
A Xam folk music performance will be held in Vietnam Women’s Museum on October 26-28. Xam singing is long-standing folk gentre from northern Vietnam with the two major genres of Xam cho (Xam singing performed at markets) and Xam co dau (performed in groups at drinking establishments). Only Hanoi had Xam tau dien, and it was particular well known for being performed on the [...]
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The second Hanoi International Film Festival will take place at the Friendship Cultural Palace in the capital city from November 25-29. According to Ngo Phuong Lan, head of the Deputy Head of Cinema Department, the event has seen more than 200 films from 38 countries and territories registered, and the number is increasing. For its [...]
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Symphonies for piano by world-famous composer Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov will be performed by Guigla Katsarava with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vietnamese conductor Le Phi Phi at Hanoi Opera House at 8 p.m. on August 17 and 18. Conductor Le Phi Phi The programme will feature the Piano Concerto No.2 C [...]
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A concert titled ‘Tchaikovsky Night’, featuring works of the great composer Tchaikovsky will be held at the Opera House in Hanoi on June 21-22. Violin soloist Nguyen Huu Khoi Nguyen and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will perform at the ‘Tchaikovsky Night’ concert under the baton of conductor Andrea Pestalozza. Tickets are priced at VND200,000-VND350,000 [...]
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The event opened on April 20 at Grand Plaza center, Hanoi, with the participation of Vietnamese and foreign fashion designers and models. Below are photos of the opening show. Some designs in the “Gone with the wind” collection by Xuan Thu. “Bonjour Vietnam” collection by Telesam and Travisn Designer Giao Linh with “Paint me Wonderful” [...]
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Disabled Chinese ballet dancers Ma Li and Zhai Xiaowei will perform in Hanoi in a charity show this weekend. Ma Li (R) and Zhai Xiaowei performing “Hand in Hand.” Photo: Tuoi Tre In the show titled “The Empathy Hearts,” the duo will give a performance called “Hand in Hand”, which has made their name [...]
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Hanoi’s Goethe Institute will host the Concert “Cantare – Songs of Resistance and Vitality” featuring Die Untertanen, an amateur choir from Münster, Germany, at 8 p.m. on April 7. According to an institute press release this week, 20 members of the choir, who have been singing together for over three decades, will perform an eclectic [...]
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