July 18-24: Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2016 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

A Nhan Dan selection of noteworthy arts and cultural events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 

July 18-24: Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2016 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

HANOI

PERFORMANCE

Surreal Dance Performance “Four Seasons”

6.30pm on July 18

Kinergie Studio

7th Floor, 101A Nguyen Khuyen Street, Dong Da District,

A The surreal dance performance titled “Four seasons” with artist Doan Minh Hoan (Hoan Doan). The performance of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter is a tribute to the cCreator, a childhood nostalgia where the endless line of generations – each delivering the next into being and then slowly withering away – is accompanied by the constant rhythm of the Four Seasons.

Ticket: VND150,000

Live Performance “Lang Toi – My Village”

6pm, July16-17, 25 and 26

Hanoi Opera House

“Lang Toi”, also known as “My Village”, the spectacle created by a group of 4 creators - Tuan Le, Nguyen Lan Maurice, Nhat Ly, Tan Loc - will be performed live at the 105 year-old Hanoi Opera House.

Ticket price: aah! Zone VND630,000; ooh! Zone VND1,050,000; wow! Zone VND1,470,000; VIP Cabin
VND4,000,000

Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2016

8pm on July 19

Youth Theater

11 Ngo Thi Nham Street, Hai Ba Trung District,

International Finger-Style Guitar Festival (IFSGF) comprises a series of international fingerstyle guitar concerts. This is an annual event that has been heldorganised continuously since 2010 in Asia.

With the participation of famous fingerstyle guitarists from many countries, IFSGF this year featuresis organised with 16 concerts in 7 countries. The festival will start on June 29 in Japan. It will continue in Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and finish on July 23 in Singapore.

Ticket: Area 1: VND1,200,000 - Area 2: VND1.000,000 - Area 3: VND800,000 - Area 4: VND600,000

Choir Performance “Look At The World”

7.30pm on July 19

Hanoi Opera House

1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District,

The choir performance aims to raise funds for the program “Thien Nhan and friends”.

The project “Look at the World” is held every organised each two years parallel with two surgeries within the program “Thien Nhan and friends” featuring including a choir performance, art exhibition and more., etc…

“Look at the World” is a cultural meeting point for art lovers, with art as a way to share exchange hopes and reduce pains.

Ticket: All the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the program “Thien Nhan and friends” that provides free genital reconstruction surgery for to unfortunate children.

Contemporary Dance with Vietnamese Traditional and Ethnic Music

8pm on July 21

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District,

Come to enjoy performances of contemporary dance with traditional Vietnamese traditional and ethnic music entitled “NON” by a group of independent artists, including choreographer and– dancer Vu Ngoc Khai, music composer Ngo Hong Quang and, program producer Van Quy Ngoc Ai.

The performance features aThis time, we still keep the skillful mixture of the interesting body movements and of the contemporary dance and the melodic flows performed acoustically: String Gong (there are only two in Vietnam), Dan Tinh (a 3-string instrument from the Tay ethnic minority group), Dan Moi 3 la (3 pieces Mouth Harp), Dan Moi 1 la (1 piece Mouth Harp), Dan Bau (monochord) and singing.

Tickets: VND300,000 – VND250,000

EXHIBITION

Installation Art Exhibition “Inner Space” by Nguyen Duy Manh

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Ba Dinh District,

“Inner Space” is the first solo exhibition of Nguyen Duy Manh prepared fromwithin 3 years from 2014 to 2016. It is considered as a journey to discover himself, and share his experience about the “inner space”.

Affordable Art 2016: 7+

Dong Phong Art Gallery

03 Ly Dao Thanh Street, Hoan Kiem District,

The exhibition features a series of small and nice art works by a new group of well-known artists in Vietnam. The Affordable Art 2016 “7+” is not only showing works by seven artists and one sculptor, but also presenting the rich and diversified in materials and subjects that they use in their works.

Exhibition “Who Am I” by Nguyen Minh Chau

Toong Co-working Space

8 Trang Thi, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

“Who Am I” is the first solo exhibition of artist Nguyen Minh Chau, and is also an important milestone markinged the full bloom of the artist during his career. This exhibition includes 19 works with different themes.

HO CHI MINH CITY

PERFORMANCE

Concert Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak

8pm on July 19

Ho Chi Minh City Opera House

7 Lam Son Square, District 1,

Concert Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak features the participation of conductor Leê Phi Phi, flute: Strasho Temkov and the symphony orchestra from HBSO.

Tickets: VND550,000 – VND400,000 – VND350,000 – VND200,000 – VND80,000 (for students only)

Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2016

8pm on July 20

Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music

112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1,

International Finger-Style Guitar Festival (IFSGF) comprises a series of international fingerstyle guitar concerts. This is an annual event that has been held organised continuously since 2010 in Asia.

EXHIBITION

Exhibition “Sketching Vietnamese History” by Quach Phong

Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum

97A Pho Duc Chinh, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Sketching Vietnamese History’ is the first large-scale solo exhibition by senior artist Quach Phong. This exhibition showcases the remarkable ambition of a man who, as an artist, has witnessed major scenes of war; endured the struggle of a nation in resistance; and assisted the growth of artistic networks in Vietnam since 1975.

Solo Exhibition “Dislocate” by Bui Cong Khanh

The Factory Contemporary Art Centre

15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien District 2

‘Dislocate’ is a solo exhibition by acclaimed Vietnamese artist, Bui Cong Khanh, and 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 history concerning Vietnam in style and subject.

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