The Week of October 7 – 13
HANOI
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PERFORMANCE
Workers Theatre
42 Trang Tien street
8pm, October 8
A concert entitled ‘Tree of life’ is performed by Rhapsody Philharmonic. an orchestra of young Vietnamese musicians
Tickets: from VND200,000 to VND1 million
Hang Day Stadium
7 Trinh Hoai Duc street,
7pm, October 12
A grand music festival, entitled ‘Oh La La’, features French and Vietnamese singers and bands
Tickets: VND30,000 for standing ticket; VND50,000 for seating ticket
American Club
19-21 Hai Ba Trung street
1 – 11pm, October 12
Indochina’s longest running international music festival (CAMA Festival) returns to Hanoi for the seventh time with a line-up of leading indie, rock, reggae and electronic acts.
Tickets: Advance tickets (from 1st October 2013): VND300,000/Box Office: VND350,000/VND100,000 for students with valid student ID and children under 10
The Black Box
56 Nguyen Khuyen street
6:30pm-8pm on October 12
A performance with Japanese artist Katsura Kan introducing Butoh Dance
EXHIBITION
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Hoc street
A fine arts exhibition entitled ‘Viet – Thai Art Exchange’ features 14 Vietnamese artists and 13 Thai artists
Free admission
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich street
Open: 9am – 12pm from September 25 to October 7
An exhibition, entitled ‘(E)Motion’, showcases a series of anomalous motion illusions and other optical stencil art pieces by Knee Jerk.
Free admission
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung street, Hoan Kiem district
Exhibition “Iwasaki Chihiro and Vietnam”
This exhibition introduces 40 select artworks of children, flowers and picture books by Iwasaki Chihiro (1918 – 1974), one of the most beloved Japanese artists/illustrators in the world
Free admission
Work Room Four
9 Tran Thanh Tong street
Open: September 26 – October 13
The Hanoi Open Exhibition features multidisciplinary contemporary artworks by renowned professionals and amateur artists of several nationalities living and working in Vietnam.
Free admission
PERFORMANCE
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House
7 Lam Son Square, District 1
8pm, October 12 – 13
The ballet Cinderella is performed by Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, choreographed by famous Norwegian choreographer Johanne Jakhelln Constant.
Tickets: VND650.000 – VND550.000 – VND400.000 and VND150.000 for students
Park Hyatt Saigon
2 Lam Son Square, District 1
9pm on Friday and Saturday every week
Performance of resident DJ Justin Murta
Tao Dan Park
Truong Dinh, Ben Thanh, District 1
4 – 6:30pm, October 12
Concert “Sieste Électronique” (Electronic Naps) features electronic, experimental and traditional music.
Free admission
Reflections Restaurant
19 Lam Son Square, District 1
7 pm, Monday-Saturday
Live jazz and acoustic performances by Filipino duo Soul and Sound
EXHIBITION
Palpitation
29 Dien Bien Phu street, District 1
Open : October 6 – 13
A special exhibition about letters, entitled “Unlimited Letters” gives young artists and designers the opportunity to express their own style in writing letters.
Free admission
Galerie Quynh
65 De Tham, District 1
The exhibition, entitled ‘The day before the Renaissance’ features new and rarely seen works by Hoang Duong Cam, one of Vietnam’s most daring conceptual artists.
Free admission
Decibel Lounge
Open: September 26 – October 26
79/2/5 Phan Ke Binh street, District 1
Exhibition ‘Elementals’ displays works by British artist Tom Smith
Free admission
Craig Thomas Gallery
27 Tran Nhat Duat street, district 1
Open: October 3 – 23
‘Red Thread’, a solo exhibition of new ink and water color paintings on do paper by Saigon-based artist Bui Tien Tuan.
The artist offers thread as a line that links the viewer to his labyrinthine world of poetic sensuality.
Free admission
San Art
Open: September 13 – October 24
3 Me Linh street, Binh Thanh district
Come to ‘XEM’, an exhibition by a group of visual artists based in Saigon who seek to leave a tangible photographic trace of the world in which they live. They are Nguyen Thanh Truc, Uu Dam Tran Nguyen, Quang Lam, Hoang Duong Cam and Phan Quang.
