HANOI
PERFORMANCE
Concert in the Interplay of Cultures “The Four Seasons in Brandenburg”
8pm on August 11
Goethe Institute
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District,
The concert presents compositions from the baroque era, with the performance of violinists Zhan Shu, Chuong Vu and Le Minh Hien; viola players Yi-Wen Chao and Pham Vu Thien Bao; cellist Bronwyn Banerdt and Lan Jiang. ; contrabassist John Moore Contrabass; flutist Le Thu Huong; and cembalist Elliot Figg.
Vietnam Connection Music Festival 2016
8pm on August 13-14
Vietnam National Academy of Music
77 Hao Nam Street, Dong Da District,
The concert features the participation of numerous Vietnamese virtuosos and special foreign guests.
Tickets: VND600,000 – VND400,000 – VND300,000
EXHIBITION
Exhibition “Reality through the Eyes”
Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi
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.
Exhibition “Urban Chronicles”
CHON Gallery
16 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District,
The exhibition features 13 paintings on Do paper by To Kim Nhung, revealing her unique perception on the modern daily life in Hanoi.
HO CHI MINH CITY
PERFORMANCE
The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
8pm on August 9
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House
“The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach” will be a night of classical music masters. The concert will bring together Vietnamese classical virtuosos from Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO), Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) and Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM). Especially, the program will feature the International Chamber Players from the US.
Tickets: VND550,000 – VND400,000 – VND350,000 – VND200,000
Toyota Concert Tour 2016
8pm on August 11-12
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, District 1,
Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV), in collaboration with the VNSO, proudly announces the “Toyota Concert 2016”. The programme promises to bring music lovers in Vietnam wonderful moments, immersed in emotional lyrical classical melodies of the 19th century.
Tickets: VND700,000 – VND500,000 – VND300,000 – VND100,000
Chamber Concert “On Wing of Song”
8pm on August 11
Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1
The concert features the participation of Antonia Köster (Piano), and Sindri Lederer (Violin), as well as Zoë Martlew (Cello), and Juliet White-Smith (Viola).
EXHIBITION
Solo Exhibition “Dislocate” by Bui Cong Khanh
The Factory Contemporary Art Centre
15 Nguyen U Di Street, Thao Dien District 2,
‘Dislocate’ is a solo exhibition by acclaimed Vietnamese artist, Bùi Công Khánh. It is 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 histories concerning Vietnam in style and subject.
Exhibition “Dérive”
Galerie Quynh
Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
‘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.
