HANOI
PERFORMANCE
John Lennon Tribute Show
8 pm, December 8
Barbetta – The Center
No 2 Ngo Huyen, Hoan Kiem District
Let’s come to listen to John Lennon’s songs to remember him, the talented artist with an unfortunate fate.
Concert “Eine Alpensinfonie”
8 pm, December 12 -13
The Grand Concert Hall, Vietnam National Academy of Music
Artists from the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will present the Vietnam premiere of two pieces by Richard Strauss: the Horn Concerto No. 2 and An Alpine Symphony, op. 64.
Ticket prices: VND 500,000 - VND 350, 000 - VND 200,000
HITS’s Winter Show “James and the Giant Peach”
7.30 pm, December 12-13
3 pm, December 13
Nha Hat Kich Theatre
01 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district (behind Hanoi Opera House)
This fun-filled and action-packed extravaganza guarantees to delight and surprise the eyes, ears, noses and hearts of all who come for the ride.
Tickets: VND200, 000 for adults - VND150,000 for kid
EXHIBITION
Exhibition ‘3600 Days’ by Tran Quoc Long
Café Ngo Quan
51 Chau Long street, Ba Dinh district
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, along with oil and acrylic.
Exhibition ‘Focus On Vietnam’
Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace
24 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district
The photo exhibition presents period photographs from the collection by the French School of the Far East (presented in Cernuschi Museum in Paris from March 13 –June 29, 2014). This event will take the viewer on a trip through Vietnamese traditions, and around the country’s prestigious historic sites.
Exhibition ‘Imaginary Land’ by Vu Duc Trung
Mai Gallery
3rd, 113 Hang Bong street, Hoan Kiem district
With more than 20 lacquer paintings inspired by shadows in water, shadows of natural beauties in one another and in human spirits, the painter hopes to bring to art lovers new feelings about his artistic journey with lacquer.
HO CHI MINH CITY
PERFORMANCE
HCMC International Dance Festival 2014
December 7-16
Gem Center and HCMC Opera House
The festival in 2014 will present three shows and a series of workshops and talks, featuring renown contemporary dancers and choreographers from France, Italy, Korea, Japan, Israel, Norway/Sweden, Taiwan, and 2 companies from Vietnam (Arabesque Dance Company and The Ballet and Symphony Orchestra of Hochiminh City).
Korean Music Performance “Time and Space in Harmony”
Hanoi: 8 pm, December 9
Au Co Arts Center, 8 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Ba Dinh district
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HCMC: 8 pm, December 12
Ben Thanh Theatre, 6 Mac Dinh Chi street, District 1
The concert will be presented by Gongmyoung and Binh Minh (Sunrise) Ensemble. Their performance will show that it is creativity which enables traditional musical groups to survive in today’s rapidly changing digital and global age.
EXHIBITION
Exhibition “Dying after Afternoon”
Tu Do Gallery
53 Ho Tung Mau Street, District 1
You are invited to the exhibition titled “Dying after Afternoon” which features 21 artworks of HCMC-based painter Trinh Thanh Tung.
Exhibition “Phuong Quoc Tri 2014″
Craig Thomas Gallery
27i Tran Nhat Duat street, Tan Dinh ward, district 1
The oil paintings on display focus on the issues of birth, childhood and parenthood,animating the artist’s life at the moment.
Exhibition “The Cosmos and The Sea”
Galerie Quynh
Level 2, 151/3 Dong Khoi, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Come to “The Cosmos and The Sea” – a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Christine Nguyen. A noted artist known for works that draw upon the imageries of science and nature, Christine Nguyen will present a collection of new and recent photo-based work ranging from intimate c-prints to ambitious mural-size work.
