MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES

Hanoi-Livin’ Tour 2016

8pm, August 7,

Rec Room, 20th floor, Hanoi Creative City, No.1 Luong Yen Street

“Livin’ Tour 2016” with band Ca Hoi Hoang (Wild Salmon) will bring the best music experience for audiences in Hanoi

HCMC- Performance by Swiss DJ

August 4, 7pm

Glow Skybar at 93 Nguyen Du Street in District 1.

Cyril Hahn, a DJ and music producer from Switzerland, will host a performance of London’s Calling in HCM City
 

Hanoi-Toyota Concert Tour 2016

8 pm, August 5-6

Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) in cooperation with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) proudly announces the “Toyota Concert 2016”. Now in its 19th year, this year the Toyota Concert will feature the VNSO, under the baton of the talented Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji, and piano soloist Vu Ngoc Linh, who has won many awards at music contests in the US.

Ticket prices:

Rank S: VND 700,000/ticket

Rank A: VND 500,000/ ticket

Rank B: VND 300,000/ ticket

For students: VND 100,000/ ticket

HCMC-Concert “Northern Lights”

7-9.30pm, August 6

The Southern Women’s Museum, 202 Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3

Program

Part I:

Franz Schubert: Fantasie in F minor, D. 940

G. F. Händel: Aria “Lascia ch’io Pianga” from opera “Rinaldo”

Woflgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K.165, III. Alleluia

Woflgang Amadeus Mozart: “Fuor del Mar” from opera “Idomeneo”

Part II:

Fritz Kreisler: Prelude and allegro “In the style of Pugnani” for violin and piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: 5. May

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata for keyboard in D major, BWV 912

Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4, Op. 52

HCMC-Toyota Concert Tour 2016

8 pm, August 10-11

Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, District 1

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) in cooperation with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) proudly announces the “Toyota Concert 2016”. Now in its 19th year, this year the Toyota Concert will feature the VNSO, under the baton of the talented Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji, and piano soloist Vu Ngoc Linh, who has won many awards at music contests in the US.

Ticket prices:

Rank S: VND 700,000/ticket

Rank A: VND 500,000/ ticket

Rank B: VND 300,000/ ticket

For students: VND 100,000/ ticket

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EXHIBITION

Hanoi-Exhibition “Reality through the Eyes”

Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street

The exhibition “Reality through the Eyes” showcases works by artist Nguyen Dinh Duy Quyen. All the images were caught and refined through the eyes of the artist to bring emotion to her artworks.

Hanoi- Exhibition “Who Am I” by Nguyen Minh Chau

Toong Co-working Space

8 Trang Thi Street

“Who Am I” is the first solo exhibition of artist Nguyen Minh Chau, and is also an important milestone marking the artists blossoming career. This exhibition includes 19 works depicting different themes.

Hanoi-Affordable Art 2016: 7+

Dong Phong Art Gallery, 03 Ly Dao Thanh Street

The exhibition features a series of small art works by a new group of well-known artists in Vietnam.

The Affordable Art 2016 “7+” is not only showing works by the seven artists and one sculptor, but also presenting the rich and diversified materials and subjects they use in their works.

HCMC-Exhibition “Dérive”

Galerie Quynh, Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi, District 1

‘Dérive’ – French for ‘drift’ – refers to the psychogeographic practice of traveling through various urban environments without any pre-determined itineraries.

This summer showcase, featuring works by Ha Manh Thang, Christine Nguyen, Trong Gia Nguyen and Tran Van Thao, resembles a ‘dérive’. The juxtaposition of artworks depicting the real and imagined can be likened to chance encounters in the city.

HCMC-Exhibition “Sketching Vietnamese History” by Quach Phong

Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, 97A Pho Duc Chinh, District 1

Sketching Vietnamese History’ is the first large-scale solo exhibition by senior artist Quach Phong.

The exhibition showcases the remarkable ambition of a man who, as an artist, has witnessed major scenes of war; endured the struggle of a nation in resistance; and assisted the growth of artistic networks in Vietnam since 1975.

HCMC-Solo Exhibition “Dislocate” by Bui Cong Khanh

The Factory Contemporary Art Centre, 15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien District 2

‘Dislocate’ is a solo exhibition by acclaimed Vietnamese artist, Bui Cong Khanh, his largest and most ambitious art installation to date.

Walk into the world of ‘Dislocate’ and the wood of the jackfruit tree springs to life, referencing a myriad of social and cultural history concerning Vietnam in style and subject.