MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES

Hanoi-Heritage Space Plus: Event of Visual Art – New Music – Architecture

Mar 27, 4 – 8 pm

Heritage Space, Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh

A series of events of Visual Arts, Show of New Music and Films of Architecture History.

A film “Great Expectation” (director: Jesper Wachtmeister)

An exhibition of painting, installation, multimedia and concept works and entitled “Heritage Space +”.

A show of New Music by Vu Nhat Tan, composer, and his collaborators. The product is Cõi Vắng (Empty World) that shall last about 50 minutes.

Free entry.

For more information, contact Ms. Thanh Thỏa, Mobile: 0168 437 3611; Email: thoantt.heritagespace@gmail.com

Wildlife 2.0: Electro Concert with Gudrun Gut

HCMC: Mar 17, 8 pm
The Observatory, 5 Nguyen Tat Thanh, Dist 4
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Hanoi: Mar 23, 8 pm
Goethe Institut, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street

Gudrun Gut, a musician, DJ and music producer, is an icon of the alternative music scene in Berlin.

Gudrun Gut’s music ranges from post punk and techno to Indietronics. She merges electronic vibes with nostalgic sounds of musical genres such as Blues or Tango.

Free entry 

Performance by British choreographer

Mar 23, Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street

Mar 26 and 27, Ho Chi Minh Opera House

Choreographer Aakash Odedra is set to perform Murmur 2.0, the visually beautiful, heart-wrenching and dramatic piece which he presented at TEDGlobal as a TED Talk. 

Tickets are now available at the two venues, or can be booked online via www.ticketvn.com and www.ticketbox.vn.

HCM City- Int'l artists gather at Russian music night

Mar 19,

HCMC Opera House in District 1.

The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera will host a night of Russian music featuring young and talented foreign artists.

The show will be conducted by Spanish conductor, David Gomez Ramirez.

There will also be Thai violinist Anna Sowanna Takeda.

A highlight of the event is the performance of Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto in D major, op. 35 by Anna Sowanna Takeda.

The show also presents other typical pieces, including Overture “Dawn over the Moscow River” from opera Khovanshchina by composer Modest Mussorgsky and Vasily Kalinnikov’s Symphony No. 1 in G Minor performed by the HBSO Symphony Orchestra.

Hanoi-Mutant Lounge – Intergalactic Adventure

 

Mar 4, 9 pm

Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van Street

LIVE electronic musicians with 50/50 Vietnamese/Foreign artists.

Entrance: 50,000 VND donation on the door – This is a charity event! All artists are volunteering their time free of charge! All proceeds go to Humanitarian Services for Children of Vietnam.

Hanoi- Cello night Echoes of the Spring

Mar 4, 8pm

Manzi Art Space, 14 Phan Huy Ich Street

A cello concert featuring pieces by Rolf Lovland, Harold Arlen, Astor Piazzolla, Claude Debussy.

Surcharge: VND200,000/person.

Hanoi-Heartdance #3: Sun Dance

Mar 6, 2.30 – 4.30 pm,

Botanical Garden, No. 3, Hoang Hoa Tham street

Fee:
Adult: Only 50,000 VND/ person
FREE: Children from 5 to 14 accompanied, Senior (60+) and people with disability

• Register via Thu Thuy at 0989188806 or inbox to thuyntt08@gmail.com

• Comfortable clothes for movement

 

Hanoi-Performances of Electric Yard Dogs

Mar 18 and 25, 9pm, 84 BAR 23 Ngo Van So Street
Mar 23 and 30, 9pm, 21 NORTH CLUB 49 Lang Yen Phu
Mar 20 and 27, 8pm, 1900 Le Theatre 8 Ta Hien

The music is a highly dance-able mix of fast rock, rhythm and swing, a style reminiscent of Dr Feelgood, the Texas Bar Room Blues of Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds with a touch of Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reed.

Apart from local music venues around town in Hanoi, the band also tour regularly down south to Danang, Saigon and Phnom Penh.

 

 

 

Hanoi- A Night of Concert and Ballet – Changing of the Season

Mar 30 and 31, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street

Come to A Night of Concert and Ballet – Changing of the Season with the performance of:

– Conductor: David Gomez Ramirez
– Singers: Thang Long (Soprano), Anh Vu (Tenor), Tran Trang (Soprano), Kieu Tham (Mezzo Soprano), Phuong Dung (Soprano), Vu Nga (Mezzo Soprano), Manh Dung (Bariton),Thanh Binh (Soprano)
And the Choir, the Orchestra, Dancers of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet

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

For free delivery, call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

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EXHIBITIONS

Hanoi-Exhibition “Shakespeare Lives in Photography”

Mar 25 – Apr 15, 9 am – 9 pm
Hanoi Creative City, 1 Luong Yen Street

The “Shakespeare Lives in Photography” competition has attracted 200 entries and produced 11 winners choosing to creatively reference scenes from either Shakespeare plays, his influence on literature or capture a famous Shakespearian location.

The 11 winning photos will be displayed alongside commissioned images from live Shakespeare performances around the world, featuring scenes from “Richard III”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Hamlet”, “Romeo and Juliet” and “Macbeth”, amongst others.

Free entry

Hanoi- Exhibition “Friend” by Nguyen Tuan Dung

Mar 20 – 24

2nd floor, Exhibition House, 16 Ngo Quyen Street

A solo exhibition by Nguyen Tuan Dung with 15 acrylic paintings on paper. Dung is a young painter with mature eyes and way of working, from how to choose the words in artworks, to observe and reserve the photos about childhood memories as bike, conical hats, etc…

This exhibition is one part of "9X" program by Young Artist Club to introduce the new painters.

Hanoi-Exhibition displays German inventions

Mar 2-10, from 9am to 6pm, No1 Dai Co Viet Street, Hanoi.

Mar 17- 24, from 9am to 6pm, IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton Street, District 1, HCM City

Showcasing items, games, videos and experiments to give visitors an insight into historical discoveries and pioneering innovations from Germany.

Be it the computer, telephone, television and X-ray technology or the automobile, it is impossible to imagine our everyday life today without these groundbreaking German inventions.

Each category has five to six exhibits that are explained with English text and illustrative pictures.

There are interactive elements that encourage people to have a go. Films and audio stations round off the package.

Visitors can find information about study and research in Germany in the central area.

Hanoi-Exhibition “Daily Stories”

Mar 1 – 30

L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street

An exhibition by Le Kim My who belongs to the great artists generation. Her father – artist Le Quoc Loc – specialized in lacquer and studied at the Indochina School of Fine Arts.

She worked as a lecturer for 30 years at the Vietnam University of Fine Arts and has been recognized by her peers as an exceptional artist who had never had an individual exhibition. With “Daily Stories”, it has been done.

This event will be an opportunity for the public to discover and admire her lacquers and silk paintings, which are as wonderful as they are modest.

Free entry.

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FESTIVALS

HCMC-Southern culture-cuisine festival

Mar 4-6

Van Thanh Tourist Park

Featuring the south's unique culinary culture and popular dishes made by the Khmer and Cham living in the Mekong Delta.

There will be many other regional cultural activities such as performances of don ca tai tu (a traditional music popular in the south), five-tone music of the Khmer living in Soc Trang province, Cham folk music, folk games, a floating market, and classes in making toys from coconut leaves and bamboo.