slept in the homes of her fans, collaborated with renowned artists such as Arsenal (BE), Alle Farben(DE), Amanda Palmer (US), Bottled in England (DK), etcâ¦ and finally established herself as one of the most promising underground artists in her native Denmark.

Now Lydmor is ready to launch her solo career onto a whole new level. Fearlessly the young Dane exposes all of herself in the quest of achieving true artistic integrity, and with the release of her new album “y”, Lydmor has done just that. Stacked with intensity, emotion and personal experience, the album portrays a woman far beyond her age telling stories of love, intoxication and deprivation with Lydmor’s fragile and yet breathtaking voice, on top of an ambient and oddly catchy, electronic soundscape.

Lydmor is truly one of a kind, but to really appreciate her uniqueness, you have to hear it for yourself. Welcome to the Lydmor experience!

Tickets: 80,000 VND

HCMC – Music Night with Lydmor

Tue 19 Jan 2016, 8 pm

Cargo Bar

7 Nguyen Tat Thanh, D.4, HCMC

Come to a show with Denmark’s most hotly-tipped artist for 2016, Lydmor.

Behind the curious and quite self-ironic name Lydmor (Danish for “Mother of Sound”), you find the 25-year old, Danish singer, songwriter and producer Jenny Rossander.

Despite of her young age, Lydmor has experienced more than most musicians ever will. She have toured most of mainland Europe and southeast Asia on her own, been on “trust tours” all across the European continent, where she performed, lived and slept in the homes of her fans, collaborated with renowned artists such as Arsenal (BE), Alle Farben (DE), Amanda Palmer (US), Bottled in England (DK), etcâ¦ and finally established herself as one of the most promising underground artists in her native Denmark.

Lydmor is truly one of a kind, but to really appreciate her uniqueness, you have to hear it for yourself. Welcome to the Lydmor experience!

Lydmor is performing in Hanoi on 20 Jan. She has also performed in Hanoi in 2014.

Tickets

Advance: 150,000 VND (at ticketbox.vn)

At door: 200,000 VND

Round-table discussion “Vietnamese thriller novel and the contribution of writer Di Li”

Mon 18 Jan 2016, 3 pm

L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

You are invited to the round-table discussion “Vietnamese thriller novel and the contribution of writer Di Li” with the participation of:

– Writer Di Li, writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, writer Vo Thi Xuan Ha, critic Chu Van Son, critic Van Gia, and director Quoc Trong.

– Moderator: critic Pham Xuan Nguyen

Though the thriller genre occupies a major place in the world of literature, it is still unremarkable in Vietnam. What is the contribution of writer Di Li, author of the first contemporary thriller in the development of Vietnamese literature?

Language: Vietnamese

Free entry.

Hue – Artist Talk with Andreas Hoffmann and Monika Weber

Sun 17 Jan 2016, 3.30 pm

New Space Arts Foundation

2nd Floor, 15 Le Loi Street, Hue City

Come to the performance workshop & artist talk by artists Andreas Hoffmann &Monika Weber.

Exhibition “Fields of Vision” by Andreas Hoffmann & Monika Weber is open at New Space Arts Foundation until 09 Feb.

Talk with Artist Xu Zhe

Sat 16 Jan 2016, 4 – 6 pm

Nha San COLLECTIVE

15th floor, Hanoi Creative City Building, 01 Luong Yen, Hanoi

Nha San Collective warmly invites you to the talk with artist Xu Zhe from Shanghai, China. In this talk, he will share about his practice, as well as his recent projects.

Xu Zhe was born in Shanghai in 1976. He graduated from the School of Fine Art, Aix-en-Provence, France in 2006 and now lives in Shanghai.

Xu Zhe is a very diverse artist in his practice. He works making video, installations, sculpture and photography. He is a member of an artists’ group “Zuzhi” that supports different art-related projects and he is part of a jazz improvisation band and teaches new media at Shanghai Art School.

He describes himself as an artist, not particularly a photographer. Photography is a tool that he uses if he needs to express his intention.

His exhibitions include:

2015 “Essential Matters-Moving Images from China”, Borusan Contemporary Perili Kosk, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014 Between Calmness and Sedaction (SOLO), Antenna Space. Shanghai; Extender Play(SOLO), AM Space, Shanghai; 2014 Photo Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai; Aviff Cannes Art Film Festival Guest Program Basement6 ShanghaÃ¯, Cannes; PANDAMONIUMï¼Micro Exhibition, MOMENTUM, Berlin; 2013Drawing, Expression and Limit, AMNUA, Nanjing; ON | OFF: China’s young artistes in concept and practice, Ullens center for contemporary art, Beijing; 2012SEE/SAW: Collective Practice in China Now, Ullens center for contemporary art, Beijing; Fun Art-Open Studio Project, The Times Museum, Guangzhou; Wood works, V art center, Shanghai; Chinese Experimental Music Jamboree: Sally Can’t Dance 2012 , D22, Beijing; 2011 First issue-2011 SH Contemporary Art Exhibitionï¼Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai.

Ballet Classes for Young Dancers

Dance embodies one of our most primal relationships to the universe. It is pre-verbal, beginning before words can be formed. It is innate in children before they possess command over language and is evoked when thoughts or emotions are too powerful for words to contain.

Dance is a natural method for learning and a basic form of cultural expression. Dance is fun, improves physical mobility, stimulates the brain, and is used to express feelings and thoughts. It is essential that education provides our children with the developmental benefits and unique learning opportunities that come from organizing movement into the aesthetic experience of dance.

Dance is my life-long passion and as a dance educator I would like to share my passion with children through teaching ballet and creative dance classes. Classes will be offered at Zenith Hanoi for different age groups.

* Baby ballet / creative dance for 2-3 year olds, mostly based on Brain Dance developed by Anne Green-Gilbert, infused with the first basic principles of ballet

* Pre-Primary ballet for 4-5 year olds, following the RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) curriculum and infused with some creative dance to keep it light and fun

* Primary ballet for 5-6 year olds, following the RAD curriculum

* Grade 1 ballet for 7-9 year olds, again following the RAD curriculum

For more information on costs, schedule etcâ¦, email me at: [email protected]

Note: lessons will be taught in English.

Film Screening “Attila Marcel” with English subtitles

Sun 17 Jan 2016, 6 pm

L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

Come to the film screening “Attila Marcel” (France, 2013, 106′) with English subtitles at L’Espace.

Director: Sylvain Chomet

Casting: Guillaume Gouix, Anne Le Ny, Bernadette Lafont

Director Sylvain Chomet, who has gain fame through two animations “Belleville Rendez-vous” and “The Illusionist”, makes a comeback with his first live-action movie, telling a unique story about a naive mute man searching for his memories.

Thirty-year-old Paul lives in a Parisian apartment with his aunts, two elderly aristocrats who have looked after him since he was two years old and who dream of seeing him become a virtuoso pianist. His life is reduced to a daily routine of playing the grand piano in the lounge and attending his aunts’ dance class, where he is an accompanist. Isolated from the outside world, Paul has grown old without ever having livedâ¦ Until the day that he encounters Madame Proust, his neighbor on the fourth floor. This eccentric woman possesses a herb tea recipe capable, thanks to music, of making even the most deeply buried memories spring forth. With her, Paul will discover the story of his past and find the key that will allow him to live life at last.

Language: French with English subtitles

Tickets:

Full price: 50,000 VND

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

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

H’mong New Year in City

Sun 17 Jan 2016, 9 am – 4 pm

Hanoi University of Culture

418 De La Thanh Str, Dong Da Dist, Hanoi

Are you interested in exploring the diverse culture of the ethnic minorities, but unable to travel long distance?

Are you H’mong students living away from home, looking forward to family reunion during traditional new year time?

There is no need to travel a long distance, you still can experience the festive atmosphere with “H’mong New year in the city” in the heart of Hanoi. There are many exciting and fun activities waiting for you, such as H’mong traditional cuisine, traditional sport and the colorful and beautiful art performances!

Program timetable:

09h-09h30: Opening

09h30-10h30: Talkshow: Soul worshiping in H’mong new year

10h30-11h30: Art performance and Pao game

13h-13h45: Miss H’mong

13h45-14h20: Stick pushing and Pao competition

14h20-16h: Free to Sing

Traditional Japanese New Year – Oshougatsu 2016

Sat 16 Jan 2016, 8.30 am – 6 pm

C9 Courtyard, Hanoi University of Science and Technology

You are invited to the traditional Japanese New Year Oshougatsu 2016 in Hanoi.

Program:

– Introduction about traditional customs, cuisines and games in Oshougatsu

– 40-meter long wall with 100 pictures and 8,000 paper cranes hung on bamboo

– Wearing traditional costume Yukata

– Free Japanese cultural activities: teru teru bozu doll, paper craft, calligraphy, chibi drawing, Mochi cake tasting,â¦ and other fascinating activities

For more information about the program, please contact:

Media representative: Mr. Nguyen Van Hoan (0988 914 635)

Email: [email protected]

HCMC – Classical Concert “Aufschwung” (The Boom)

Sat 16 Jan 2016, 7 pm

The Southern Women’s Museum

Come to the first concert of the year 2016 Aufschwung (The Boom) from Saigon Classical Music Group.

“It is spring again. The Earth is like a child that knows poem by heart.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

After days of smouldering and seething, there are suppressed emotions which all wish for their expression, like a volcano wishes for its eruption (Rachmaninoff); there is also an internal force which predicts for the coming of a new talent (Schumann); and there are also complex emotions of turbulence and serenity (Liszt)â¦

The concert is free, register online here to join.

The Southern Women’s Museum

202 Vo Thi Sau street, District 3, HCMC

Roundtable discussion “Vietnamese thriller and thriller novels by writer Di Li”

HCMC – Concert “A Broadway Journey”

16 and 17 Jan 2016, 8 pm

HCMC Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC

Come to an elaborate concert with the attendance of two vocal experts from the United States: Ms. Rhyn Saver and Mr. John Ferguson.

“A Broadway Journey” concert includes the excerpts from many famous operas in Broadway style such as “Little Mermaid”, “Aladdin”, “Lion King”, “Love Never Dies”, “Les Miserable”,â¦ performed by the excellent voice students from Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music and guest artists.

This is a modern and attractive concert which will certainly please the audiences.

Invitations are now available at the Foreign Affairs office – 112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1.

Hotline: 0903.034.112

Short Documentary Screenings on LGBT

Sat 16 Jan 2016, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

In the framework of the project Documentary Journey, the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents introduces the weekly documentary screening – Doc Journey to raise fund for young filmmakers in making their first work.

In the 2nd screening date, you are invited to the short documentary screening on LGBT including:

+ Another love story (Trinh Tran Tay)

+ Who are you (Hoang Huyen My)

+ Opposite house (Le My Cuong)

+ Parents and son (Do Tan Phat)

Original language with English subtitles.

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

Talkshow “Young, who has never Despaired?”

Sun 17 Jan 2016, 2 – 4 pm

Yabai Teabar

No 1 Luong Yen Str, Hanoi

Come to the book launch of the novel “The Prostitute’s Daughter” by Juliet Philip and a talkshow about crisis in the early stages of youth.

When we are young, we feel infinite. We wonder which direction to go. We feel lonely as if we ‘don’t belong’ in this world. Not to mention the early life shocks: betrayal, failure, family pain, death of a loved one, etcâ¦ that exhaust and bore us. Forever falling but never hitting bottom.

How do we find peace of mind? How to not fall forever and then drown in despair? How to find hope, after all, and live your life as you want?

Let’s listen to the story of Kamada in the novel “The Prostitute’s Daughter”, or the stories of the guests, or someone else’sâ¦ and look for yourself.

âº GUEST SPEAKERS:

+ Critic Pham Xuan Nguyen – Chairman of the Hanoi Writers Association. Behind a gray head is a very young spirit.

+ Nguyen Son Lam Speaker – President of Shine Media & Training Corporation. He is a symbol of optimism and the will to rise, despite the grim fate.

+ Hoang Thi Dieu Thuan – The girl who returns from death, after 10 years of battling with blood cancer.

+ Trinh Thuy Ngan – a 9x translator who translated “The Prostitute’s Daughter”.

Language: Vietnamese

Free entry. Register via this link. Hotline: Ms. Ngoc Bich – 01663 930 328.

Film Screening “Mia et le Migou”

Sun 17 Jan 2016, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

You are invited to the film screening “Mia et le Migou” (France, 2008, 91 mins) at L’Espace.

Cast: Dany Boon, Garance Lagraa, Charlie Girerd

“A beautiful animated film inspired by the traits Fauvism and environmental, poetic and powerful message.” – Le 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.

Meeting – Reading “The Last Giants”

Sat 16 Jan 2016, 6 pm

L’Espace

24 TrÃ ng Tiá»n, HÃ Ná»i

You are invited to the meeting – reading around the book “The Last Giants” by FranÃ§ois Place with the participation of the club “SÃ¡ch Æ¡i má» ra”.

Only one country inhabited by 9 strange creatures. They sing all night for the stars, they carry with them the form of rivers, mountains, the Earthâ¦ They live three years and then sleep two centuries! One day Archibald Leopold Ruthmore discovers the country and lead to an irreversible catastrophe.

A captivating and moving tragedy, a story full of poetry will be told by members of the club “SÃ¡ch Æ¡i má» ra”.

Language: Vietnamese

Free entry.