Concert “Beethoven’s Symphony No 5″
Sat 09 Aug 2014, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC
One of the most famous symphonies of Beethoven called “The Destiny Symphony” will be performed at Hanoi Opera House by HBSO Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of talented conductor Le Phi Phi, with the performance of 2 pianists Boris Kraljevic and Le Ho Hai.
Conductor: Le Phi Phi
Pianist: Boris Kraljevic, Le Ho Hai
Performer: Symphony Orchestra
Program
PART I:
Claude Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Francis Poulenc Concerto for 2 pianos orchestra in D Minor, FP. 61
Piano I: Boris Kraljevic
Piano II: LE Ho Hai
PART II:
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C Minor, op. 67
Tickets
Ticket price: 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)
All tickets are available at:
Ticket Counter, HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC.
Booking and delivery: 08 3823 7419; Ms. Hương 0989874517; Mr.Luân: 0903041959
Online tickets at ticketbox.vn
Berlinale Shorts Go Abroad in Hanoi
08 and 09 Aug 2014, 7 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
The Goethe Institute presents already for the second time the Berlinale Shorts in Hanoi.
In the series “Berlinale Shorts Go Abroad” short films of the International Film Festival of Berlin go on a journey. Ten short movies were chosen to be shown in the Goethe Institute Hanoi at the 8th and 9th of August at 7pm.
“The Berlinale Shorts are a forum for the short form in the festival. A place for uncompromising films, which take an undisguised look on the present. Filmmakers are artists, who are aware of the formal possibilities and furthermore have the whole picture of cinematography in sight. Berlinale Shorts are films, which go beyond the event and contribute to the understanding. At once around the globe and back. The beginning is everywhere and here and now.” Maike Mia Höhne, curator of the Berlinale Shorts, invites the hanoian audience: “Please come and see by yourself!”
This year the short movies deal with very current topics. They range from surreal to real, from marvelous to cruel. The movies discuss a world which changes dramatically and endangers nature. This world forces nature to accommodate itself to it. To be ruthlessly and without morals. But the movies also talk about war and grief: How can you face them? How can you handle them? And what follows?
A highlight of the programs is surely the movie “Three Stones for Jean Ginet” which has already won an award and which will be played on several festivals this year. It is about desire and promises, a city, a friendship and the narration of a hidden story.
The Berlinale Shorts will be presented by the Goethe Institute in nine South-East Asian countries. For the first time they are welcomed by the Goethe Institute in Ho Chi Minh City Shorts in its cultural salon at the 15th and 16th of August at 7pm.
The International Film Festival of Berlin, also well-known as Berlinale, is the major film festival in Germany as well as the major audience festival worldwide. Films of all kinds of genre, length and format find a place in the several sections of the Berlinale. (Please find further information here.)
Berlinale Shorts in Hanoi – Programme I
8.08.2014, 7pm
1. Marc Jacobs
17 minutes/Director: Sam de Jong/Netherland
A journey to the country of his ancestors – Marocco. But where does Soufiane really arrive?
2. SYMPHONY NO. 42
10 minutes/Director: Reka Bucsi/Hungary
Animation film: How would it be, if animals were humans?
3. Birds
15 minutes/Director: Ulu Braun/Germany
Birds in urban habitats – Quo vadis, bird?
4. A Paradise
14 minutes/Director: Jayisha Patel/Cuba
A family is mourning the death of her son. The province is known for the tragic fact concerning the high suicide rate amongst youth.
5. Taprobana
24 minutes/Director: Gabriel Abrantes/Portugal, Sri Lanka Danemark
Taprobana, now known as Sri Lanka, at the end of the 16th century. The Poet Luiz Vas de Camoes is writing his heroic history of Portuguese conquests.
Berlinale Shorts in Hanoi – Programme II
9.08.2014, 7pm
1. Smile, and the world will smile back
21 minutes/Director: B´Tselem/Israel Palestin
A night like so many nights in Hebron, on the West Bank, under the occupation.
2. The white roses
20 minutes/Director: Diogo Costa Amarante/Portugal USA
The memories of the mother are evoked by images enclosed inside Gabriel’s amulet.
3. Three stones for Jean Genet
7 minutes/Director: Frieder Schlaich/Germany
There are places of yearning. There are promises that accompany us our entire lives
4. The big house
25 minutes/Director: Juliette Touin/Cuba
A group of heavily pregnant women live in an old mansion in Cuba. They are waiting for what will come and don’t know what lies before them.
5. Wonder
8 minutes/Director: Mirai Mizue/Japan France
Animation film: Music and sound, sequences of colour and movement.
Language: Original Language, Vietnamese and English Subtitles.
Screening of Film “Vive la France”
Fri 08 Aug 2014, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Vive la France” (France, 2013, 95 mins) directed by Michael Youn.
“They do not know where they put their feet on! A success of humor, good ideas and excellent replicas”.
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.
Documentary Screening “Who Is William Onyeabor?” and DJ Set with Dan Lo
Thu 07 Aug 2014, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
This is a night to celebrate the Nigerian funk musician and band-leader, William Onyeabor, who had a series of records in the late 70s and 80s which exalted him into an iconic status in the history of Nigerian pop, often considered the founder of Nigerian electro Afro-funk.
His biography has been shrouded in mystery due to his own refusal to discuss it or his music since becoming a born-again Christian in the middle of the 1980s and retiring to pursue a career as a businessman running his own flour mill.
We will show the recent documentary about the mysterious man, Fantastic Man, and follow it up with a set from Saigon’s Afrobeat expert Dan Lo [The Observatory / Eclectic Aesthetic], who will be in charge of the decks all the night long, set to put William Onyeabor classics on alongside many other Afro hits, leading up to their influence on sounds of today.
Entry VND 50,000
A Night of Concert and Ballet “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Wed 06 Aug 2014, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to a night of Concert and Ballet “Midsummer night’s dream” with the participation of:
Artistic Director: PhD. People’s Artist Phạm Anh Phương
Conductor: PhD. Meritorious Artist Nguyễn Thiếu Hoa
Perform by: VNOB’s Symphony Orchestra, Choir and Ballet troupe
Program
F. Mendelsshohn Music from “Midsummer night’s dream” by W. Shakespeare
Wedding March
Nocturne
Tchaikovsky Spanish Dance from ballet “Swan lake”
Rossini Figaro’s kavatina from opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia”
Soloist: Mạnh Dũng
Rosina’s cavatina from opera “Il barbiere di Siviglia”
Soloist: Thăng Long
Soloist: Vành Khuyên
Tchaikovsky Valse from ballet “Sleeping beauty”
Handel Choirs from “The Messia”
And the glory, Let all the angels of God, Amen, Halleluija
Tchaikovsky Duo from ballet “Nutcraker”
Intermission
Ballet “Secret garden”
Music: Sebastian Plano Olafur Arnalds
Choreography Staging: Sasha Evtimova
Video Animation: Predrag Milochevich
Perform: Phương Thảo, Việt An, Như Quỳnh, Thu Huệ, Hải Ly, Văn Lương, Văn Đức, Văn Nam, Hàn Giang, Thành Công, Đình Thùy
Tickets
Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.
Saigon Chamber Music 2014
Mosaic of a Century: Sat 02 Aug 2014, 8 pm
Young Virtuosos Concert Series: Fri 08 Aug 2014, 7.30 pm
Masterclasses series: 03 – 07 Aug 2014, 4.30 pm
Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC
Tel: (+84)38-243-774
Saigon Chamber Music 2014 is a festival and school that offers a week long of intensive training for young musicians, by a faculty of internationally acclaimed artists from the UK and Norway. Highlighted in the programme are a faculty recital “Mosaic of a Century”, a student concert “Young Virtuosos Concert Series”, as well as seminars and masterclasses for a more rounded musical experience.
FESTIVAL SUMMARY
MOSAIC OF A CENTURY: 8 pm – Saturday 2 August 2014
A piece of upholstery woven from the impressionist and romantic tone colours, accented with the sweet sorrow of the 20th century music. The programme includes works by Ravel, Kodaly, and Shostakovich, taking the audience on a journey to the depth of human soul.
Programme:
Ravel Trio in A minor for piano, violin and cello (1914)
Modéré
Pantoum (Assez vif)
Passacaille (Très large)
Final (Animé)
Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello op. 7 (1914)
Allegro serioso, non troppo
Adagio
Maestoso e largamente ma non troppo lento – Presto
Zoë Martlew “Salat Babilya” (Babylonian Prayer) (2008)
Bjarne Brustad “Veslefrikk” from Fairytale Suite (1932)
Shostakovitch Trio no. 2 in E minor op. 67 for piano, violin and cello (1944)
Andante
Allegro con brio
Largo
Allegretto
Tickets: 100,000 ; 250,000 ; 300,000 VND
YOUNG VIRTUOSOS CONCERT: 7:30 pm – Friday 8 August 2014
Celebrating the young talents of Saigon Chamber Music 2014, trained by the internationally acclaimed artists in the faculty. 20 young musicians have been selected from HCMC Conservatory, Hue Academy and Viet Nam National Academy of Music
Tickets: 100,000 ; 150,000 VND
THE MASTERCLASS SERIES (*): 4:30pm daily 3-7 August 2014
*** All workshops and masterclasses are free on first come first served basis. About 20 seats are available to the pulic. We reserve the right to refuse admission when seats are filled. Reserving a seat will guarantee admission.
Sun 3 Aug: “Listening beyond the Dots”
Mon 4 Aug: Piano and strings Masterclass
Wed 6 Aug: Piano and strings Masterclass
Thu 7 Aug: Tango and Improvisation
Fish Sauce and Ngọt Debut Live Show
Sat 02 Aug 2014, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Fish Sauce is the most flavoursome band to come through Hanoi and impress tastebuds this summer. A fresh blend of Vietnamese and Latin American artists, come for a night of original music composed by lead singer, Mai Khoi, on journeys through Mexico and Cuba.
Mai Khoi (Song and Album of the Year, 2010) is joined by Araceli (Nicaragua), Sebastian (Ecuador), Truong Sa (formerly PAK band and collaborator with Le Cat Trong Ly) and the Hanoi flamenco collective.
Totally out of the bowl, Fish Sauce marinates your mind, body and soul.
Starting out the evening will be Hanoi’s fresh young talents Ngọt. A university combo quartet, this group will make you re-live your youth (or if you’re still young enough, be a reminder of how lucky you are!).
Sweet melody blends and indie folk harmonies, these are a rare act to find in our city. Let singer/guitarist Vu Dinh Trong Thang, bassist Ha Nguyen, guitarist Tuan Tran and drummer Nam Anh show you why they are already gathering a Beatles-esque following in Hanoi.
We’re lucky to have them whilst they are still without bodyguards!
Entry VND 80,000. Tickets can be picked up in advance to ensure entry.
Graduate Fashion Show and Exhibition “Still Believing” of London College for Fashion Studies Hanoi
Sat 02 Aug 2014, 4 pm
Grand Ballroom, Melia Hanoi Hotel
44 Ly Thuong Kiet Str, Hanoi
You are invited to Graduate Fashion Show and Exhibition “Still Believing” of London College for Fashion Studies Hanoi.
By joining the exhibition, you will have a chance to:
– Featuring collections from students in the Advanced Diploma: Designer/ Creative Merchandiser and Professional Diploma: Fashion Design Technology
– Investigate British fashion education technology, from concept to production
– Meet directly with members of the LCFS staff, students and representatives from the UK to find out about courses experience, the application process, work placement and internship opportunities in Vietnam and UK , study transfer to the UK and much more
– Visit the Style Zone to get personal style consultancy advice towards improving your look, as provided by our students
– Participate in community activities “NEW CLOTHES FOR A NEW ACADEMIC YEAR” to help raise funds to produce new clothes for disadvantaged children living in poverty.
– Register to see the Graduate Fashion Show 2014 featuring the final creations of the students in Fashion Designers/ Creative Merchandiser Programme at 7.30pm on 03rd August 2014
RSVP to Ms. Mai Trang or Ms. Hong Minh at (04) 3719 9706 or info@fashionstudies.com.vn
Graduate Fashion Show and Exhibition “Still Believing”
Sat 02 Aug, 3 pm till Sun 03 Aug, 10 pm
London College for Fashion Studies
No. 48 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi
You are invited to the graduate fashion show and exhibition 2014 “Still Believing” with the participation of students in Fashion Design/ Creative Merchandiser department 2012-2014.
Register for the Fashion Show to enjoy the creative collections by graduates on Sunday 03 Aug 2014 at 7.30pm
Please contact (04) 3 719 9706
Or email: info@fashionstudies.com.vn to register for invitation
Viet Pride 2014 – Together
01, 02 and 03 Aug 2014
Hanoi
In August 2012, Vietnam saw its first LGBTQ Pride celebration in Hanoi. A convoy of more than 200 people on bicycles and motorbikes, carrying rainbow flags and messages of equality, created a landmark for the LGBTQ movement in the South East Asian country, where prejudice against sexual minorities is still pervasive. The second
Viet Pride the following year was a significant step in strengthening the movement and expanding the scope to include the Viet Pride scholarship and an employment equality campaign.
This year, 2014, Viet Pride will be celebrated for the third time in Hanoi on the first weekend of August – the 01st, 2nd, and 3rd. Continuing the momentum, the third Viet
Pride aims to raise awareness of sexual diversity and the right to love that every person regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity is entitled to. Besides that,
Viet Pride 2014 also puts a strong emphasis on forging the connection and solidarity amongst diverse LGBTQ groups from all over the country through a series of discussions and networking activities. These two directions of focus are much needed in the time and place where equality and dignity for people of sexual minorities are circumscribed by the language of culture, and the consensus, solidarity within the LGBTQ community is vital to lead the movement forward.
The preparation for Viet Pride 2014 is being carried out with great excitement across the country, involving civil society organisations both in the North and the South of Vietnam, as well as foreign embassies, social enterprises, and the strategic partner of Viet Pride – the Goethe Institute. The organising committee also hopes to bring over LGBTQ organizations from overseas for exchange of good practices and transnational camaraderie. A great source of support comes from Civil Rights Defenders to put together the event and invite LGBTQ community leaders to Hanoi for the three days of Viet Pride and a number of community consultation/needs assessment sessions.
Speaking of the development and remarkable progress of Viet Pride, Nguyen Thanh Tam, director of the project since 2012, said, “Viet Pride is making small, yet firm and consistent, steps in fostering social acceptance and respect that has been sorely lacking in the Vietnamese society. I am glad that in only three years, Viet Pride has grown to become an annual tradition and symbol of respect for diversity, with Vietnamese LGBTQ youth and allies quickly becoming the leading force. I also appreciate the fact that Viet Pride has proven to be not an isolated event or confined within Vietnam but part of the global LGBTQ movement that is changing the world in a way unimaginable just a few decades ago!”
MAT CHI MAA – LGBT Live from Thailand
Fri 01 Aug 2014, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho
The 3rd Vietnamese Gay Pride Festival – Viet Pride 2014 – this year brings a full live act from Thailand: MAT CHI MAA, an LGBT band originates from Chiangmai.
Support acts include the upcoming indie rock band Ngọt, followed by DJ.
Entry: 100,000 VND.
Exhibition “Today and Forever”
Opening: Fri 01 Aug 2014, 5 pm
Exhibition: 01 – 07 Aug 2014
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Str, Hanoi
You are invited to the exhibition “Today and Forever – 2014″ by 21 artists and sculptors from Haiphong.
Electronic Disco Night with Italian Artist Bottin
Fri 01 Aug 2014, 10 pm
The Observatory
Corner of Le Lai and Ton That Tung, Dist.1, HCMC
Come to an electronic Disco Night with Italian Artist Bottin.
BOTTIN – “one of the finest purveyors of electronic disco around,” (Vice Magazine) – is once again hitting Saigon for a gig that promises to showcase the apex of what disco can really be.
Listen to his music on Soundcloud.
Supported by HIBIYA LINE (Optimist Club, The Observatory)
Entry 100,000 VND.
Opening of Viet Pride 2014 at Goethe Institut
Grand Opening: Fri 01 Aug 2014, 5.45 pm
Goethe Institut
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội
Come to the opening of Viet Pride 2014 at Goethe Institut.
Languages: English-Vietnamese
Free Admission.
While the campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Vietnam may have stalled for the moment, enthusiasm remains high as the nation prepares for the third annual LGBT Pride celebration – Viet Pride.
Under the theme ‘Together’, Viet Pride aims to sustain the momentum and solidarity amongst the diverse LGBT groups across the country, and also fostering the dialogues between LGBT community and strategic key partners including dedicated rights activists, supporting civil society organisations, relevant UN agencies and other allies in Vietnam.
Built on the success of previous campaigns, the event this year offers a wide range of activities, opportunities and platforms to embrace the diversity and dynamics of the movement; promote unity and coordination within LGBT-serving groups; facilitate interaction and communication within community and among participants in a cosy, vibrant and colourful atmosphere. Through solidarity and understanding, Viet Pride aims to harness the energy and strengthen the voice of LGBT people.
The event will take place over five days from August 01 to August 05 – with the capstone Viet Pride bicycle rally on Sunday August 03, an event celebrated widely in local and international media. Supporters are enthusiastically expecting a convoy of rainbow bikes, and volunteers with huge rainbow flags along the rally route in the centre of the capital. Such visibility carries the hope to gradually change the social attitude in Vietnam where homosexuality remains a taboo.
Screening of “Paulette”
Fri 01 Aug 2014, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội
You are invited to the film screening “Paulette” (French, 2013, 87 mins) directed by Jérôme Enrico. This is “a modern comedy that explodes in all aspects.”
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.
Viet Pride 2014 Line Up of Events in Hanoi
Viet Pride 2014
01 – 03 Aug 2014
Goethe Institute – 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc
American Club – 21 Hai Ba Trung
Hanoi Social Club – 6 Hoi Vu
Puku – 16-18 Tong Duy Tan
The 3rd Viet Pride Festival (Vietnamese Gay Pride Festival) will take place in Hanoi, on the 01st, 2nd, and 3rd of August, themed as “Together”. Continuing the momentum, Viet Pride 2014 aims to raise awareness of sexual diversity and the right to love that every person is entitled to. The agenda also includes activities that forge the connection and solidarity amongst diverse LGBTQ groups from all over the country.
The 3 days of Viet Pride 2014 will be celebrated with numerous activities centered on the subject of LGBTQ such as talks, conferences, film screenings… (many are on free admission basis).
The capstone Viet Pride Bike Rally will be held on the 3rd day (August 3rd) followed by an outdoor party at American Club with free beer and music for bikers!