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Art
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Well-known
French piano soloist returns to Hanoi
French piano
soloist Guigla Katsarava returns to
At the concert
Katsarava played works of Russian in famous composer P.I.Tchaikovsky entitled
Symphony No.6 “Pathetique” and Piano Concerto No1.
The event also
attracted the participation of conductor Le Phi Phi, who has been successful
at home and abroad. Guigla Katsarava is known for his Russian-style
performance.
He used to play
solo or joined other famous orchestras around the world, and is now teaching
in
Belgian
ballet dance troupe performs in city
The contemporary
dance band from
The
famous“Out of Context: For Pina” performance, directed by Alain Platel will
be performed by dancers, inclduing Elie Tass, Emile Josse, HyoSeung Ye, Kaori
Ito, Mathieu Desseigne Ravel, Mélanie Lomoff, Quan Bui Ngoc.
Artists has
impressed audiences with involuntary and spasmodic movements to connect the
unconsciousness, the arbitrariness and the uncontrollableness of the people,
such as teeth chattering, sticking out tongues, blinking eyes, frowning,
grimacing, and briefly jerking limbs such as torsos, pelvis, and heads.
Group art
exhibitions in HCMC and Kontum
As many as 187
artworks by 184 artists from Kontum, Quang
On display are not
only paintings made of various materials of oil, lacquer, acrylic and mixed
media but also many sculptures made of composite, wood, bronze, ceramics.
Visitors have a
chance to take a journey through splendid landscapes of coastal and highlands
regions, a glimpse of daily life as well as unique cultural and religious
features of ethnic minority groups. The works convey the endless creativeness
of the artists and new art styles in contemporary art trends.
* More than 50
artworks by artists Nguyen Van Thuan and Kong Tam are being exhibited at
Gallery Café Lavie, 17 Ho Xuan Huong in HCMC’s District 3 until August 25.
The works allow visitors to freely imagine the fantasy world, the beauty of
women and preoccupations of the urban life.
Some 30
clubs to join national Ca tru festival
A national Ca tru
(ceremonial singing) festival will be organised in
At a press briefing
in
They are encouraged
to perform Ca tru in their own ways, the composer added.
Ca tru, also known
as Hat a dao, was recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in
Need of Urgent Safeguarding in October 2009.
It is an ancient
type of music featuring female vocalists. It is a complex form of poetry
found in the north of
Ca tru groups
comprise of three performers: a female singer who uses breathing techniques
and vibrations to create unique sounds while playing the clappers or striking
a wooden box, and two instrumentalists who produce the deep tones of a
three-stringed lute and the strong sounds of a ceremonial drum.
Ca tru singing
appeared in the north around the 15th century and thrived until the early
20th century. Since then, it has lost popularity to modern recreational forms
and cultural activities.
This kind of
singing is now practised in 15 provinces and cities across
Viet Thuong
hosts Steinway piano exhibition this week
Viet Thuong, the
distributor of renowned Steinway & Sons piano brand, will organize “The
No. 1 Steinway Historical Roadshow” from August 22 to 24 at Level 3 of the
Crescent Mall in HCMC’s District 7.
The event aims to
mark the 161st anniversary of Steinway, an American and German manufacturer
of handmade piano and 130 years of the birth of the piano called Steinway
Model D.
Participants in the
event will admire three unique pianos, Steinway No.1 Piano, Steinway Square
Piano, and Steinway Wagner Piano which have been traveling around the world
to mark the establishment of the company.
Attendees will
enjoy performances of young talented artists and exchanges with popular
musicians and lecturers. Especially, there is a performance of three young
artists Linh Chi, Bach Anh and The Vinh who have gained numerous piano awards
in the world at 5 p.m. on Friday. Professor/pianist and teacher Tran Thu Ha
will also be there for a talk with piano lovers.
Conservation
of
Ta Tra building, an
important relic of the
Phan Thanh Hai,
Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, said Ta Tra, built in 1804
– the oldest in the city, is part of the Dien Tho Palace. It served as a
relaxation and reception place of Queen Mothers under the Nguyen Dynasty
(1802 – 1945).
It cost the centre
11.1 billion VND (nearly 528,600 USD) to restore the building comprehensively
from wood frame, roof, foundation, walls, to ornamental details as it was
seriously downgraded due to war and weather impacts. The work was carried out
by the centre and the branch of the Institute for Building Science and
Technology in the central region.
The Dien Tho
Palace, grouping more than 10 buildings located within a rectangular area
some 100m in width and 150m in length, is a major part of
Classic
films to be screened for National Day
Classic Vietnamese
movies and documentaries will be screened nationwide to celebrate National
Day (September 2).
The films are Vi
Tuyen 17 Ngay va Dem (17th Parallel, Nights and Days), Chung Mot Dong Song
(Sharing the Same River), Luy Thep Vinh Linh (Vinh Linh Steel Rampart) and
Lang Chai Vinh Moc (
Sharing the Same
River is the first feature film of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema. It won
the Golden Lotus prize, the highest accolade, at the second Viet Nam Film
Festival in 1973.
Made the same year,
17th Parallel, Nights and Days was entered into the 8th Moscow International
Film Festival, where Tra Giang, who played the main female role, won the
award for Best Actress.
Vietnamese
troupe set to perform at
A group of
Vietnamese artists will participate in Vietnamese Culture Days in
Led by Truong
Nhuan, director of the Youth Theatre, the 26-member group will perform
Vietnamese and Cambodian songs and dances.
Organised by
During the two-day
festival from August 29 to 31, the fruit and dishes made from it would be
displayed. Visitors would also have a chance to help the fruit growers
harvest thanh tra in orchards.
Thanh tra was an
exclusive food item meant for the king in the past, and ordinary people
rarely got a chance to taste it. The trees grow well in
Thanh tra is said
to taste better than grapefruit and good-quality essential oil is extracted
from its peel. The fruit can be served fresh, mixed with fried squid, or
cooked as a sweet soup.
The local
authorities expect that many people would get to know and taste the fruit at
the festival, which would help increase its sale.
The authorities
will also showcase other local food specialties, allowing visitors to taste
items such as bun bo (beef noodles), com hen (rice with mussels), banh khoai
(fried rice crepes), me xung (sesame candy), che hat sen (sweet lotus seed
pudding) and mam tom (pickled shrimp).
Poster
exhibition imparts border knowledge to Can Tho people
A poster exhibition
is underway in Ninh Kieu port, the Mekong Delta city of
The display,
beginning on August 19, features more than 60 posters and ancient maps
affirming
The exhibits also
depict the will of Vietnamese fishermen and law enforcement forces to protect
the fatherland’s sovereignty.
Director of the municipal
Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Viet Phuong said the event is
to raise public awareness of border issues and promote patriotism.
The exhibition will
run through August 25.
Painting
exhibition features RoK ideas
An exhibition has
been organised in
Running from August
12-18, the “Point of Intersection” exhibition featured daily life-minor
trauma, stress – unexpected happenings that are interconnected, such as
trauma of war violence.
It also showed the
artists’ personal view on the position of women in the society. The “point of
intersection” exists between language and non-verbal and is reflected in
traditional rituals of Korean people, including the Shamanism rituals for
healing.
The event was part
of a cooperation programme between the Hue-based New Space Arts Foundation
and the
Writing
competition reveals new talent
Literary works by
18 young writers submitted to a writing contest organised by three
prestigious national organisations have received a warm response from
readers.
These high-quality
works were the final contributions from the fifth National Youth Writing
Competition, which began in 2012 and will end later this year by the HCM City
Writers' Association, in co-operation with Tre (Youth) Publishing House and
Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.
All the books focus
on the lives of young people, their challenges and dreams in a changing
world.
The jury composed
of noted authors, including Nguyen Dong Thuc and Doan Thach Bien, will name
the winners in the categories of fiction and short stories later this year.
Highlighted books
include Hat Hoa Binh (Peaceful Seed), Urem – Nguoi Dang Mo (Urem – The
Dreamer) and Chon Ron Xu Nguoi (The Bustle and Hustle in a Foreign Country).
The 168-page
fictional work Hat Hoa Binh written by Tran Nguyen Minh, known as Minh Moon,
who works for a magazine in
Although the wars
ended before she was born, Minh still gives them a fresh perspective.
Unlike other young
writers, Minh is keen on writing about war and history even though many
people have told her these topics do not appeal to all readers.
"Young writers
need to overcome hardships in daily life to maintain sufficient involvement
in writing," said Minh in an interview with local media after releasing
her work.
Like Minh, Pham Ba
Diep, a student of the HCM City University of Social Science and Humanities,
used fantasy writing to complete Urem – Nguoi Dang Mo, a 500-page novel.
Through his work,
Diep sends his message about the earth and human beings.
Mai Thanh Nga's
Chon Ron Xu Nguoi tells the lives and challenges of young Vietnamese living
in
The National Youth
Writing Contest is held every two years and aims to give the writers,
particularly those under the age of 40, a chance to develop their careers as
well as bring writers and publishers together to introduce new, quality books
for readers.
This fifth contest
received 179 short stories and 149 fictional works by professional and
amateur writers at home and abroad.
Previous
competitions have produced winners who have gone on to become popular among
young readers, like Nguyen Ngoc Thuan, Nguyen Huong and Nguyen Ngoc Tu.
Tu, in particular,
has succeeded in impressing both young and older readers by focusing on rural
life, featuring the simple lifestyle of farmers in her native land, the
southern
Her first book,
Canh Dong Bat Tan (Endless Fields), proved to be a bestseller as soon as it
hit the shelves in
The book was also
honoured with the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2008. The award is given
annually by the Thai Royal Family to encourage and honour poets and writers
in
Source: VNS/VNA/VOV/SGT/ND
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