HANOI
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PERFORMANCE
Hanoi Opera House
1 Trang Tien street
8pm on June 26
The Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) gives a concert featuring charming choral pieces such as ‘We Sing’, ‘Africa’, ‘Dreams’ and ‘Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round’.
Free entrance
8pm on June 24-25
The ‘Homage to Vienne’ concert featuring classic works by world famous composers such as Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maurice Ravel performed by pianist Trang Trinh and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Italian conductor Andrea Pestalozza.
Ticket: VND200,000 – 350,000 – 500,000
Dong Xuan Market
8pm every Saturday and Sunday
Free folk music show including ca tru (ceremonial singing), quan ho (love duet singing), chau van (ritual singing) and dance with the background music from traditional instruments
L’Espace
24 Trang Tien street
8pm June 27
Performance of well-known French band Lo’Jo
Ticket: VND120,000/VND60,000 for members of L’Espace and students
8pm on June 28
The screening of “L’exercice de l’Etat” (The Minister) by director Pierre Scheoeller which premiered in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Award
Ticket: VND20,000/VND10,000 for members of L’Espace and students
Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre
57B Dinh Tien Hoang street
Water puppet shows at 2:15pm, 3:30pm, 5pm, 6:30pm, 8pm, 9:15pm. Morning shows at 9:30am is available only on Sunday.
Ticket: VND60,000 – VND100,000
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich street
8:15pm on June 27
A music night featuring classical composer and sound artist Vu Nhat Tan being joined by multi-instrumentalist Nguyen Van Thao
Ticket: VND150,000 including a free drink: one Hanoi beer or a soft drink
Star Club
87 Lang Ha (inside National Cinema Centre)
A series of Friday music nights by Lang Du band featuring Flamenco songs and dances
Ticket: VND100,000 for live music
Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham street
8pm on June 29
The performance of ‘Rite of Spring’, one of the most influential ballets of the 20th century, directed by French director Jean-Claude Gallotta
Ticket: VND100,000 – VND120,000/VND50,000 – VND60,000 for students
EXHIBITION
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc street
Opening: June 8/ Closing: June 23
The exhibition ‘Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art’
Works on show include 35 drawings, paintings, and video works by 14 young Japanese artists active from the latter half of the 1990s throughout the first decade of the 21st century
Free entrance
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich street
An exhibition entitled “The Facebook of Le Quang Ha” featuring a series of current sketches by this Hanoi based artist, one of the leading Vietnamese contemporary visual artists for more than two decades.
Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung, Hoan Kiem district
Opening: May 25 / Closing: July 28
The art exhibition ‘YAYOI KUSAMA: Obsessions’ featuring a collection of installations by the Japanese Polka Dot Queen of Avant-garde Art, Yayoi Kusama
Free entrance
L’Espace
24 Trang Tien street
The exhibition ‘Angel in the City’ presenting works by the French photographer Jean-Paul Lefret
Opening: May 28/Closing: June 30
Free entry
Bookworm
Lane 1/28, Nghi Tam Village
Private collection of cereamic bowls and plates made in Bat Trang pottery village during the country’s ‘Bao Cap (subcidy) period by Nguyen Kien from Hai Duong Province
Free entrance
Goethe Institute
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học street
A photography exhibition entitled “Autopsy of Days” displaying works by fifteen Vietnamese photographers showing us intimately and through small, personal dissections of their own lives and interests what they have seen for themselves
Free admission
PERFORMANCE
Hoa Sen University
93 Cao Thang street, District 3
Opening: June 10 – 29
The 5th International Documentary Film Festival in Vietnam featuring numerous films form Europe countries including Belgium, Germany, Sweden, France, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the UK
Free entrance to all screenings
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House
7 Cong Truong Lam Son street, District 1
8pm on June 29
A concert by the Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) which is considered the ‘Ambassador of Harmony’, featuring charming choral pieces such as ‘We Sing’, ‘Africa’, ‘Dreams’ and ‘Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round’
Free tickets
Ben Thanh Theatre
6 Mac Dinh Chi street
8pm on June 27
The performance of ‘Rite of Spring’, one of the most influential ballets of the 20th century, directed by French choreographer Jean-Claude Gallotta
Ticket: VND120,00 – VND100,00 – VND80,000 (50% discount for students)
EXHIBITION
Tu do Gallery
53 Ho Tung Mau, District 1
Opening: June 8/ Closing: June 18
Exhibition “Water Color” by Ho Van Hung from Nghe An province
Free entrance
Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum
97A Pho Duc Chinh street, District 1
Opening till June 29
Indonesian contemporary art exhibition ‘Picturing Pictures – From Symbols to Works’
Free ticket
DeciBel Lounge
79/2/5 Phan Ke Binh, District 1
Opening: June 6/ Closing: July 10
Exhibition ‘Cargo’ by Italian artist Barbara Pellizzari Anchisi, capturing the positive energy released by Ho Chi Minh city presented by a combination of printmaking and tempera technique on Chinese paper.
Free admission
