Fashion Exhibition Raffaella Curiel en

Exhibition: 24 Nov – 07 Dec 2014

Casa Italia

18 Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi

On the occasion of the visit to Vietnam of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova, and in the framework of the activities of Y-Viet, the Embassy of Italy has the pleasure to present the fashion exhibition “Raffaella Curiel through Art, Travels and Music”.

The exhibition displays 25 pieces by renowned fashion designer Raffaella Curiel, whose brand is among those that most contributed, since the early XX century, to the rise and the success of the Italian “alta moda” worldwide.

As part of four generation of Italian female fashion designers – Ortensia, Gigliola, Raffaella and now Gigliola junior – Raffaella Curiel has presented and promoted the Italian “alta moda” all around the world, conveying, on the occasion of a number of international fashion shows, a unique and refined style that radically changed the traditional lines, material and concepts in the sector.

The exhibition, that hosts a special selection of dresses especially tailored for the Vietnamese event, does not emphasize just the outstanding fashion style of Mrs Curiel. The pieces inspired by famous painters and artists through centuries’spantime, as well as by the Countries visited by the stylist, highlight as well her eclectic and artistic sources of creativity and compose a rich and unforgettable showcase of Style, Travels, Art and Music.

Music Performance “Viva la Vida”

Sat 29 Nov 2014, 8.30 pm

lAcA Cafe

2nd floor, 24 – 26 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

You are invited to the music performance “Viva la Vida” by string quartet Apaixonado:

Leader: Nguyễn Nguyệt Thu

Trịnh Minh Hiền

Trần Lan Hương

Bùi Hà Miên

Trần Thu Thảo

Trần Ngọc Thủy

Music director: Ad Van Dongen

Singer: Thúy Nga

Fashion Exhibition “Raffaella Curiel through Art, Travels and Music”

Exhibition “3600 Days”

Opening: Sat 29 Nov 2014, 4 pm

Exhibition: 29 Nov – 13 Dec 2014 (expected)

Café Ngõ quán

51 Chau Long, Hanoi

You are invited to the exhibition titled “3600 days” by young artist Tran Quoc Long.

The personal exhibition features more than 30 artworks created during 10 years. 3600 days is the amount of time since this young man left his hometown for Hanoi to pursue his dream in visual art. The predominant material he used is lacquer, besides oil and acrylic. The brainchild of Tran Quoc Long might be strange and extraordinary in the eyes of others, but they are definitely resulted from his serious attitude to work and restless creative endeavor.

Contemporary Art Exhibition “Now”

28 – 30 Nov 2014

93 Dinh Tien Hoang, Hanoi

You are invited to join a contemporary art or a time travel at the speed of light to understand ourselves…

This travel is free entrance.

Film Screening “Goodfellas”

Fri 28 Nov 2014, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

In the last week of Martin Scorsese film month, you are invited to the screening of Goodfellas, the most successful masterpiece in the director’s career.

Original language with English subtitles. The screening is for educational purpose and supportive to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

About the film

Goodfellas (styled as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film follows the rise and fall of Lucchese crime family associate Henry Hill and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980.

Goodfellas premiered at the 47th Venice International Film Festival, where Scorsese received the Silver Lion award for best director. In June 2008, the AFI put Goodfellas at #2 on their AFI’s 10 Top 10 — the best ten films in ten “classic” American film genres. Goodfellas was acknowledged as the second best in the gangster film genre (after The Godfather).In 2000, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film “culturally significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Entry: 20k (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)

“Color of the Wind” with Fantasia

Sat 29 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

manzi is delighted to bring to you another great concert to welcome Winter by the Fantasia Wind Quintet.

Founded in 2006, the Fantasia Wind Quintet features some of Vietnam most accomplished professional musicians- all members are teachers from the Vietnam National Academy of Music and performers in the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra. Their diverse talents and influences have delighted audiences at home and abroad.

Pieces by Franz Danzi, Franscois Devienne, Emilio Provinciali, P.I. Tchaikovsky & Rimsky-Korsakov will be played on the night.

PLEASE NOTICE:

Price for first drink is 200,000VND. Money goes toward artists and covers organisational costs.

Due to limited seating capacity, please pre-register via [email protected] before 8.00 PM Thurs 27 Nov 2014.

Program “The Quintessence of Folk Music”

Thu 27 Nov 2014, 7.30 – 8.30 pm

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 17 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

Come to “The quintessence of folk music” featuring contributions from Văn Ty (Meritorious Artist) and artists from Vietnam Music Art Development Centre. We hope to bring about the most spectacular hát văn, hát xẩm space.

Ticket: 80,000 VND (1 drink included)

Artist Talk in Exhibition “LATCARF | FRACTAL”

Sat 29 Nov 2014, 3 pm – 5 pm

Nha San COLLECTIVE

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

Under the framework of exhibition “LATCARF | FRACTAL”, the artist talk with Trieu Minh Hai will be delivered to share the Fractal concept and his art practice process.

Due to limited space, please register via email [email protected].

Language: Vietnamese, no English translation

Hue – Exhibition “Unique Footprint” and “Debonair Coins”

Opening: Fri 28 Nov 2014, 5 pm

Exhibition: 28 Nov – 05 Dec 2014

New Space Arts Foundation

2nd Floor, Number 15 Le Loi, Hue City

You are invited to art exhibitions “Unique Footprint” by artist Claudia Blaesi (Germany) and “Debonair Coins” by artist Satadru Sovan Banduri (India).

Artist statement of Satadru sovan Banduri:

“Why?

As a scholar, my portrayal is a psycho-geographical relocation of humankind. The claim of my enterprise is that disorientation allows for the possibility of new discoveries. So according to a Situationist framework, by cutting and re-pasting social depict I wish to express an alternate reading of the aesthetic of both countries.

where?

Delhi – Hue …..India …Vietnam my soul drag me to explore ethnological grass-root cultural of continent. My work begun to blur with cultural practice and social metamorphose. My multi -disciplinary work also collaborative affably calculative. Delhi -Hue -Delhi is cooperatively community research.The Cross Cultural emerge from my continuing work with social ethnic and dialogue between two Countries then India and Vietnam.

How

My work is multi-disciplinary new media art practices. In my art praxis is also fellow collaborative as well calculative of cultural. The Cutting Edge dialogue revitalises me and motivates to continue my art implementation. Society-activism and participatory cultural is my core element of my work.I work with many discourse of medium like dialogue to Lens- based art to Techno-soft-realism. My voicing is also installation, video art, sound art, Led-tecno,Led-Trans-lite, Led twinkle light and Improvised performance.

what

The subject matters in my work involves socio-cultural changes in a global society, the post cyber movement. What my terms as ‘psychedelic openness’ is according to me, the fundamental principle of the Netizen as well open source social networking. I am inquisitive in how cultural experiences have shaped us all, where these distinctions overlap, and where unique, hybrid and unconventional cultural forms emerge with a trans-cultural gender vocabulary.My art practice about to Society-activism and participatory cultural. At NSAF, Hue my project is HUMAN TRAFFICKING and Masculinity.”

Artist statement of Claudia Blaesi:

“This is a personal cultural collection of media impression.

In my thoughts of expression about media, culture is reflected on my artwork.

My previous work was abstract paintings, oil on canvas, large size and very impulsive as well as expressive.

This residency drive me to explore a new body of work. The place seems to be a wonderful chance to explore a new kind of artwork. I decide to work on cultural collection of media sources. And this work is addressing towards Vietnamese cultural connotation. My artistic soul is driving me to find social media interpretation in many places at Hue City.

I was collected different magazines, newspapers, comic books, journal, advertisement, currency impression, ritual paper a.s.o., just what I could find.

All the material is really very impressive and new to me. The only barrier is language. But I am a visual artist, so I try to read the visual story and visual interpretation in it. New visual effects. Sometimes very surprising.

I builded my understanding of the local media images in my own creative diagram.

I had a lot of fun with some humorous interpretation of founded pictures.

Myself did not bother about engraving the meanings underneath of the

visual-object. I would like to use that quality on top of my work of art.

I did a mockery with the found images and create a new layer of gestural expression.

I’ll elaborate my artistic language with colour, graffiti brush and my poetic rhythm get express on the canvas with doodling of music.

In my walking tour, memory begun to blur with respectable Vietnam flag.

When I think about colour palates that time my brush touch the red and yellow colour and unconcealed way come up on my canvas.

I am happy to be here!”

Positive Mass in November 2014

Fri 28 Nov 2014, 8 pm

St Joseph Cathedral

Positive Mass is an event inspired by an international event called Critical Mass. It is just a bicycle ride to promote cycling for all its positive reasons. Critical Mass is a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world. The ride was originally founded in 1992 in San Francisco. The purpose of Critical Mass is not usually formalized beyond the direct action of meeting at a set location and time and traveling as a group through city or town streets on bikes.

In Hanoi, Positive Mass (PM) is called “Đạp cho sướng”, literally meaning cycling for pleasure. Bikers meet on the last Friday of every month at St. Joseph Cathedral (Nhà thờ lớn) and travel around Hanoi following a prepared route with the ending point at the Cathedral. The first PM in Hanoi started in Oct 2012. Since Oct 2013 PM has been hold in HCMC, Thai Nguyen and Son La…

Book Introduction “Immigrants Force – Indochinese Workers in France (1939- 1952)”

Wed 26 Nov 2014, 2 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the conference on the occasion of publishing “Immigrants Force – Indochinese Workers in France (1939 – 1952)” by Pierre Daum in Vietnamese version.

Moderator: Professor Chu Hao

Language: Vietnamese. For more information, please refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Free admission.

Screening of Hanoi Eclipse and Discussion with Barley Norton

Tue 25 Nov 2014, 6.30 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Hanoi DocLab is delighted to present this Tuesday night a screening of Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh, followed by a discussion with London-based film director and ethno-musicologist Barley Norton.

Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh (56 mins, 2010)

Directed by Barley Norton, published by Documentary Educational Resources.

Language: In Vietnamese with English Subtitles

Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh follows the challenges faced by the groundbreaking and controversial Vietnamese band Dai Lam Linh, while rehearsing and performing in their hometown of Hanoi. It shows how the band came together to create a unique form of popular music, which is both international in outlook and rooted in Vietnamese traditions and aesthetics. Followed by scandal at every turn for their experimental sound and their use of sexually explicit lyrics, the band have dared to flout taboos and fight for their creative freedom.

Dai Lam Linh was established by the male composer, Dai, an ex-soldier who fought in the Second Indochina War (known as the “Vietnam War”), and two female singers, Lam and Linh. The film explores how Dai overcame the trauma of war by writing songs to honour the memory of the war dead and how the singers Lam and Linh embarked on an inner journey to discovery their extraordinary voices. With vivid footage of the band working in the city of Hanoi, the film documents the process of recording Dai Lam Linh’s debut album in 2009 and features an album-launch concert in the prestigious Hanoi Opera House.

About the director:

Barley Norton is a senior lecturer in the music department at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of the monograph Songs for the Spirits: Music and Mediums in Modern Vietnam (University of Illinois Press, 2009), and coeditor of volume Music and Protest in 1968 (Cambridge University Press, 2013), which won the American Musicology Society’s 2014 Ruth A. Solie Award.

Attention:

From 11/2014 we’ve applied a new policy for DocLab’s screenings: You need to become a member in order to attend our screenings (you can pay for the Screening Membership Card at the event: VND50,000/year, and VND30,000/year for students)

DocLab Full Membership Card (for attending DocLab’s free workshops, screenings, and film library: VND150,000/year, and VND100,000/year for students)

If you’re interested in getting news, announcements from DOCLAB for its activities, workshops, and schedule of film screenings, etc., please email us at [email protected] to subscribe to DOCLAB news.

The 2nd Persian Hand Made Carpet Exhibition

Exhibition: 21 – 23 Nov 2014, 9 am – 10 pm

Grand Ballroom Section 3, Melia Hanoi Hotel

44B Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi

You are invited to The 2nd Persian Hand Made Carpet Exhibition.

In this exhibition, we showcase the works of a fine collection of antique pieces from all over Iran as well as a number of hand knotted carpets of various master weavers.

Free entrance. 

Piano – Tuồng “Fire” by Pho An My and Dang Tue Nguyen

Sat 29 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

“Fire” is a project conceived 8 years ago by two artists Pho An My and Dang Tue Nguyen. Sharing the desire of creating a new theatre language as combination between piano and Tuồng, My and musician Dang Tue Nguyen has collaborated to generate “Fire” based on Tuồng script by poet Luong Tu Duc.

The beauty and philosophical depth of Tuồng (traditional opera) has once again given pianist Phó An My and composer Đặng Tuệ Nguyên inspiration for a new and unique creative collaboration: a ”post-contemporary” work of chamber music written for the piano using the musical language and the dramaturgical materials of Tuồng, in which a modern instrument, the piano, and an ancient art, Tuồng, exist in parallel and independently, but at the same time complement and interact with each other.

The storyline of the opera is based on the script of “Ngọn lửa Hồng Sơn” (“Fire of the Red Mountain”). “Ngọn lửa Hồng Sơn” (“Fire of the Red Mountain”) is composed around the 17th century. It is based on the ancient opera “Tam nữ đồ Vương” (“Three women planning to steal the throne”) and reflects a turbulent historical period. Unlike other traditional operas, which recount struggles against foreign enemies, “Ngọn lửa Hồng Sơn” deals with a domestic conflict between two political forces, one progressive, the other conservative. The speed and intensity of its plot as well as the complexity and variety of its characters contribute to the status of “Ngọn lửa Hồng Sơn” as a shining achievment of Hue opera in particular and of Vietnamese opera in general, to be preserved as a timeless classic in Vietnam’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Tickets

Ticket prices: 500.000, 800.000, 1.000.000 VND

About pianist Phó An My

After her first public appearance in 2005 at L’Espace – Institut Françai de Hanoi, pianist Phó An My has repeatedly impressed domestic and international audiences. Born into a musical family, My began learning the piano at age five. At 13, she went to Berlin, Germany, to study at the Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and later at the prestigious Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. She remained in Germany for eight years. After her study, My taught in China for a brief period of time.

Specializing in contemporary music, My tends toward a style which is both expressive and sophisticated, employing an unique improvisation technique. In 2005, My began to work on the idea of a musical discourse between Vietnamese traditional melody and Western modern instrumentation. Programs such as Phiêu Thanh (2008), Bồng Bềnh (2009), Khởi Nguyên (2010), Bóng (2011) all involved the use of Vietnamese traditional musical genres – Tuồng Tích, Hò Huế, Hát Cọi, Chầu Văn etc – which is characteristic of Phó An My’s musical personality.

About Đặng Tuệ Nguyên

Đặng Tuệ Nguyên started his professional career with Khúc Tuỳ Hứng (“Impromtu”) written for violincello and piano, which was chosen as one of ten works to be performed at the Young Composers’ Festival for Contemporary Music in Korea. Since 2005, Nguyên has been seeking to create a new musical language based on Vietnamese folk music. Nguyên’s works are often conceived as a conversation between the sound of the modern piano and the melodies of traditional Vietnamese music. Nguyên always tries to respect the old and to treat it on an equal footing with the new. His compositions are highly regarded by professional musicians for their sophisticated instrumentation as well as their clever mixture of Eastern and Western ideas. To create a musical conversation between East and West has been the objective of both Phó An My and Đặng Tuệ Nguyên, and this objective is obtained with particular success in the Piano-Tuồng, named Lửa (“Fire”).

The 6th Les Arômes Festival at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

28 Nov – 05 Dec 2014

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

15 Ngo Quyen Str, Hanoi

Emerge for the first time in 2005, Les Aromes festival is a unique occasion, in which, the goumands in Hanoi can experience the delights and “savoir-faire” of some of the World’s most talented celebrity chefs. From various part of the globe, this collection of innovative chefs who works in synergy to create and demonstrate the best of today’s “Haute Cuisine”.

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi welcomes back the 6th Les Aromes festival, the country’s most prestigious culinary event, which once again confirms Hanoi as a rising gastronomic destination after a five-year gap.

- Friday, 28 November – 7 pm:

A 6-course dinner prepared by Didier Corlou and Olivier Génique Le Beaulieu, paired with Gerard Bertrand wines.

- Saturday, 29 November – 7 pm:

A 5-course Moet et Chandon dinner by 2-star Michelin chef Patrick Jeffroy at Le Beaulieu.

- Sunday, 30 November – 12 to 4 pm:

The famous Le Beaulieu Sunday Brunch by Chef Jeffroy.

- Monday, 1 December – 7 pm:

A wine-pairing dinner at Spices Garden, welcomed by the wine-maker Alain Beydon- Schlumberger.

- Tuesday, 2 December – 7 pm:

A five-course dinner paired with single malt courtesy of Diageo at L’Orangerie by Nicholas Shadbolt – Metropole’s Executive Chef.

- Wednesday, 3 December – 6 pm:

Exclusive wine paring dinner with the presence of five female winemakers at Le Beaulieu.

- Thursday, 4 December – 7 pm:

A workshop on wines and spices for your six-sense indulgence by Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan – Metropole’s head sommelier and Spice Hunter Laurent Severac.

- Friday, 5 December – 9pm:

Double Dose cocktail dresses and delightful Marou chocolate paired with Moet et Chandon. Chill with three guest DJs at Angelina Restaurant & Lounge.

For reservation, please contact Ms. Anh: [email protected] or +84 4 3826 6916 ext. 8200

Screening of Film “Hôtel Normandy”

Fri 28 Nov 2014, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the film screening “Hotel Normandy” (France, 2013, 97 mins) directed by Charles Nemes.

According to Le Journal du dimanche “Éric Elmosnino is a flawless art dealer who was dropped sentimentally and Ary Abittan is an irresistible seducer. The dialogues do not lack pizzazz!”

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: 40 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Quest Festival 2014

28 – 30 Nov 2014

Son Tinh Camp, Ba Vi

Quest is back this November bigger and better with 3 massive days of music, arts, dancing and celebration. Featuring an amazing lineup of live bands, DJs and performers from Vietnam and beyond.

Lineup:

30 local, expat and international DJs, headlined by the one and only ALTON MILLER (USA)

Local bands:

Xai [UK/VN]

Proportions [VN]

Bluematals [VN]

Mimetals [VN]

6DUK [VN]

Tra Chanh [VN]

And if you would like to join the team of amazing humans contributing to Quest Festival through Workshops or Art please fill out the form and send it back to [email protected] as soon as you can.

Vietnamese Form

English Form

Tickets

Early Bird Tickets: On sale 4 – 31 Oct

2 days (Sat-Sun) – 400k each (Book of 10 tickets 3,900,000)

3 days (Fri-Sun) – 550k each (Book of 10 tickets 5,400,000)

Second Round Tickets: On sale 1 – 26 Nov

2 days – 500k (Book of 10 tickets 4,900,000)

3 days – 700k (Book of 10 tickets 6,900,000)

Bus tickets:

150k (1pm Friday or 10am Saturday departure. All buses return 4pm Sunday)

Available at:

Commune, 201 Trich sai, Tay Ho

Hanoi Social Club, 6 Hoi Vu, Hoan Kien

Tay Tap, No. 20, Lane 50/59/17, Dang Thai Mai Street (next door to Da Paolos)

Ticket includes entry and camping (tents of up to 10 people). Group bookings camp together, individuals will be assigned to a share tent. Anyone wanting private camping must BYO tent.

Tay Ho Flea Market #8

Sat 06 Dec 2014, 9 am – 5.30 pm

Quang Ba temple

Lane 67 To Ngoc Van, Quang An, Tay Ho, Hanoi

From the organizer:

New year is coming, theme of Tay Ho Flea Market #8 “Declutter your house to Welcome new Year” focuses on house cleaning to welcome holiday season. All secondhand objects such as used clothes, household items, ornamental furniture, and decoration stuffs are welcome.

Free entrance.

Registration for Stores: Please contact: Ms. Hà

Tel: 0983.149.187 | Email: [email protected] | bit.ly/RegistrationTayhoFleamarket

Deadline for registration and payment: 18:00 pm, 1st December, 2014

Jazz Concert with Austrian Artist Célia Mara at European Music Festival 2014 in Hanoi and HCMC

Hanoi: Thu 27 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Youth Theatre

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HCMC: Wed 26 Nov 2014, 8 pm

HCMC Conservatory of Music

You are invited to a jazz concert with Célia Mara. The program is within the framework of European Music Festival 2014.

Célia Mara is typically Brazilian… and Viennese: born and raised in the vale do Jequitinhonha in Brazil, she is now living in Vienna, Austria. At the root of her music lies a fusion of traditional Brazilian music, the rich Latino Culture and European underground instrumental grooves. She created “Bastard Sound” by surfing between musical styles and rhythms, playing effortlessly with Retro-Brazil, Tango and traditional Afro-Brazilian sounds, and mixing Nova MPB and Samba with Funk, Reggae, Balkan-Folk, Glamour Rock and Hip Hop. The lyrics, sung in Portuguese, English, German, Spanish and French, are urban poems that allow communication beyond borders.

She is an engaging front woman, who never fails to impress with her strong voice, her amazing vocal improvisations, her quick switches to beat boxing and – sometimes – trumpet solos. She plays her acoustic guitar with glamour, Brazilian rhythm and a lot of fun.

Together with her band, Célia Mara performed in hyped clubs in London, Moscow or Prague, but also in prestigious concert halls like the famous Vienna Opera House. They participated at huge Reggae-, Jazz-, Groove- or World Music Festivals throughout Europe and at Latin America’s biggest festival, Ollin Kan, in Mexico City. And now – for the first time – they will be bringing „Bastardista“ to Vietnam!

Célia Mara Jura da Silva – vocal, guitar & composition

Silvia Jura da Silva – visuals

Fernando Paiva Da Silva – drums

Marco Antonio Cornejo Da Costa – keyboards & backing vocal

Andrea Fraenzel – contrabass

Tickets

All performances are free of charge.

Tickets can be obtained in advance from 19 November, 12 pm (noon) in Hanoi and from 20 November in Ho Chi Minh City at the following locations:

Hanoi:

– Goethe Institut: 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Tel: 04 3 7 34 2251/52

– L’Espace:: 24 Trang Tien, Tel.: 04 39362164

Ho Chi Minh city:

– Goethe Institut: 18 Str 1, Do Thanh, Ward 4, Dist 3. Tel.: 08 36009587

– IDECAF: 31 Thai Van Lung, Dist 1. Tel.: 08 38 29 54 51

And tickets are ready to be picked up at the Austrian Embassy and the Austrian Honorary Consulate from Thursday 20 November 2014 from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 16:00.

Hanoi: Austrian Embassy: 8th floor, 53 Quang Trung, Hai Ba Trung Dist, Tel.: 04- 39 43 30 50

HCMC: Austrian Honorary Consulate: 181A Dien Bien Phu, Da Kao Ward, Dist 1, Tel: 08 3827 5766

Youth Theater

11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi   

HCMC Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du str., Dist. 1, HCMC

Jazz Concert with the Hamburger “Tingvall Trio” in European Music Festival 2014

Jam Session: Thu 27 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Goethe Institut

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

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Concert in Hanoi: Fri 28 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Youth Theater

11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi

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Concert in HCMC: Sat 29 Nov 2014, 8 pm

HCMC Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du str., Dist. 1, HCMC

For more than 10 years the European Music Festival has been an important cultural bridge between Europe and Vietnam and it stands for musical diversity on the highest level. This year as the German contribution, the jazz band Tingvall Trio from Hamburg is performing on stage.

The Tingvall Trio has remained unchanged since 2003: Swedish pianist Martin Tingvall, double-bass player Omar Rodriguez Calvo from Cuba and German drummer Jürgen Spiegel. The interplay between the three different countries of origin gives the band a unique individuality. The trio has recently released its fifth studio album “Beat”. Between Nordic melodies and harmonies, the rocking rhythm of the drummer and the pulsing Cuban heartbeat explain the success story of the band.

Performances in well over twenty countries have triggered an enthusiastic resonance in specialist magazines like Jazzwise (UK) or Jazz Life (Japan). The Tingvall Trio has built up an audience which reaches far beyond the circles of jazz purists, mainly as a result of not shying away from popular music. The Tingvall Trio has twice been awarded the prestigious ECHO Jazz award in the category “Ensemble of the Year”, in 2010 and 2012. For selling more than 10,000 copies of the album “Norr” the trio received its third German Jazz Award in Gold in 2013. The ensemble is considered to be one of the top European jazz acts.

Tingvall Trio will hold a workshop in Hanoi for the young musicians of “JumpForJazz”, a talent-promoting project of Nguyen Bao Long, and will play a jam session with them in the courtyard of the Goethe Institute on 27th November. On the following two days the Tingvall Trio will perform concerts as part of the European Music Festival: on 28th November in Hanoi together with „JumpForJazz“ and 29th November in HCMC.

Tickets

Jam session at Goethe Institut: Free entrance.

Concert in Hanoi and HCMC:

All performances are free of charge. You can get tickets for one concert, maximum two tickets for one concert.

Tickets can be obtained in advance from 19 November, 12 pm (noon) in Hanoi and from 20 November in Ho Chi Minh City at the following locations:

Hanoi:

– Goethe Institut: 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Tel: 04 3 7 34 2251/52

– L’Espace:: 24 Trang Tien, Tel.: 04 39362164

Ho Chi Minh city:

– Goethe Institut: 18 Str 1, Do Thanh, Ward 4, Dist 3. Tel.: 08 36009587

– IDECAF: 31 Thai Van Lung, Dist 1. Tel.: 08 38 29 54 51

Special Concert with Saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan and VNSO

26 and 27 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to a special concert with saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan and VNSO.

Conductor: Honna Tetsuji

- Pianist : Allan Zavod

- Saxophonist/Bamboo Flutes : Trần Mạnh Tuấn

- Saxophonist : An Trần

- Dan Tranh (Zither) : Kiều Anh

- Bassist : Thanh Tân

- Drumer : Quốc Hưng

and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Program

1. Hạ Trắng by Trịnh Công Sơn

2. Em ơi Hà Nội Phố by Phú Quang

3. Gửi gió cho mây ngàn bay by Đoàn Chuẩn – Từ Linh

4. Mưa rơi (Falling Rain) by Trần Mạnh Tuấn

5. Bướm Mơ (Butterfly Dream) by Trần Mạnh Tuấn

6. Trăng Non (New Moon) by Trần Mạnh Tuấn

7. Thằng Cuội (Fellow Cuoi) by Trần Mạnh Tuấn

8. Ngày Mùa (Harvest) by Trần Mạnh Tuấn

9. Ru Rừng (Jungle Lullaby) by Trần Mạnh Tuấn

10. Sen (Lotus) by Trần Mạnh Tuấn

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000, 700000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at vnso.org.vn.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Jazzbetta Night

Wed 26 Nov 2014, 8.45 – 10.30 pm

Barbetta – The Center

No 2 Ngo Huyen, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi

You are invited to a jazz show named JAZZBETTA that takes place this 26th of November. The jazz night will be performed by pro-artists with famous jazz works.

Free entry.

Autumn Concert “Mozart and Beethoven”

Sat 22 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to Autumn Concert “Mozart & Beethoven” with:

Conductor: Shalev Ad-El (Israel)

Piano Soloist: Tam Ngoc

and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra

Program

W. Mozart

Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488

Interval

L.Beethoven

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Echoes Hanoi Soundwalk

Echoes Hanoi Soundwalk: 22 and 23 Nov 2014

Hanoi city centre

On the 22nd and 23rd of November, Echoes will be running a series of unique audio walks in Hanoi city centre. When you go on the walk, you’ll be hearing sounds as you walk around, but this is no ordinary audio tour, the sounds change according to your location. The way this is possible is through utilising location technologies – GPS – built into mobile devices.

Echoes has commissioned two artists, one from Vietnam – Lương Huệ Trinh, and one from Denmark – Hans Sydow, to create two immersive audio experiences for Hanoi and Copenhagen. They’re working together to create an incredible sonic journey unlike any other. Let them lead you on an extraordinary trip through the city centre and hear places that you recognise through a fresh set of ears.

Expect to be surprised – this is not a normal audio tour! You might hear sounds of the city’s hidden past, stories by local residents, ambient environmental sounds conjuring a different space and time, even music performed by unseen musical troupes. We are offering you the opportunity to experience the city through sound.

Last year, the Hanoi Soundwalk was the first of its kind to ever run in South East Asia. The project ran in conjunction with 11 other cities around the world, as part of the larger Locative Audio project. This year, it’s growing in Hanoi to become a larger project. We’ve made a web app for Creators to make soundmaps online and submit them to the project, and we’ve built our own android app for users to experience the walks.

The walks in Hanoi are happening on the weekend of 22-23rd November. We’ve got a limited number of places so make sure you sign up as soon as possible. Just follow this link to sign up.

The Echoes team will also be running workshops in the week prior to the walks with students of Đom Đóm, the contemporary music group to create their own soundmaps.

2014 Fukushima Festival

Sun 23 Nov 2014, 9.30 am – 3.30 pm

Vietnam Women’s Museum

36 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi

You are invited to the second Fukushima Festival in Hanoi at Vietnam Woman’s Museum. The main activities will cover culture, traditional products and development tendency of Fukushima.

In addition to Tea ceremony, Kimono performance, folk dance…you are invited to the Manga and Japanese comics technology exhibition.

Main activities:

*/ Exhibition:

– Poster exhibition on tsunami and disaster recovery of Fukushima

– Manga exhibition: Exhibition on commercial advertising comics about “Manju” (steamed confectionery with red bean paste) and Sake (a traditional type of Japanese liquor).

*/ Performance:

– Tea Ceremony performance: 8 sessions

Session 1: 10:00-10:25

Session 2: 10:35-11:00

Session 3: 11:10-11:35

Session 4: 11:45-12:10

Session 5: 13:00-13:25

Session 6: 13:35-14:00

Session 7: 14:10-14:45

Session 8: 14:45-15:10

– Fashion performance: traditional Kimono

– Traditional dance: Yosakoi performance with guests participation.

Free entrance.

Exhibition “Typography”

Exhibition: 21 – 24 Nov 2014, 9 am – 7 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

We face typography every day and everywhere, whether it is in our daily life or at work, on a billboard, in the newspaper or on the smartphone. “Whether the letters are small or big, bold or with serifs, whether they are red or green, all the things that we see will have an impact on us unwittingly and we will memorize them without noticing it”, said Erik Spiekermann (typographer and design legend, awarded with the TDC Medal 2011). That is the reason why we should have a more wittingly look at typography. A perfect occasion to do this is the annual exhibition of the Type Directors Club, where the best and most interesting designs of the year in the field of typography and graphic design will be shown.

The Type Directors Club invites everyone to attend a public showing of its sixtieth annual typography exhibit, TDC60, and the selections of the annual typeface design competition, TDC 2014 at the Goethe Institute Hanoi.

There was a total of over 2000 entries from 43 countries, 209 works from 18 countries were selected. Germany with its more than 40 honorees ranked in a high position in comparison to the other international participants this year. The winners will also be included in 7 exhibitions touring cities in the United States, Canada, France, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam.

The annual awards competition of the Type Directors Club presents the best typographic designs in the world. Long a favorite of the design community, the awards are renowned for the quality of their selections and the accompanying annual book published by the TDC.

The exhibition addresses all professionals and students who work in the field of graphic design, advertising, marketing, communication, multimedia, publisher, education and who are interested in the written word.

Free Admission.

Film Screening “By Choice or Chance”

Sat 22 Nov 2014, 7.30 pm

Hanoi Cinematheque

22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

Director Peter J. de Vries first described the concept for the movie “By Choice or Chance” for Producer Marijn Poels, who then joined him in bringing the film to life. They created a powerful documentary grounded in the strength of single mothers who face challenges from and bring change to Vietnamese society.

For generations, Vietnamese tradition has supported the belief that each family must have a husband and father who is the “pillar” holding the ‘house of the family’ together. This film’s story takes you from the heart of the fast moving city to the peaceful and traditional country life where old traditions and culture preserve these long held core values. The film shows how the realities of the lives of modern single mothers and their children often challenge these traditional values as the women struggle to find happiness and acceptance for their unconventional nuclear families.

“By Choice or Chance” is a beautiful, strong portrayal of three single mothers living in northern Viet Nam. They share the stories of their personal lives and the struggles they face as they try to find happiness for their children.

Q & A after the showing: Director Peter J. de Vries and the film’s single mothers: Tang Duyen Hong, Ton Thien Lan and Thai Thuy Linh will be available for a question and answer session after the film.

Runtime: 40 minutes

Language: Vietnamese with English subtitled

Cost: 150,000 VND

Reservation: [email protected]

Your reservation is not confirmed until you receive our return confirmation email.

Please pick up and pay for your tickets on the evening of the event at the cinema, 6:30-7:15 pm.

Reserved seating tickets are allocated on a first come – first served basis. We don’t pre-book seating but if you come early you can pick your favorite seats. As a courtesy to those on the waiting list please cancel if you can’t come (phone 090 448 8995 or 090 347 5768).   

An Evening of Short Videos and Movies in November

Sun 23 Nov 2014, 8 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

Have a relax Sunday night with Video Club. We will be showing short movies and short videos in the topic of Dark Comedy. This will also be a night for socializing with other people with same interests of watching movies or making films. At the end of the night, feel free to share your own videos.

Note: This event will mostly be in Vietnamese.

Free entrance.

European Music Festival 2014

Hanoi: 22 Nov – 05 Dec 2014

Youth Theater

11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi

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HCMC: 24 Nov – 05 Dec 2014

HCMC Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du str., Dist. 1, HCMC

The Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam and seven Embassies of European Union Member States and European Cultural Centers are delighted to present the 13th edition of the European Music Festival in Vietnam.

The European Music Festival 2014 will showcase well-known talented musicians and singers from Austria, Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium), France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden as well as a guest band from Vietnam. With a total of sixteen concerts in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the festival offers Vietnamese audiences the prospect of experiencing different genres of music, including jazz, classic, contemporary and Vietnamese traditional music.

The festival will kick off in Hanoi on 22 November and in Ho Chi Minh City on 24 November and run until 5 December 2014 at the Youth Theatre in Hanoi and the Conservatory of Music in Ho Chi Minh City.

Recognized as one of the most successful and anticipated annual multi-cultural events in Vietnam, the Festival provides a snapshot of the diversity and richness of European cultures for the Vietnamese public as well as promoting cultural exchange between the peoples of Vietnam and the European Union.

Program

European Music Festival 2014 program

Tickets

All performances are free of charge.

Tickets can be obtained in advance from 19 November, 12 pm (noon) in Hanoi and from 20 November in Ho Chi Minh City at the following locations:

Hanoi:

- Goethe Institut: 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Tel: 04 3 7 34 2251/52

- L’Espace:: 24 Trang Tien, Tel.: 04 39362164

Ho Chi Minh city:

- Goethe Institut: 18 Str 1, Do Thanh, Ward 4, Dist 3. Tel.: 08 36009587

- IDECAF: 31 Thai Van Lung, Dist 1. Tel.: 08 38 29 54 51

Designers Talk Type

Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3 pm

Goethe Institut

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Join three designers who have spent their professional lives working closely with typography as they each give short, illustrated talks followed by a panel discussion with questions from the audience. A talk is within the context of the exhibition Typography.

- Richard Moore, Chief Creative Director of Richard Moore Associates: “Playing with Type”

- Hiep Ha Zung, Visual Artist and Instructor at FPT Arena: “Typography with Living Standard”

- Dam Ca Pham, Designer and Instructor at the Vietnam University of Fine Art and Hanoi Architectural University: “A very short history of typography in Vietnam”

Free entrance.

Italo Disco Party

Sat 22 Nov 2014, 8 – 11 pm

Barbetta – The Center

No 2 Ngo Huyen, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi

You are invited to come and ẹnoy ITALO DISCO PARTY. This event takes place this 22nd of November (Saturday) with famous English songs of 70’s and 80’s.

Italo disco is a genre of music which originated in Italy and was mainly produced at the end of the 1970s to mid-1980s. Italo disco fused Italian and foreign pop and dance music. Initially borrowing from hi-NRG and post-disco (accentuating the sounds of the former), it developed into a diverse genre. The genre employed drum machines, synthesizers, and occasionally vocoders and was usually sung in English.

Free entrance.   

Promo Party of HITS’s Winter Show

Sat 22 Nov 2014, 4 – 6 pm

The Kitchen

30 To Ngoc Van, Ha Noi

Come and join us for an afternoon of fun at the Kitchen on To Ngoc Van.

Come buy tickets for the upcoming show – James and the Giant Peach.

Learn more about the charity HITS will be donating to – Project Sprouts and and their Project Buddy Backpacks!

Join in on a fun coloring competition, a screening of the film, face painting, themed drinks for the kids and cocktails for all the parents!

Free entrance.

CRAFT LINK’s Handicraft Bazaar

Sat 22 Nov 2014, 9 am – 4.30 pm

Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Nguyen Van Huyen Str, Cau Giay Dist, Hanoi

On Saturday, November 22 (from 9.00 a.m till 4.30 p.m) you can attend one of Hanoi’s most interesting cultural events: CRAFT LINK’s HANDICRAFT BAZAAR. Ethnic minority people from all over Vietnam will come to sell products which utilize their traditional skills. Selected artisans from around Hanoi and disadvantaged groups will also present their products as well. All presented producer groups provide fair wages and good working conditions to their artisans.

The bazaar is an event producers look forward to and carefully prepare for. Hanoi residents as well as tourists find the November bazaar an ideal place to shop for Christmas.

Come early for the best selection! Stay throughout the day, win lottery prizes, enjoy craft-making demonstration and the entertainment!

The Bazaar will be organized at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.

Thank you very much for your support to our poor artisans in Vietnam!

Admission: 40,000 VND (Museum entrance fee included)

Live Music with BASED ON KYOTO (Japan) + MC Scars (France)

Fri 21 Nov 2014, 8 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

You are invited to a music night with 4 impressive figures of the Japanese underground music scene, for the first time in Hanoi, together with MC Scars from France, and DJ set.

BASED ON KYOTO (BOK) is a Japanese dance music unit consisting of DAICHI, a DJ and producer, and MARRON, a guitarist for DUBDUB ON-SENG, Dubmarronics and Datenryu. BOK was formed in 2006 to search and create a groove that incorporates a very unique Japanese dynamic with a variety of other musical genres such as house, electro, ambient, dub, soul, jazz and rock. They’ve so far released four 12 inches and LPs.

Performing all over Japan, especially in Kyoto and Osaka, their name is well known in their home country’s vibrant electronic scene. They have performed alongside top artists including Theo Parrish, Idjut Boys, Filastine, Hifana, Juzu aka Moochy, A Hundred Birds, Kuniyuki, Kentaro Iwaki, Altz and Sayoko. Their track “Flower” was also added to the compilation album “4 Season” (2007) and later released in 12-inch vinyl, becoming an underground hit in the Japanese club scene.

“Flower” was also highly acclaimed overseas and Giles Peterson played the track for his world-renowned “Worldwide” programme onBBC Radio 1. BOK has just released a remix of the cross-genre hit “Calypso On-Seng” by Dubdub On-Seng this autumn.

MC Scars, a reggae MC from France, will tear up the floor!

Tickets:

Ticket prices: 80,000 VND advance ticket, 120,000 VND on the door.

Screening of Film “Simon Konianski”

Fri 21 Nov 2014, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the film screening “Simon Konianski“(France, Belgium, 2009, 100 mins) directed by Micha Wald, starring: Jonathan Zaccaï, Popeck, Abraham Leber.

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: 40 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

‘Encounter’ Presents Kidlat Tahimik

Presentation “Perfumed Nightmare”: Wed 19 Nov 2014, 6.30 pm

Room Marie Curie (6th Floor)

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Encounter Lecture: Fri 21 Nov 2014, 6.30 pm

Room Marie Curie (6th Floor)

Hoa Sen University

8 Nguyen Van Trang Street, W. Ben Thanh, District 1, HCMC

‘Encounter’ presents Kidlat Tahimik with a Presentation and a Lecture on 19 & 21 November 2014.

Presentation “Perfumed Nightmare”

Introducing the work of Filipino filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik

This film is Kidlat Tahimik’s most renown essay film, whose release in 1978 was made possible with the assistance of Werner Herzog and Francis Ford Coppola.

After a lifetime in his somewhat backward hometown, Tahimik travels to Paris. His trip is motivated by his fascination with American technology (why he doesn’t go to America is typical of spontaneous nature of the storyline). Once in the City of Light, Tahimik is both fascinated by and disillusioned with the “wonders” of the modern world. The film has a delightfully spontaneous home-movie quality–literally so, since it was lensed in Super 8mm on a budget of less than $10,000.

The name Kidlat Tahimik immediately connotes contradiction. As an obsessive cultural observer, Kidlat has been exploring his inner cultural contradictions by making his non-commercial films since 1975. Born in 1942 as Eric Oteyza de Guia in Baguio City, he was raised in that American enclave resort town, situated in the heart of the tribal highlands of Igorot Culture. Three decades ago, he began questioning his American education, (a.k.a “my benevolent assimilation”). This had begun with his Maryknoll nuns in primary school; followed by further immersion in high schools in The Philippines with US curricula, ending up in America for a graduate degree (Wharton School MBA). After five years as an economist in Paris, he tore up his MBA diploma in 1972, tuned-in to commune-culture lifestyle, and embraced an anti-Hollywood school of filmmaking. As a self-taught filmmaker, his works are recognized at home and abroad for their primitive style and for their humorous deconstruction of his American education. In Baguio, he is an active artist (film, video-installation, performance), supporting the process/viewpoint of the undiploma-ed artists. In 1997, his Sunflower Film Collective embarked on a project to share user-friendly video technology with tribal people, with the aim that responsibility for cultural documentation rests in their own hands. He lectures at U.P. and Ateneo University, speaks at local/international conferences, contributes articles in Taglish to the Sunday Inquirer.

It is an extremely rare opportunity to hear one of the world’s most under-recognized Third Cinema Movement practitioners speak about his films – his motivations, choice of style, his influences and method of practice. His anti-colonial gaze, evident in his commentary and choice of subject, embraces a love of his culture and the importance of the local who he believes must not be goaded into the global race for ‘uniformity’ of value.

Language: English with Vietnamese translation

*Lectures to be followed by Q&A.

The event is free of charge.

Kidlat Tahimik (b. 1942, Baguio City, The Philippines) is a pioneer of experimental film in Asia, practicing as a film director, writer and actor. His films are commonly associated with the Third Cinema movement – a film movement begun in the 1960s-70s in Latin America that denounced neocolonialism, the capitalist system and the Hollywood model of cinema as mere entertainment to make money. He is considered the Father of Philippine Independent Cinema, entering the international stage in the late 1970s with ‘Perfumed Nightmare’, a release enabled with the support of filmmakers Werner Herzog and Francis Ford Coppola. Tahimik’s work embraces the essayist form. He is considered a magician of the fragment with an aesthetic often described as whimsical, politically incisive and with a third-world self-consciousness.

Stand-up Comedy with Nik Coppin (UK) and Guests

Fri 21 Nov 2014, 8 pm

House of Sơn Tinh

31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

“For Spirited Minds”: A night of stand-up comedy featuring Nik Coppin (UK) with support from Hanoi Comedy Collective (Alastair Hill, Nic Sando, Rockstar magician Alex, Long Le, Tien Dung & MinhHa Pham).

The Hanoi Comedy Collective is a group intent on growing grass roots stand-up comedy in Hanoi. We have an ever growing roster of comedians and are always keen to find new comics that want to perform. We perform regularly to a backpacker crowd where we sharpen our skills and develop new material, and then every few months we host Tee-Hee in Tay Ho, a local comedy night that’s always a great show. The group also supports visiting comedians that come to Hanoi and are really excited that Nik Coppin is coming to town!

Tickets: 100,000 VND   

Film Screening “After Hours”

Fri 21 Nov 2014, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

In the second week of Martin Scorsese film month, you are invited to the film screening “After Hours” (1985) at TPD.

Original language with English subtitles. The screening is for educational purpose and supportive to TPD Centre’s Young Cinema Fund.

About the film

After Hours is a 1985 American black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Joseph Minion, and starring an ensemble cast, including Rosanna Arquette, Griffin Dunne, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, and John Heard.

Paul Hackett (Dunne) experiences a series of misadventures as he tries to make his way home from SoHo.

[Wikipedia]

Entry: 20k (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)