HANOI
PERFORMANCE
Hanoi Dub Collective’s Jam Session
8 pm, August 31
Sidewalk Hanoi
231 Au Co street, Tay Ho district
You are invited to our unique jam session — The Hanoi Dub Collective.
Happening at HUB and Sidewalk, we bring together musicians from all walks of life – rappers, drummers, guitarists, keys players, singers, bassists, brass blowers, string fiddlers, electronic musicians… anything goes!
With a focus on bass driven music we invite artists, poets, MCs, dancers and audience members to come and share the space.
Free entry
Classical Music with Stéphane Tran Ngoc and Thai Linh
8 pm, September 1
L’Espace
24 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district
Violinist Stéphane Tran Ngoc together with pianist Tran Thai Linh will grace the stage of L’Espace with stirring duets with exceptional skills through music pieces written by Debussy, Ravel, Franck and Saint-Saëns.
Regular price: VND 210,000 - VND130,000 for L’Espace members – VND 100,000 for students
‘Lang Toi’ (My Village) by Lune Production
6 pm, August 27 and 28
Hanoi Opera House
1 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district
Lang Toi (My Village) is a delicate merge of tradition and innovation, where the poetic beauty of Northern Vietnam’s village life is presented through a new cirque approach.
Farming, the building activities, traditional games, and lifestyle of the Northern villagers are recreated by ancestral bamboo props, breath-taking cirque and acrobatics performances, and rhythmic dance, to distinct folk music from more than 20 musical instruments.
Ticket prices: VND 630,000- VND 1,050,000
EXHIBITION
Exhibition “Summer”
Lotte Center Hanoi
54 Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District
You are invited to the exhibition “Mua Ha” (Summer) by Bui Trong Du – the artist behind many impressive oil-on-canvas works of delicate simplicity with a strong identity of Vietnamese folk art.
With the theme of “Summer”, the exhibition will shape a unique experience for each visitor through the artist’s passion for lotus flowers.
Free entry
Exhibition “Fragments” by Hiraki Sawa
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA)
B1 – R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City
72A Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi
The Vincom Center for Contemporary Arts (VCCA) proudly presents “Fragments”, an exhibition showcasing surreal art pieces by one of the top artists in Japan, Hikari Sawa. Through this exhibition, the VCCA hopes to bring video art closer to the public.
HO CHI MINH CITY
PERFORMANCE
Concert “Concierto de Aranjuez by Rodrigo”
8 pm, August 29
HCMC Opera House
No. 7 Lam Son Square, District 1
You are invited to a concert featuring a famous guitar concerto, a strikingly original French mass, and a ground-breaking piece of French orchestral music.
The event will star French-Vietnamese guitar soloist and musician Nguyen Thanh Hang. She studied at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Dans de Paris (‘Paris National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance’), and now teaches and performs in France and elsewhere.
The concert will be conducted by Claude Brendel, director of the Rouen Conservatory of Music.
Tickets: VND 650,000 – VND 500,000 – VND 400,000 – VND 300,000 – VND 200,000 – VND 80,000 VND (for students, limited offer)
A O Show by Lune Production
6:00 pm, August 27, 28, 30 and 31
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House
7 Cong Truong Lam Son, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1
The A O Show features optical illusions and impressive acrobatics, paired with traditional music performances by a troupe of talented local artists.
Known as the Cirque du Soleil of Vietnam (minus the flashy outfits), this live show depicts the transition of rural Vietnam into today’s modern landscape, using props such as giant woven baskets, scaffolding, bamboo canes, and ropes.
Price range: VND630,000 - VND1,470,000
EXHIBITION
Exhibition “Gang of Five Chancing Modern”
The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre
15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien, District 2
Curated by Le thuan Uyen, the exhibition surveys over three decades of artistic practices by five of the most important figures in the art scene of North Vietnam; Hong Viet Dung, Ha Tri Hieu, Dang Xuan Hoa, Tran Luong and Pham Quang Vinh.
Featuring nearly forty paintings and numerous original historical materials (including reviews and interviews, archival images, exhibition guest books, two short film documentaries, and a timeline tracking the conception, development, and reunion of the Gang of Five, this is one of the few retrospective exhibitions staged in Vietnam that thoroughly documents the lives and preoccupations of local artists (and/or artist groups) of the 20th century.
Tickets:
For adults: VND 35,000
For students: VND 25,000 (with appropriate student ID)
For children under 16: free (with appropriate ID)
