Hanoi-Limited Edition Tradition 6 – Live World Music
Apr 22, 8.30 pm
Hanoi Social Club, 6 Hoi Vu Street, Hoan Kiem district
Showing a different flavour, a new eye-opening style of the communication of emotions connected to the history of people across the world. Featuring instruments such as the guimbri, oud, doumbrek, and a wide range of hand percussion and traditional Vietnamese musical instruments.
Tickets: VND100,000
Hanoi-Concert “Berlin Signals”
Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc street, Ba Dinh district
The show is staged under an artist exchange project composed of performances, sound installations and live-acts where the audience takes part in a new audio-visual and sound journey.
As part of the programme, the three participating international artist Antye Greie-Ripatti aka AGF aka Poemproducer, Gil Delindro & Julius Holtz will share their individual practices with a night of solo performances at the Goethe Institut of Hanoi.
Free entrance
Tickets: VND300,000 – VND400,000 – VND5-500,000 – VND1 million
HCMC- A Night of Film Music
Apr 24, 8 pm,
HCMC Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, District 1
Introducing numerous famous films, including Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Schindler’s List, Pirates of the Caribbean, Cinema Paradiso, and many more.
The concert will be conducted by HBSO’s music director Tran Vuong Thach and will feature the HBSO Symphony Orchestra, vocalists and instrumental soloists, plus the Saigon Ladies chorus.
Tickets range from VND450,000 to VND900,000
Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture
Apr 22, 24, 26, 6pm
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, 7 Cong Truong Lam Son, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1
‘Teh Dar: Vietnamese Tribal Culture’ features a vibrant display of circus arts, aerial acrobatics, and tribal music within an hour-long performance.
The show highlights the lives of tribal families from the southwest highlands of Vietnam, using UNESCO-listed percussion instruments, such as Vietnamese gongs and buffalo horns, as well as vibrant costumes, and a stunning bamboo cirque depicting various landscapes and creatures from tribal folklores.
Price range: VND630,000 - VND1,470,00
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Hanoi-Exhibition “PURE GOLD – Upcycled! Upgraded!”
Until May 26, Tue – Sun, 10 am – 5 pm
Heritage Space, 1st Floor, Dolphin Plaza,6 Nguyen Hoang / 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh 2,
An exhibition by ifa (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart, Germany) in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Hanoi.
Bulky trash, waste, cheap materials: pure gold! At least in the eyes of many active designers. “PURE GOLD – Upcycled! Upgraded!” explores the subject of rubbish and presents approaches to using trash to create valuable products.
Hanoi- Photography Exhibition “A Little Bit of This and That”
Matca Space for Photography, 48 Ngoc Ha street, Ba Dinh District
A solo photography exhibition by Dinh Nguyen, a Ho Chi Minh City-based architect who has a passion for taking photos in order to see things outside of his day job and quotidian boredom.
Free entry
Apr 28, 9 am – 12 pm and 1.30 – 5 pm
VICAS Art Studio, 32 Hao Nam Street, Dong Da DistrictA group exhibition by Nguyen Van The, Pham Thanh Toan, Hoang Khanh Du, Dang Thanh and Le Thua Ngoc Hai, who have a clear tendency towards neo-expressionism.
Some just follow spontaneity and instinct while others intentionally do research about neo-expressionism on the Internet, either way their language of expression all has the same reference with the language of their neo-expressionism predecessors around the world.
Hanoi- Exhibition “Daily Conversation”
Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street,
Featuring a mix between silk paintings by Le Kim My and original installations by Vu Kim Thu. Two artists with distinct art practices holding an exhibition together for the first time at L’Espace.
With different modes of expression, the two artists tell the story of daily life in this shared space.
Hoi An – Contemporary Art Exhibition “A Thousand Threads”
Until May 13
Almanity Hoi An Wellness Resort, 326 Ly Thuong Kiet, Tan An Ward, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province
A solo exhibition of artist Thu Tran.
With the participation of:
– Contemporary artist/Fashion designer Hong Pham
– Event Facilitator: Writer/Journalist Nguyen Quynh Trang
– Guest of Honour: Singer My Linh
HCMC-Exhibition “The Sap Still Runs”
HCMC – Exhibition “Dew Drips, Smog Seeps: Sculptural Lament Collection”
Apr 26-June 14,
Vin Gallery, 6 Le Van Mien, D2
From the organizer:
Sculptural Lament Collection by Nguyen Thuy Hang who is one of the rare female artists in Vietnam who has made marks in both literature and visual arts, constantly shifting between the duality of these worlds. Despite the fast-growing operation of the contemporary art ‘machine’, the artist has allowed herself to be quiet and to contemplate for nearly two years before returning with the series ‘Dew Drips, Smog Seeps: Sculptural Lament Collection’.
HCMC- Exhibition “Serpents’ Tails” by UuDam Tran Nguyen
Galerie Quynh, 118 Nguyen Van Thu, Dakao, District 1
The exhibition comprises of a three-channel video, sculpture, photographs, and an immersive installation of motorbikes whose exhaust systems inflate, feed, and give flight to tubular “serpents” sewn together from disposable plastic bags.
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