HANOI
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PERFORMANCE
Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham street, Hai Ba Trung district
8 pm, December 12
AUN J Classic Orchestra
The orchestra will be playing an array of Japanese traditional musical instruments, including Shamisen (three-stringed lute), Koto (13-stringed zither), Shakuhachi (bamboo flute), Shinobue (transverse flute), and Narimono (percussions) to entertain guests.
Au Co Theatre
8 Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Dong Da district
7.30 – 9.30 pm, December 9
Charity Concert ‘Love Hanoi’
Come listen to performances from classical to modern, solo to choir and from African to Korean. All proceeds from ticket sales and from the silent auction will go to support children in Phu Chau commune, Ba Vi district, Hanoi.
ATK
73a Mai Hac De street, Hai Ba Trung district
8 pm, December 11
Solo concert from the Italian duo CAMUSI, who is expected to burn the house down and melt the faces and minds of all present at their concert
L’Espace French Cultural Centre
24 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district
8 pm, December 11
Piano recital with Oliviver Chauzu
Outstanding Frech musician Olivier Chauzu will play for you the famous works of Chopin, Ravel, Debussy and Samazeuilh at this special concert for piano enthusiasts
EXHIBITION
Exhibition Centre
16 Ngo Quyen street, Hoan Kiem district
Group exhibition 'Silent Hanoi' by Thai Tinh, Le Huu Tri, Nguyen Quoc Viet, Dinh Hoang Anh and Ngo Phu Nam
Works on show include poems, paintings and abstract videos providing visitors with different perspectives about the silence in life, nature and the human soul.
Vietnamese Women’s Museum
36 Ly Thuong Kiet street, Hoan Kiem district
Exhibition “I Live Green”
The photographs taken by Paul Zetter record daily life activities of the members of Green Living teams in Hanoi and Hoi An that significantly contribute to saving resources, reducing garbage and raising awareness with their neighbours.
9A4M Studio
4th Floor, Block A, 9 Tran Thanh Tong street, Hai Ba Trung district
Photo exhibition ‘Made in Vietnam’ by German artist Astrid Schulz
Under Schulz’s passion for food, the works on show celebrate the diversity and richness of Vietnamese cooking through photography and print.
Exhibition Centre
45 Trang Tien street, Hoan Kiem district
Painting exhibition ‘Seasons change’
A group exhibition by Nguyen Chi Quang, Vu Tuyen, Pham Kien Cuong, Nguyen Dinh Thuong and Dinh Thanh Liem.
PERFORMANCE
Reunification Palace
106 Nguyen Du street, district 1
7 pm – 10:30 pm, December 13 -14
Lighting and Music Performance
For two nights only, visual artists from Spectaculaires group, Allumeurs d’Images, will transform the front of the Reunification Palace with a spectacular lighting performace, supported by music.
September 23 Park
2 Pham Ngu Lao street, district 1
8 – 10 pm, December 14 -15
Live Concerts “Bonjour Vietnam”
Famous and upcoming Vietnamese musicians will gather at the biggest French street event of the year to promote French and Vietnamese music.
HCMC Conservatory
112 Nguyen Du Street, district 1
8 pm, December 15
The audience will have the chance to enjoy two concertos by Franz Krommer (1759-1831) Boris Lyatoshinsky (1865-1968), performed by artists from the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera
Ticket price: 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)
Sofitel Saigon Plaza
17 Le Duan Boulevard, district 1
8pm every night, till December 15
Jazz concerts by Rié Furuse, a Paris-based vocalist from Japan
EXHIBITION
Tu Do Gallery
53 Ho Tung Mau Street, district 1
Exhibition “Whispering”
You are invited to the art exhibition of lacquer and oil paintings by two artists Van Chien and Quang Hai, who have explored their own memories, then assembled them in more than 30 lacquer and composite works
Galerie Quynh
65 De Tham Street, district 1
Exhibition of Tiffany Chung
The works confront the current wreckage of our world by examining the aftermath of colonization and modernization
Phuong My Flagship Store
81 Le Thanh Ton street, district 1
Exhibition entitled ‘Silk of Light’ by Ngo Dinh Bao Chau
The exhibits are inspired by light as both a physical and metaphorical medium.
Craig Thomas Gallery
27i Tran Nhat Duat street, Tan Dinh ward, district 1
Painting exhibition “House of Nguyen” by Nguyen Minh Tam
The paintings are a made with both traditional Vietnamese lacquer and oil paint, focusing on the theme of Vietnam’s Nguyen dynasty
