SEPTEMBER EVENTS (Updated)

HITS Party

Wed 28 Sep 2011, 7 – 10 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque, 22A Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

It’s time to show you what we’ve been working on behind the scenes

Make your way to Hanoi Cinematheque on Wed 28 September for an extravaganza of drum rolls, live music, snippets from our summer show and door prizes.

Cover: 50,000 VND (includes a complimentary drink and a raffle ticket)

Exhibition 40 Years of Video Art in Germany
Posted: 21 Sep 2011. Filed under: Art, Video.

Opening : Sat 24 Sep, 4 pm with an introduction by Professor Rotraut Pape
Lecture: Sun 25 Sep, 3.30 pm: “40 Years of Video Art in Germany”
Exhibition: 25 Sep – 2 Oct, 9 am – 7 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi

The Goethe-Institut Hanoi now invites you to a “best of” from 40 years of German video art. The 43 selected videos, shown digitally to protect the valuable originals, give an exemplary insight into some forty years of video art from Germany. Among them are works by famous artists such as Joseph Beuys, Wolf Kahler, Lutz Dammbeck, Nam June Paik and others.
Video art emerged in the 60s in the U.S. and Germany and has become one of the most influential genres of art of the 20th Century. Technical systems have developed further, changed or even disappeared: the former TV screen has given way to the computer monitor, video cassettes to software programs and hard drives. The biggest challenge of video art is its own mortality, due to the short life of the electronic media. Thus, the survival of video art is dependent on a never-ending process of adaptation to new technological standards. 40jahrevideokunst.de, an initiative of the Federal Cultural Foundation, has therefore taken on the task of the rescue, care and dissemination of video art. Five important museums in Germany have joined forces to realize this project, under the direction of Karlsruhe ZKM (Center for Art and Media Technology). Here video art works are professionally archived, digitized, and protected from disappearing.

Video Art Workshop: The exhibition is complemented by a workshop for video art: the German video artist and professor of media arts Rotraut Pape and the French video artist and curator Gerard Couty jointly lead this workshop for young video makers. Information about this workshop, visit Goethe’s website.

Prof. Rotraut Pape studied art at the Hamburg Art Academy and since 1977 works in the field of video art, video installation and experimental film. She is a media artist, writer and director and has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Germany and abroad. Since 1992 Rotraut Pape teaches regularly at various universities in Germany and France and is currently a professor in the Film/Video at the University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main. In the past she has led several workshops at Goethe Institutes around the world.

Gerard Couty is a French media artist, writer and director. He has founded experimental art spaces and media, including Bellevue Radio Lyon, Ars Electronica Linz and Club Automatique. Gerard Couty specializes in interactive applications and compositing, and has led international workshops in cooperation with Centre Culturel Français and the Goethe Institut.

Graham Burchett at Factory

Sat 24 Sep 2011, 8.30 pm
Factory Bar, 11A Bao Khanh lane, Hoan Kiem Dist, Hanoi

Factory gladly introduce to you Graham Burchett a media artist from Australia. Described as mixture of visual and audio art, his works employs noise and free-form composition to tell a story through abstraction.

KOTO Bike Ride 2011

Sun 20 Nov 2011
Hanoi to Ba Vi National Park

KOTO Bike Ride 2011 will be held on Sun 20 Nov. By taking a part in this year’s event, you will contribute to change the lives of many disadvantaged youth in Vietnam through KOTO Training Program. The new beautiful riding route will bring you lots of fun and many adventure experience.

Register today as individual, team or corporate. For more information, see below:
Route: Hanoi – Ba Vi National Park (65 km)

The event is open to:
– Professional and amateur riders
– Adventurers/nature lovers
– Teams of all ages and fitness levels
– Famillies/ Corportations/Embassies/NGOs

Ride for fun. Ride to raise funds. Ride for sustainability – US$ 1 per person goes direct to Ba Vi National Park.
To register and for more details please contact KOTO at [email protected] or on 04 3718 4573. Hotline: 0974294661 or 0983328785

Hanoi Love Stories CD Release – Final Party

Hanoi composer, musician, performer and DJ Tri Minh is releasing his first solo album: Hanoi Love Stories.

Subtitled ‘Tri Minh & friends’ it features guest appearances by a number of Tri Minh’s fellow musicians from all over the world.

Come out to party and celebrate with Tri Minh and friends at the last and largest of three launch events:

Sat 24 Sep 2011, 8 pm, Circle of LIFE CLUB, 25 floor BIDV Building, 194 Tran Quang Khai with Tri Minh and guests artists: Trung Đông (trumpet), Trương Quế Chi (poet), and Hà Đình Huy (percussion) and special DJ performance of Olaf Zeumann Ensemble (DE).

HITS is calling for Directors for HITS Spring Show

Every year HITS turns to YOU and all of Hanoi and asks if anyone might be interested in directing a Spring Production! HITS typically puts on a major production, once and year – from musicals to big dramas and even sometimes a major fantastical comedy. Before any production team can come together we try to turn to the public and ask, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIRECT OUR NEXT SHOW? This may seem daunting, this may seem like a challenge, and while it is not easy, it’s a whole lot of fun!

If you or anyone you know would like to submit a proposal to the HITS Board please do so soon as the preparations for the Spring show must start soon! In the past HITS has put on My Fair Lady, Beauty and The Beast, The Wizard of Oz, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and many more.

For more information about how to submit a proposal or if you’d like to speak with one of our members please contact us SOON at [email protected]

HCMC – Future Shorts ONE Sep

Sun 25 Sep 2011, 7.30 pm
Yoko Bar, 22A Nguyen Thi Dieu, District 3, HCMC

Future Shorts ONE, the monthly global film festival, is combating the autumn blues as it brings a fresh batch of short films to audiences around the world this September. This month sees 15 countries – from Australia to Vietnam, Georgia to the UK, and everywhere in-between – showcasing the official selection of films.

True to form, the September selection mixes a diverse range of dramas, comedies and music videos from around the world.
In Path Lights, a voice actor famed for his work on detective audiobooks and the automated answering service of a tree cutting company is propelled into a real-life investigation after a mysterious bottle falls from the sky. We see Korean haircuts in A Perm and sweet adolescence in 60 seconds with One Minute Puberty. Other highlights include music video for New York band Cults’ Go Outside and Paolo Sassanelli’s War.

Join Future Shorts ONE this September in Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Indonesia, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, UK and Vietnam.

Ticket price: 60,000 VND – free for filmmakers (bring copy of work) – 30,000 VND for students with ID.

The HCMC 48 Hour Film Project

The 48 Hour Film Project comes to Ho Chi Minh City on the weekend of November 4th. Filmmakers from all over the HCMC area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world.

This year, teams will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Once the initial registration is complete, we will accept teams for the Waiting List. If a registered team must drop out, we will go to the Waiting List. If there is enough interest, and we can secure additional theater time, we may be able to add more teams from the list.

Registration is 1,000,000 VND

This year’s total Cash Prize is 48,000,000vnd + many other great prizes to be announced soon!

Check our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/48hourfilmVN for more details or 48hfilm.tv to view last year’s films.
If you have any questions or inquiries please email us on [email protected] (English) or [email protected] (Vietnamese).

“Traditional Colors” in Dong Ho Paintings

Opening: Wed 21 Sep 2011, 5 pm
Korean Cultural Center, 49 Nguyen Du, Hanoi

You are invited to the program “Art Corner on Every Wednesday” and the theme for this week is “Traditional Colours in Dong Ho Paintings”.

You will find more about the history of Dong Ho Painting, every preparation step from preparing the material to how to make dó paper (a very important step to the making of Dong Ho painting). In addition, under the guidance of many skillful craftmen from Dong Ho Painting Village, you will directly do some of the basic steps to make one Dong Ho painting. Do participate in the program for a chance to receive special gift!

There are 2 ways you could register to participate in the event:
– Directly register at the Reception desk on the 1st floor of the Korean Cultural Center
– Register by phone at 043 9445980~1 (ext: 115)

Fee: 20.000 VND/person.

Project “Riverscapes IN FLUX”

Riverscapes in Ecological Change – An Art Project in Southeast Asia.
Deadline for submitting ideas: 04 Oct 2011

Artists from all Southeast Asian countries who believe the theme riverscapes in transition to be relevant are invited to join the project “Riverscapes IN FLUX”. The call for ideas is open until 04 October 2011 (see details below). A jury of art experts and curators from several Southeast Asian countries will chose the most interesting projects. The selected artists will receive a grant for their project that covers the costs for the production of the art work, for travel and accommodation during the residency as well as an honorarium. The duration of the project ranges over one year starting in October 2011 and ending presumably in October 2012 with the last station of the exhibition tour. The main production phase for the artists will be however in November and December 2011.

A team of curators accompanies the artists during the project, gives critical opinion and structures the results for the exhibition. The artists of one country can work individually or as a group. Within the theme of riverscapes in transition, every artist is free to choose his approach: ecological, social, political, cultural and other aspects of the transition process can be in the focus of the artistic reflection. Requirement for the participating artists is to get physical at, on or in the river during the working phase (short-term residency). The river that is the object of the art project does not need to be necessarily the largest river system but can also be another key river of the country.

The artists will work on three parallel tracks. At the end, the different art works will be grouped into one exhibition that tours around the participating countries.

Theme outline: Southeast Asia is marked by big riverscapes like no other place in the world. These riverscapes resemble life lines and roads which have developed into economic zones and vital ecosystems. These waterways secure food production and energy supply for the local population.

The floods can be a blessing but at other times a curse. The extreme fluctuation between flooding and water scarcities are a result of climate change which destroys the habitat along riverscapes and thus, the existence of millions of people. Furthermore, climate change and the resulting disasters also ruin the social as well as political stability of the concerned countries.

The threat of the riverscapes has become an important issue for the development. National governments have initiated several programs to counter theses issues. However, ecological problems are still far from being a topic of public discussions. More than often environment problems are not exposed by media, except for issues already solved or nearly solved by the government.

The project “Riverscapes IN FLUX” seeks a discourse on this ecological key issue in a new context. It is also a call for a cultural debate. The aim of this project is to create an art form drawing further attention to the ecological, socio-political and cultural consequences resulting by climate change.

Three parallel tracks of the project:
Track 1: Photo Blog
Within the two month preparation phase in November/December the photographer deals on a visual basis with the theme riverscapes in transition. Ideally it should be a photographer who is well versed in this topic because of his home or workplace.

The blog opens: Over two months the artists show their photos on this blog, which sparks a discussion: One photo responds to another photo (in a dialogue manner). There is also a comment box for verbal questions and answers but its use is not obligatory. The photos should be self-explanatory and stimulate a dialogue. The curator can moderate and stimulate the blog for example by entering texts (headlines, facts…) or images from other sources.

After two months the blog closes. The images will be printed for an exhibition and presented together with the material from the curator. The website acts as a virtual photo gallery and it will be complemented by sound tracks (created in the second track).

Track 2: Soundtrack – Message in a bottle
During the two months November/December 2011 the sound artist works for a certain time – maybe in cooperation with the photographer- along the river. He records the sounds created along the river and by the stream itself. The sound artist edits the sound, abstracts and interweaves the sound of the river with electronic sounds. This project should result in an acoustic “message in a bottle”. The sounds will be part of the exhibition; some of them will be uploaded on the website together with the images.

Track 3: Installations and Video Art
On the third track, artists are reflecting the theme “Riverscapes IN FLUX” in the form of an installation or a video. The only practical condition for the installation is that it can be transported.

During the production phase, the curators stay in more or less intense exchange with the artists. There will be one or two curators per country. The team of curators is developing the concept of the exhibition on the basis of the artistic input. The exhibition consisting of photographs, sound compositions, installations and videos will be touring through the participating countries, where it can be an inspiration for further activities and events. The project will be documented through the website and a catalogue. The opening of the exhibition is scheduled for April 2012 in Hanoi Vietnam, afterwards it will be on tour until presumably October 2012.

Schedule:
04 October 2011: Deadline for submission of the project proposals.
15 October 2011: Announcement of the selected artists.
1 November – 31 December 2011: Main production phase, including a short-term residency by the river.
31 January 2012: Submission of the first working phase for the installations (outlines of the art work) to be finalized subsequently. Deadline for finalizing and submitting of the photographs and the sound works. Preparation of the presentation phase 1: Photo-Blog
1 February – 31 March 2012: approx. 2 month blogging phase: Photo-Blog (IN FLUX -Blog), facilitated by one curator.
Parallel: January until 31 March 2012: Preparation of presentation phase 2: conditioning of the artistic outcome, composition of the exhibition, composition of the catalogue.
April 2012: Opening of the exhibition Riverscapes IN FLUX” in Hanoi, Vietnam.
May until October 2012: Afterwards the exhibition will be shown for 2 weeks at a time in Saigon, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila. In each of the participating countries a program of accompanying events like a film series concerning the climate change, concerts, lectures, performances or activities with teenagers will be organized.

Submission Guidelines:
1) Eligible applicants are artists who are based in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia or the Philippines.
2) The attached application form must be filled out and signed with acknowledgment that the submission guidelines have been read and understood.
3) Eligible entries must include the application form, a portfolio of past work (pdf or URL to your website/s) as well as a detailed description of the intended art work and its production process for Riverscapes IN FLUX. The project description of approximately 500 words in English or in national language should include images (design drawings, photographs) if necessary to understand the character of the project. It has to be accompanied by a detailed and precise calculation of the production costs in USD including traveling and accommodation costs for the short-term residency.
4) Submission deadline for the entry materials is October 04, 2011.
5) Please send the entries as attached pdf by e-mail to the Goethe-Institut Hanoi: [email protected]
6) The artists are selected by an international judging panel of art professionals. All applicants will be informed on October 15, 2011 by e-mail.
7) The selected artists receive a grant for their project that covers the costs for the production of the art work, for travel and accommodation during the short-term residency as well as an honorarium of 1.000 USD.The grant is paid out 50% in advance and 50% on delivery of the art work.
8) Deadline for the finalizing and submitting of the photographs and of the sound works is 31 January 2012. For the installations individual arrangements with the artists will be made for February/March 2012.

Contacts:
Project coordinators:
Dr. Almuth Meyer-Zollitsch (Mrs.) Huynh Thi Thu Huong (Mrs.)
Director of Goethe-Institute Vietnam Cultural officer Goethe-Institute Vietnam
[email protected] [email protected]
Tel.: +84 4 3734 2251 Tel.: +84 4 3734 2251 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi, Vietnam

Vietnam:
Tran Luong (Mr.), Hanoi. Visual Artist, Curator.
[email protected]

Cambodia:
Erin Gleeson (Ms.), Phnom Penh;
artist and curator, co-founder and director of the gallery Sa Sa Bassac www.sasabassac.com
[email protected]; [email protected]

Indonesia
Ade Darmawan (Mr.), Jakarta
visual artist, curator, co-founder and co-director of the OK.Video Festival – Jakarta international video festival : http://okvideofestival.org/
co-founder and director of ruangrupa Jakarta: http://www.ruangrupa.org
email: [email protected]

Philippines
Claro Ramirez (Mr.), Manila, artist and curator: http://www.transculturalexchange.org/tileproject/artistpages/ramirez/default.htm
[email protected]

Thailand
Apisak Sonjod (Mr.), curator and Managing Director of TADU Contemporary Art Gallery, 2007 curator of the Thai Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale
http://bk.asia-city.com/events/article/curator-apisak-sonjod
[email protected]

Hue – Exhibition “A New Day”

Opening: Sun 18 Sep, 4.30 pm
Exhibition: 18 Sep – 17 Oct 2011
New Space Arts Foundation, 2nd Floor, No 15 Le Loi, Hue City

New Space Arts Foundation requests the honor of your presence to the fine art exhibition “A New Day” of a group of various artists: Phan Hai Bang, Nguyen Thi Lan, Nguyen Huu Tram Kha, Nguyen Thanh Trung, Nguyen Hoang Viet, Nguyen Viet Dung, Tran Thanh Son, Vo Viet Dung, Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Pham Van Quang, Nguyen Thai Quang.

HCMC – Exhibition “Above the Sky, Under the Sea”

Exhibition: 15 Sep – 03 Nov 2011
Sàn Art, 3 Me Linh, Binh Thanh Dist, HCM City

You are invited to a solo exhibition of artist Truong Cong Tung “Above the Sky, Under the Sea”. The exhibiiton will comprise drawings and paintings on canvas and ceramic illustrating Tung’s psychological exploration of interior and exterior spaces. They are like mind maps that give pictures to his inner questions about how he interacts with the world, how he pushes his ideas with his art.

Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Truong Cong Tung is a recent graduate of the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts University and committed to challenging his artistic ideas and technique through dialog and experimentation.

A regular visitor to San Art, Tung’s artistic journey is testament to a young mind traveling the history of ideas through art and culture.

Trained in the Vietnamese art of lacquer, Tung has a particular skill in pushing paint across a surface, understanding that paucity in color can create dramatic effect. In these works, the influence of architecture, cartography and science fiction are evident in his choice of subject, where aerial maps and astronauts dance across various surfaces. Tung’s choice of medium demonstrates the artists’ keen observation of the relationship between substance and idea, where the nature of the material (its fragility or porousness) relates directly to his opinions on the human condition.

Future Shorts One September Screening

Hanoi: Chez Xuân, No.41, alley 76, An Duonng, Dist Ba Dinh, Hanoi (near Sofitel Plaza Hotel)
HCM City: Yoko Bar, 22 Nguyen Thi Dieu, Dist 3, HCMC

True to form, the September selection mixes a diverse range of dramas, comedies and music videos from around the world.

In Path Lights, a voice actor famed for his work on detective audiobooks and the automated answering service of a tree cutting company is propelled into a real-life investigation after a mysterious bottle falls from the sky. Two Finnish truck drivers give confessionals whilst waiting for the lights to change in Traffic Jam. We see Korean haircuts in A Perm and sweet adolescence in 60 seconds with One Minute Puberty. Other highlights include music video for New York band Cults’ Go Outside and Paolo Sassanelli’s War

Join Future Shorts ONE this September in Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Indonesia, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, UK and Vietnam.

Schedule
HANOI
Music 7-8pm
Vietnamese films 8-9pm
International films 9-10pm
Music 10pm til late
HCMC
Doors open 7pm – Films start 7.30pm

Ticket
HANOI
Ticket price: 50,000VND, Free for filmmakers
HCMC
Ticket price: 60,000VND, 30,000VND for students (w/ID), Free for filmmakers (please bring copy of work)

Vietnamese Films in Phnom Penh

Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The program contains some of the best films from the official line-up of the first edition of YxineFF in 2010 which is themed “Love”. The first part showcases the three films which have won awards given by a prestigious jury. The second part presents three films which deal specifically with love in the family. The last part goes beyond the theme “Love” and celebrates a new generation of filmmakers who are breaking the waves. – Marcus Manh Cuong Vu, Festival Director of YxineFF.

1. Award-winning Films

Thinking of You (2009) by Vu Quang Huy, 5 min – Golden Heart, Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Acting
A florist puts a new flower-pot on the windowsill every morning. The fresh flower pot is like a welcome invitation for customers, but it is actually just for only one person to behold. Then one day, the guy whom she crushes on comes in her shop…

Up in the Tree (2010) by Bui Quoc Thang, 6 min, animation – New Heart
In the tree, a Woodpecker falls in love with a pretty Nightingale. The Woodpecker tries his best to win over the beauty’s heart. Problem arises, however, when they kiss, as Woodpecker’s strong beak terrifies Nightingale. Heart-broken, Woodpecker sits under the pouring rain. Can they ever find their way back to each other?

The Journey Unknown (2009) by Do Dang Thuong, 4 min, animation – Best Editing, Best Scriptwriting
An unknown character is born with a face that has 3 circles, an appearance resembles the person in Edvard Munch’s painting ” The scream”. The unknown enters each page, experiences from heaven, trees, flowers to the urbanisation process, strikes, ruins, wars. How many percent of this literal dream is reality?

2. Theme: “Love and Family”

Garden (2010) by Doan Hoang Kien, 10 min, documentation
In a house with a garden full of old trees in the heart of Hanoi, where laughter is rare yet sigh is abundant, live a mother, her son and her grandchild. Bearing a broken marriage, the mother lives in resentment toward the husband, distances herself from her son, who reminds her of her life’s unhappiness. Growing up in loneliness, the son understands his mother yet he cannot stop blaming her. He is sad that his mother takes care of her grandchild in a manner totally unlike to how she treated him then. All he has left, to relieve him from loneliness, is the garden.

Mother and Daughters (2009) by Phan Huyen My, 22 min, documentation
Set in the context of a house and the character is his own mother, the director tells a story about the daily life in his family, when the clash of generations is revealed through each conversation. The mother in the film is inclined to being traditional, disciplined, imposing while her teenage children gear toward the lively and modern lifestyle. The conflict between mother and her children is shown in all aspects: from the way of walking, dressing, lifestyle to the dreams.

Oh Mommy! (2007) by Jenni Trang Le, 5 min, animation
A new born pretty quail has just lost his mother! Oh Mommy! (2007) is his tumultuous & lonely journey to find mother.

3. Breaking the Waves

Behind the wooden door… (2009) by Ta Nguyen Hiep, 14 min, horror
An university guy arrives to stay in a small room. The owner warmly welcomes him as if he were her son. However, on the first night, the strange noises coming from the wooden attic confuse and haunt him. What’s happening in this place? What’s happening with himself?

Les cheveux qui poussent à l’envers (2010) by Truong Que Chi, 10 min, experimental
The hair growing inwards as the literal translation of the film title, is a metaphorical image used in the centre of this fictional documentary. The young girl usually cuts her hair when she wants to bury the recollection of her ex-boyfriend who is now long gone. Very short, even shaven. Then she expects her hair to grow quickly. That wish is not easy at all because the past obsessions also come back to haunt her.

Cut (2009) by Tran Ly Tri Tan, 7 min
Two men – one is a barber and the other is a customer. Both are in different situations but they sympathise and share with each other their hardships in life. The barber, or more precisely, he and his scissors, along with the loyal customer overcome the most darkest as well as the brightest moments of their lives together.

Trapped (2010) by K5, 7 min, horror
A teacher who loves his job goes to the school as usual although it is holiday. His students appear in unreal forms and the class’s atmosphere is gloomy. They look tired, uninterested and unfocused, however it is not without the teasing of a lame boy who usually goes to school late. The teasing goes beyond the scope of playing when a can of gasoline and lighter are involved in the game.

Live Music at Factory

Sat 17 Sep 2011, 9 – 11 pm
Factory Bar, 11A Bao Khanh Alley, Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi

You are invited to a live music night with the performance of Mouth of the Wolf and DJ Kitten Teeth.

See below for more information about the performers:

Mouth of the Wolf: Often told not to shout so much, especially by those who love him, Mouth of The Wolf was spawned seminal London noise merchants We The Faceless and Black Sea Fleet. Currently sheltering in Hanoi, MOTW looks forward to missing chords, failing keys, confusing audiences and generally making Hanoians sway, dance and cry inexplicably, in no particular order.

DJ Kitten Teeth: from New York city, playing a mix of indie, metal, and progressive rock.

Ticket price: 100 000 VND with 1 free drink

Max.Bab – Young Jazz Quartet from Munich

In Hanoi: Sat 17 Sep 2011, 8 pm
Goethe Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc
In HCMC: Sun 18 Sep 2011, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music, 112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC

You are invited to a jazz concert by young jazz band max.bab from Germany. The internationally acclaimed jazz band max.bab meets the highest musical standards and offers professionals and amateurs alike a virtuoso sound experience. Years ago, the four musicians were proclaimed the new hope for German jazz and continue to live up to this expectation.

Meanwhile max.bab has won several national and international jazz competitions, appeared abroad frequently and worked with international stars such as Charlie Mariano, Wolfgang Muthspiel, David Friedman and Frank Möbus. From Amsterdam to New York max.bab has encountered enthusiastic audiences and critics. In numerous reviews, the musicianship of the quartet has been praised as technically superb, their interaction as innovative and harmonious.

In Hanoi: Free admission
In HCMC: On invitation

A talk with author: Thu 15 Sep, 6 pm

Exhibition: 05 – 19 Sep 2011
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to a talk with Nguyen Hue Chi and Andrew Hardy in the photography exhibition “The Bahnar Minority in Kontum” from the work of Nguyen Kinh Chi and Nguyen Dong Chi on the occasion of its bilingual publication.

In 1934, aged 21 years old, Nguyen Dong Chi followed his brother Nguyen Kinh Chi to live in Kontum. During his 10 month stay in Kontum, the two men spent time researching and collecting data on the Bahnar – an ethnic minority living in the city of Kontum and their customs. This ethnology research was published in Every Kontum (Hue, 1937) and now is being translated into English, titled The Bahnar Minority in Kontum (2011) by the Ancient Far East Institute in collaboration with Knowledge Publisher.

Language: French – Vietnamese simultaneous interpretation
Free entry.

Vocal Concert Night

Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

You are invited to a Vocal Concert Night with Park Seong Do, Cho Hae Ryong and HBSO. The concert includes famous works of Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini…

Program
Part I:
Giuseppe Verdi
Overture from opera La forza del destino
HBSO Orchestra

Ernesto De Curtis
Tu ca nun chiagne
Non ti scordar di me
Tenor: Park Seong Do

Santa Lucia
Soprano: Cho Hae Ryong

Core ‘ngrato
Tenor: Park Seong Do
Funiculi-Funicula
Torna a Surriento
Mattinata
‘O sole mio
Soprano: Cho Hae Ryong
Tenor: Park Seong Do

Part II:
Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo from opera Cavalleria Rusticana
HBSO Orchestra

Georges Bizet
Il lamento di Federico from suite L’Arlésienne

Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle from opera Tosca
Tenor: Park Seong Do

Giuseppe Verdi
Merce dilette amiche from opera I Vespri Siciliani
Soprano: Cho Hae Ryong

Gia` nella notte densa from opera Otello
Soprano: Cho Hae Ryong
Tenor: Park Seong Do
Vedi le fosche… Chi del gitano from opera Il trovatore
HBSO Choir

Giacomo Puccini
Nessun dorma from opera Turandot
Tenor: Park Seong Do

HBSO Opera & Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Trần Nhật Minh

Ticket price: 250 000, 150 000, 60 000 VND (for students only)
All tickets are available at: Ticket Counter, HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC, Tel: 08 38299976
HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera, 3 Phan Van Dat, D.1, HCMC. Tel: 08. 38237419/ 08. 62704450

Film Screening in Sep at IDECAF

Sat 17, 24 Sep 2011, 3 pm
IDECAF, 28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

You are invited to the film screenings in September including: French film “The Woman Boxer” and the Vietnamese film “Adrift”. All films are original and have French or Vietnamese subtitles.

Screening schedule:

Sat 17 Sep, 3 pm: Screening of “Adrift”
Sat 24 Sep, 3 pm: Screening of “The Woman Boxer”

Language: French or Vietnamese subtitle.

Ticket price: 15 000 VND, free for members of IDECAF.
Tickets are available at IDECAF.

Christoph Poppen conducts Young Philharmonic Orchestra

Wed 21 Sep 2011, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to a concert with the performance of Young Philharmonic Orchestra – Vietnam National Academy of Music and conductor Christoph Poppen. The concert will perform famous works of composer Wolfgang A. Mozart, Ludwig v. Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn.

Program
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Ouvertüre “Die Zauberflöte”
Ludwig v. Beethoven (1770-1827)
Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 Es-Dur op. 73
* Allegro
* Adagio un poco mosso
* Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
– Pause –
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Sinfonie Nr. 3 in a-Moll op. 56, „Schottische”
* Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato
* Vivace non troppo
* Adagio
* Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai

Christoph Poppen, born 1956 in Münster, is active in many areas of classical music. He has been conductor, violinist, soloist and chamber musician. He has also held professorships at various universities. Since 2003 he is professor of violin and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich.

1995 – 2006 Poppen worked as conductor and artistic director of the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Within a short time Poppen had created a new profile for the orchestra. He then served as Chief Conductor of the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, and since 2007 of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. In addition, Poppen is also active internationally as a guest conductor. Through his distinctive style, contrasting classical and contemporary works, Poppen has made a name in the world of music and has been honored with numerous awards. From 2000 to 2005, Christoph Poppen was artistic director of the International Music Competition of the ARD.

The Young Philharmonic Orchestra of the Vietnam National Academy of Music consists of over 70 young lecturers and exceptional students from the Academy. In recent years the Young Philharmonic Orchestra has worked under the direction of such internationally renowned conductors as Nguyen Thieu Hoa, Claire Levacher (France), Peter Gülke (Germany) and Christian Schumann (Germany). Especially outstanding was their participation in the International Beethoven Fest in Bonn and Berlin in October 2009.

Every year the Young Philharmonic Orchestra plays several concerts in the Hanoi Opera House with a varied program ranging from classical to modern works from world famous composers.

Free tickets available from 10 am, Fri 16 Sep at:
Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc
Tel.: +84 4 37342251/52/53 – 9

Films of Dance at L’Espace

Opening: Wed 21 Sep, 6 pm
Exhibition: 21 Sep – 03 Oct 2011
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to an exhibition featuring a series of film screenings about dance at L’Espace to acknowledge and promote the name of famous choreographers and dancers.

With close collaboration with Georges POMPIDOU center, a series of film about dance will be screened at L’Espace. The screening is organized to honour choreographers such as Philippe DECOUFLE, Jacques GARNIER, Jean-Claude GALOTTA, Carolyn CARLSON, Maguy MARIN, Angelin PRLJOCAJ, Dominique BAGOUET…
Free entrance.

Oil Painting Exhibition “Look”

Opening: Thu 15 Sep, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 15 – 25 Sep 2011
Maison des Arts Gallery, 31A Van Mieu, Hanoi

You are invited to an Oil Painting Exhibition “Look” of artist Nguyen Thuy Duong. According to critic Minh Tam “Thuy Duong’s works show slightly her own style, her particular way of feeling and individual way of revoking. That’s it, but enough for us to hope that one day we will be receiving an upexpected, furious and extremely fascinating Thuy Duong”.

“All paintings have eyes. A lot of couples of eyes, staring at space, at mankind. What has the painter found out? What is she thinking about? All these things exist in her works, through strong and freely brush strokes, fresh and lively colors, leaving plenty echoes behind.” (Mai Chi)

About artist Nguyen Thuy Duong: Born in 1985 in Hanoi. Graduated from Fine Arts Teachers Training College in 2006.

Nu Voltage EP Release Party

Sat 17 Sep 2011, 7.30 pm
Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

We are delighted to announce that Hanoi’s charismatic, up-and-coming alternative rock band, Nu Voltage, will be releasing their debut EP ‘Bật dậy’ (Wake Up!) this Saturday evening at HRC, in what promises to be huge celebration for music fans in Hanoi. The night will include live performances by Nu Voltage, Oringchains, and feature special activities and guests, Lê Hiếu (Thủy Triều Đỏ) and Trung Anh (Zig Zag).

Nu Voltage, produce a sound and on-stage persona that is markedly different from their contemporaries in rock, in the capital city. Young, fun, and inspired by a variety of influences from post-rock, to alternative, to nu-metal, the band have been going from strength to strength this year, and are no longer an unfamiliar name in the local music scene.

It is with eager anticipation that we await the presentation of the EP this Saturday evening, and another excellent live performance by the band.

Ticket price: 60 000 VND (at door)

Launch Party of “Hanoi Love Stories”

Sat 17 Sep 2011, 8 pm
Barbetta, 34c Cao Ba Quat Str, Hanoi

You are invited to Tri Minh’s first solo album release titled “Hanoi Love Stories”. “Hanoi Love Stories” comprises of Tri Minh’s compositions and the performance of many Vietnamese as well as international artists.

Tri Minh is the leading electro music artist in Vietnam who has extensive attachment to Hanoi where the living environment and the romantic places as well as the love stories are the inspiration for the newly-released CD. It’s not only about the love of a young couple but also about their experience living in Hanoi and its pace of life.

Press conference will be held on 17 Sep 2011, 4 pm at Barbetta. Please register prior to arrival.

Put the music into your player, make a cup of true Hanoian drip coffee, take a sip of its sweetness and bitterness, close your eyes, forget your daily hecticness, troubles, relax and step into the world of “Hanoi Love Stories”, a collection of samples, living spaces, love and Hanoi’s atmosphere, with the participation of Vietnamese, Danish and Swedish artists and also people living in Hanoi, recorded in various places in Hanoi, Denmark, Sweden and France. Let your imagination be your guide in “Hanoi Love Stories” musical space.

Hanoi Love Stories track list:
1. Hanoi In The Morning
2. Floating Flowers, Drifting Clouds
3. Hanoi Love Stories
4. Hanoi At Noon
5. Chillout
6. Absence
7. Etude Chill Out
8. Vietnam Vibes
9. Fly Me To The Moon of Vietnam
10. A World Without Goodbye

“Hanoi Love Stories” Artists:
Music: Trí Minh
Vocal: Tùng Dương, Phạm Thu Huệ, Michael Moller (Danish)
Poem: Trương Quế Chi (France)
Saxophone: Anders T Andersen (Danish)
Trompet: Trung Đông
Tỳ Bà & Guitare: Stefan Östersjö (Swedish)
Thập Lục: Thanh Trà
Percussion: Hà Đình Huy
Bass & Up right Bass: Vũ Anh Tuấn, Phan Kiên
and Hanoi living space…

Schedule for the launch party series:

20h00 17/9/2011 at Barbetta, 34C Cao Bá Quát with Tri Minh and guests artists: Trung Đông (trompet), Trương Quế Chi (poetrist), and Hà Đình Huy (percussion)

17.00-19.00 18/9/2011 at Piknik Electronic, at Softwater, 42/9 An Dương with Tri Minh live mixset

20.00 at Circle of LIFE CLUB, 25 floor BIDV building, 194 Trần Quang Khải with Tri Minh and guests artists: Trung Đông (trompet), Trương Quế Chi (poetrist), and Hà Đình Huy (percussion) and special DJ performance of Olaf Zeumann Ensemble (DE)

“Hanoi Love Stories” published by Hanoi sound stuff festival; M.A.M production in cooperation with DIHAVINA Vietnam in all the country and on the internet.

An Evening of Play Reading

Puku, 16 Tong Duy Tan, Hanoi

The Hanoi International Theatre Society would like to invite YOU to our very first ever – An Evening of Play Reading at PUKU.

Come and join us for an evening where everyone gets to participate, read a part and have the chance to take the stage if they’d like! Everyone who joins us will be able to take part in a few warm ups, get in to reading groups lead by members of our board and have a laugh as you get to read and listen to bits and pieces of selected plays.

The evening will commence at 7pm, warm ups will begin at 7:15 sharp and play excerpts will be read and performed up until 10pm.

So – come along, bring your friends, grab a glass of wine on your way in and most importantly come and have fun!

Entry fee: 50,000 VND

Screening of “I am Cuba” at DOCLAB

Fri 16 Sep 2011, 6 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

You are invited to the DOCLAB’s screening of stunning B&W film I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) by Georgian/Russian filmmaker, Mikhail Kalatozov. An unabashed exercise in cinema stylistics, I Am Cuba is pro-Castro/anti-Batista rhetoric dressed up in the finest clothes. The film’s four dramatic stories take place in the final days of the Batista regime; the first two illustrate the ills that led to the revolution, the third and fourth the call to arms which cut across social and economic lines.

A lovely young woman in a nightclub frequented by crass American businessmen takes a customer to her modest seaside shack for a night of pleasure for pay, only to be found out by her street vendor suitor; a tenant farmer is told that his crop has been sold to United Fruit and in frustration burns his fields; a middle-class student rallies his pals and workers in a street demonstration against the regime; a peasant eking out a living in the mountains quickly converts to the cause when Batista bombers strafe his land in search of rebel fighters. At face value, this is all obvious agitprop, but director Mikhail Kalazatov turned his cinematographer, Sergei Urusevsky, loose, and the result is a procession of dazzling black-and-white images, shot with a camera that is almost always moving and soaring over the sugar fields, swooping in and out of urban buildings, following characters down narrow streets. Unreleasable to American theaters during the Cold War, I Am Cuba, through the auspices of filmmakers Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, got a belated U.S. release in 1995 and has proved to be both a time capsule of a fading political movement and a timeless work of cinematic art. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi.

The screening is non-profit and aims for studies and research only.

If you’re interested in getting news, announcements from DOCLAB for its activities, workshops, and schedule of film screenings, etc., please email us at [email protected] to subscribe to DOCLAB news.

Concert Vol. 44 “Verdi Requiem”

15 and 16 Sept 2011, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to Subscription Concert Vol. 44 “Verdi Requiem” with conductor HONNA Tetsuji, soprano Ha Pham Thang Long, alto Anne Eirnnasson, tenor OHARA Keiroh, bass ONO Kazuhiko and Hanoi International Choir; Hanoi Freude Choir; Choi of Teacher’s Central University for Culture and Arts.

Program
Giuseppe Verdi: “Requiem”

Ticket prices: 150.000, 250.000, 350.000, 450.000 VND.

All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over www.ticketvn.com, [email protected]
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.

Screening of “Dans les Cordes”

Fri 16 Sept 2011, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the film screening titled “Dans les Cordes” (“The Women boxers) of director Magaly Richard-Serrano, starred by PRichard Anconina, Maria de Medeiros, Louise Szpindel.

Le Nouvel Observateur newspaper stated: “The portrait of the two boxers is the perfect depiction of a family.”

Synopsis: Joseph is the manager of a boxer club in France where he trains his daughter and his niece from the very young age. In the finaly of the French Boxer Champion, the success of one is the failure of another and it would unbalance the relationship of the three. Angie and Sandra who used to be so close like two sisters now become each other opponent. This is the competition beyond the ring.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitles.

Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Music Night with Le Quatuor Diotima

Thu 22 Sep 2011, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the music night performed by the French string quartet Le Quatuor Diotima at L’Espace. The quartet has won the Contemporary Music Award in the Competition for string quartet in London in 2000 and become well-known for their performance in contemporary music.

For more information about the quartet and ticket price, see below:

The first CD of the quartet was awared “The Favourite CD” Award by Charles Cros Academy and the record of Onslow’s works in 2009 received Gold metal for Dioapason Award, Monthly event of Diapason Newspaper, and an E mark (special mark) of Scherzo Newspaper…

Members of the quartet:
Vanessa Szigeti – violin
Yun Peng Zhao – violin
Frank Chevalier – alto
Pierre Morlet – violoncelle/cello

Ticket price: 100 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 50 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace from 22 Aug.

Screening of “2 Days in Paris”

Fri 23 Sep 2011, 8 pm
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are invited to the screening of the film “2 Days in Paris” of director Julie Delpy, starred by Adam Goldberg, Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl.

Positif Newspaper comments:
“It’s since forever I haven’t laughed that much when watching a movie in the cinema. Julie Delpy is both Woody Allen and La Bruyère”

Synopsis: Marion is a French-originated photographer. She lives in New York with Jack, an interior designer. To breath a new life to their relationship, they go to Venice but the trip isn’t as perfect as planned as Jack suffers from gastroenteritis… Therefore, they decide to go to Paris where Marion still has some of her relatives there.

And once again, their romantic get away has another obstacle: the grumpy mood of Marion’s parents, the reappearance of her ex-boyfriends together with Jack’s passion for photography makes it almost impossible for them to have relaxing moments!

But will they overcome these problems? Or will they become masters in arguments?

Language: Vietnamese subtitles

Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.

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