EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 10-20 (daily updated) Future Shorts Vietnam – 5 Year Anniversary Sat 15 Nov 2014, 7 pm Saigon Outcast 188/1 Nguyen Van Huong, Thao Dien, Dist 2, HCMC Future Shorts will be celebrating its fifth year in Vietnam with a screening under the stars at Saigon Outcast on November 15th at 7pm. For the special occasion, we’ll be showing the best of the best from the last five years of Future Shorts, and featuring music from DJ Stu Pot. Future Shorts is the world’s largest pop-up short film festival, bringing audiences and filmmakers together in a worldwide community around challenging, entertaining and thought-provoking films, taking place in over 90 countries and 300 cities across the globe. In 2009, Future Shorts Vietnam became the first Southeast Asian edition of this prolific and innovative organization, debuting in Ho Chi Minh City at the Hotel Equatorial. Since then, Future Shorts Vietnam has traveled not only across the city to new and exciting venues but has also expanded up to Hanoi and beyond. As HCMC continues to grow, Future Shorts Vietnam remains a unique beacon within its burgeoning arts and culture scene, creating a regular communal platform for audiences in Vietnam to connect to the world’s best short films and striving to foster arthouse cinema in HCMC. Tickets 60,000vnd 30,000vnđ – students (w/ID) FREE for filmmakers (must bring copy of work)    Screening of Film “Tante Hilda” Fri 14 Nov 2014, 8 pm L’Espace 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi You are invited to the film screening “Aunt Hilda” (France, 2013, 89 mins) directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd Benoît Chieux. For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post. Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle. Tickets Ticket price: 40 000 VND Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 20 000 VND Tickets are available at L’Espace. Subscription Concert Vol.75 “Wagner – Bartok – Brahms” 13 and 14 Nov 2014, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House Hanoi Opera House 1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội You are invited to Subscription Concert Vol.75 “Wagner – Bartok – Brahms” with: Conductor: Honna Tetsuji Viola Soloist: Imai Nobuko Special Guest Oboe: Furube Ken-Ichi and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra Program Richard Wagner Prelude from Opera “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” Vietnam Premiere Bartok Bela Viola Concerto op.posth Interval Johannes Brahms Symphony no.1 c-minor Op.68 Tickets Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at vnso.org.vn. For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.    Saigon International Guitar Festival 2014 12, 15 and 16 Nov 2014 HCMC Conservatory of Music 112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC Saigon International Guitar Festival 2014 is a special performance event of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory – is the first classical guitar festival in the City, and brings internationally acclaimed guitarists and educators to Viet Nam for the first time. The festival will presents beautifully programmed concerts by some of the greatest guitarists from the US, Italy, Malaysia, Iceland, and the Philippines – and of course, artists from Viet Nam as well. More than just performances – we also offer masterclasses, workshops, and lecture recitals, along with concerts by talented young and emerging guitarists. Concert I – Wed 12 Nov 2014, 8 pm SIX CENTURIES OF GUITAR MUSIC Wonderful music by J.S. Bach, C. Domeniconi, L. Narvaez, M. Guiliani, H. Villa-Lobos and J. Turina Featured guest artists: Harris Becker (US), Paul Cesarczyk (US – Poland) Concert II – Sat 15 Nov 2014, 8 pm ROMANTIQUE GUITAR MUSIC The romantique voices of the guitar, from J. Rodrigo, J.K. Mertz, L. Legnani and A. Barrios Mangoré Featured guest artists: Salvatore Foderà (Italy – Switzerland), Gonzalo Noel Misa (Philippines) Concert III – Sun 16 Nov 2014, 5.30 pm 20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY GUITAR MUSIC The contemporary playbill includes M.D. Pujol, J. Duarte and A. Piazzolla. The concert will be rounded by Saigon Guitar Quartet with the Fandango and Carmen Featured guest artists: Ögmundur Þór Jóhannesson (Iceland), Simon Cheong (Malaysia) Tickets: Ticket price: 200,000 VND per concert, combo 500,000 VND for 3 concerts Fashion Fringe Festival 2014 Sat 15 Nov 2014, 10 am – 4 pm, 8 pm – late Hanoi Rock City 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho The Fashion Fringe Festival is the 1st ever young, creative and colourful fashion festival organised by a new generation of designers and makers in Hanoi. The event proposes a fresh new experience where people can discover the fabulous world of fashion together with art, design, film, music and much more. Day or Night ticket will allow entry to multiple events such as design market, catwalk show, talks and lectures by industry experts, textiles and fashion workshops, fashion film screenings, exhibitions and after party celebrating into the night. All profits from the days events will be awarded to the London College for Fashion Studies (LCFS) “New Clothes for a New Academic Year”, charity campaign. Tickets Day ticket 10 am – 4 pm: 50,000 VND Designer market, talks and lectures, textile workshops, fashion film screenings and exhibition Night Ticket 8 pm – LATE: 50,000 VND LCFS Fashion Show, FFF Black and white after party Joint Tickets 80,000 VND All tickets available at: London College for Fashion Studies 48 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi Tel: 0437199706 Hanoi Rock City 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho Love’s Secret Dancefloor: Robert Piotrowicz + WXIV + DEE.F Fri 14 Nov 2014, 8 pm Hanoi Rock City 27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho An evening of occult electronic music (that, indeed, will make you dance, hey ho). With live sets from ROBERT PIOTROWICZ (Poland) WXIV (Japan/ Thailan) DEE.F (Vietnam) TICKETS (Early Bird and Advance tickets available at ticketbox.vn) Early Bird: VND 40,000 (available NOW until 7 November) Advance: VND 80,000 (available from 7 November until 12 November) Doors: VND 120,000 Blissful trance-inducing kosmische techno. Occult electronic music that makes heads nod and move bodies. The monolith in the middle of the dancefloor. WXIV was formed in 2014 by Bangkok-based sound artist Koichi Shimizu and visual artist Voranat Voraphitak, both sharing the same passion for electronic music and synthesizers. They craft live performances with rich dynamic sounds completed by complex textures and layers of layers of analogue/digital hybrid instruments, playing around with the machine’s constantness and randomness to create the perfect balance between order and chaos, between the magickal and the earthly (all the while making your bodies move). Koichi Shimizu has been active in the Bangkok music scene since 2013, organising live events and running independent a record label, both under the name SO::ON Dry FLOWER. He’s also been running an open art space called SOL since 2008 to showcase various types of event and workshops. He is also known as a music composer and sound designer for films and has provided music and sound-design work for international acclaimed works such as Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Palme d’Or award at Cannes 2010) and Syndromes and a Century by Aphichatpong Weerasethakul, Invisible Waves and Nymph by Pen-ek Ratanaruang, as well as Wonderful Town and Hi-SO by Aditya Assarat and more. ROBERT PIOTROWICZ is one of the most prolific and well-known artists in the Polish experimental and improvised music scene. He began his music adventures in the 80s, playing the guitar in bands associated with Szczecin’s hardcore and punk scene. In the following years, Piotrowicz focused more intensely on experimentation and improvisation. He gave many concerts, often accompanied by acclaimed artists from electro-acoustic scenes around the world. Gazeta webzine described his impressions from a concert as follows: << Robert. Latino macho look, but with dreadlocks to his waist, tracksuit, as if he has just returned from Jamaica. They play improvised music. Robert plays guitar and analogue converters (including a mini oscillator and a ball of fabric). For most of the time, the guitar is lying on the table. Oh, and there is also a bow. Used in the conventional manner >> Although his fierce live shows are mainly performed with analogue modular synthesizer and electric guitar, his recent album “When Snakeboy Is Dying” makes use of a broad spectrum of instruments (including piano and vibraphone) to create refined, subtle compositions. His other activities include electro-acoustic studio compositions, composing for theatres, participation in interdisciplinary art projects and sound installations. He is also known for collaborations with artists such as Anna Zaradny, Oren Ambarchi, Lasse Marhaug, Kevin Drumm and others. Robert Piotrowicz’s performance is supported by Culture.pl. Follow his SoundCloud channel. “Dee.F is an artistic side of Phu Pham, who in sound he attempts to capture its spectrum to codify the unstructured rhythm of being”. Phu is one of the most active artists in the current Vietnamese music scene and has constantly striking his sounds through both solo and his band work – currently with “XAI”, a live techno punk band. Having performed from intimate venues to festivals, Dee.F continuously shapes his artistic expressions through experimental / obscure techno form. Releases: VLT (Original Mix) – ‘Collective Unconsciousness’ – Bangkok, 2014 TRANSITIONS (Original Mix) – Self Released – Hanoi, 2014 Unicorn Domination ‘Creatures for Rest’ , ‘Dripping’ (Dee.F Remix) – Portland, 2014 Đại Lâm Linh ‘Dệt Tầm Gai’ , ‘Nhật Thực’ (Dee.F Remix) – Hanoi, 2013 Trục Trặc (Original Mix) – Self Released – Hanoi, 2013 Trặc Trục (Original Mix) – “VS Compilation CD” – Bangkok, 2013 Tự Chuyện (Original Mix) – Self Released – Hanoi, 2013 Commissions: ‘Hanoi Stardust’ sound track (Original Mix) – “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance Festival” – Hanoi, 2014 Commissioned by Goethe-Institut Vietnam. Performances: Hanoi Rock City – Hanoi, Vietnam Delicate Decibel – Bangkok, Chiangmai, Thailand Hanoi Sound Stuff – Hanoi, Vietnam Domdom – Hanoi, Vietnam Dao Anh Khanh – Hanoi, Vietnam Numerous DJs and live performances through out Asia and the U.K from 2010. Film Screening and Discussion on “Climate Strategy” Thu 13 Nov 2014, 6 pm 24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội In the Global South, people have to confront social issues such as employment and housing. Policymakers are concerned about the economic development while neglecting climate or environmental issues. Could urban areas of emerging countries address both issues of social inclusion, economic development and climate change at the same time? A discussion on “Climate Strategy” with the participation of French Agency for Development (AFD) experts, Asia Centre and Vietnamese academia will be held at L’Espace. The event will be moderated by a Vietnamese journalist, preceded by the screening of subtitled documentary films, to put the theme into perspective. Language of the film screening: French with Vietnamese subtitles Language of the discussion: French and Vietnamese simultaneous translation Free entrance. Concert and Classical Ballet “Firebird” 11 and 12 Nov 2014, 8 pm Hanoi Opera House 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi You are invited to concert and classical ballet “Firebird”. Program Artistic Director: PhD. People’s Artist Phạm Anh Phương Part I Conductor: Đồng Quang Vinh and the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet’s Symphony Orchestra 1. Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827): “Egmont” Overture, Op.84 in F minor 2. Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, Op.95 in E minor 1st movement: Adagio – Allegro molto 2nd movement: Largo 3rd movement: Scherzo: Molto vivace 4th movement: Allegro con fuoco Intermission Part II Classical Ballet “Firebird”: Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreographer: Lars Anderstam Director: Harald Emgard Stage choreographer: NSND/People’s Artist Kiều Ngân Costume: La Hằng Soloists: Firebird: Phan Văn Lương Prince: Hàn Giang Princess: Như Quỳnh Tyrant: Văn Nam and other VNOB’s dancers Tickets Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com. For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996. Exhibition “Meeting” Opening: Sun 09 Nov 2014, 6 pm Exhibition: 09 Nov – 09 Dec 2014 lAcA Cafe 2nd floor, 24 – 26 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi MEETING is the reunion of 6 artists: Le Thi Minh Tam, Pham Tran Quan, Doan Xuan Tang, Nguyen Dinh Vu, Thai Nhat Minh and Tran Anh Quan. These friends choose some of their favorite works which have been mostly finished in recent times to make MEETING. In addition, MEETING is the reunion of painting, sculpture and music through the performance of Free bird band which is familiar to underground lovers in Hanoi (Leader: Cuong, Guitarist: Dung, Drum: Tuan, Organist: Kien, Voice: Tuan and Hoang). Fanfic Contest: I love Japanese Literature Time for Submission: 04 Nov – 03 Dec 2014 From Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam: On the occasion of Japanese Literature Week (24 Dec 2014 – 31 Dec 2014), The Fanfic Contest titled “I love Japanese Literature” will be jointly held by Nha Nam Publishing and Communications Joint Stock Company and Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam. Language in Submission: Vietnamese, for more information please refer to the Vietnamese version. Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam 27 Quang Trung Hoan Kiem, Hanoi Tel: 3944 7419 VNN