VietNamNet Bridge – Famous Japanese singer Kono Katsunori will perform songs by Gustav Mahler at the concert to celebrate the 100th dead anniversary of this composer. Huge choir for Ha Noi's largest concert The Japanese baritone, Katsunori Kono, completed his graduate studies at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He studied at Hochshule Fur Musik in Munich on a scholarship offered by the German Academic Exchange Service, and later studied at the Wiener Staatsoper as a research student. He won numerous prizes such as the second prize at the 43rd Geneva International Music Competition Voice Division (no first prize awarded that year), the first prize at the 37th Hertogenbosche International Voice Competition Song Division, and the Salzburg City Prize. Katsunori Kono has participated in the Rhine Music Festival, the Salzburg Music Festival, and the Amsterdam Concertgebou, as well as recitals, operas, orchestra concerts and performances of religious … [Read more...] about Japanese singer to perform Mahler’s songs
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ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 25/2
Local designer wins international contest 22-year-old Phan Khanh Trang’s design, which beat other 200 works, won her JPY 100,000 (US$ 1,200), said the Japan Foundation in Hanoi Tuesday. Besides Trang, a senior from Hue University of Arts, four other students from Hanoi and Danang also won a consolation and honor prize. The competition, held for the second time this year, is an annual event hosted by the Japan Foundation in Tokyo to promote international cultural exchange. An award ceremony honoring the five local winners will be held on March 3 at the Japan Foundation in Hanoi. Furoshiki is traditional Japanese cloth used as wraps, bags and decoration. In recent years, as environmentalists have protested against the use of plastic shopping bags, Japanese have increasingly turned to furoshiki as an alternative. Furoshiki are commonly used to wrap and carry lunch boxes (bento) and often doubled as a table mat for lunch. Local filmmakers compete in int’l short film … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 25/2
EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 15-31 (daily updated)
A Talk by Prof Nora A. Taylor Sun 30 Dec 2012, 6 pm Manzi Art Space 14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi Come to attend a talk by Prof. Nora A. Taylor: Artists in Hanoi from 1992-2012: A view onto Vietnamese Art History from the Perspective of an Outsider”. Nora A. Taylor is a Chicago-based art historian of modern and contemporary Vietnamese art and professor of Southeast Asian Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has taugh at the Arizona State University, University of California, Los Angeles and the National University of Singapore. Having lived and researched in Vietnam for 20 years, she speaks fluent Vietnamese and writes intesively on both modern and contemporary Vietnamese art. She is the author of Painters in Hanoi: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art and editor of Studies in Southeast Asian Art: Essays in Honor of Stanley O’Connor, as well as numerous articles and essays. She has curated various exhibitions including Changing Identity: Recent Work … [Read more...] about EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 15-31 (daily updated)
Classical concert in Hanoi for French National Day
France’s Harcène Larbi will wield the baton as Japanese mezzo soprano Mari Kobayashi and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra perform at a concert next week to mark French National Day, July 14. France’s National Day, July 14, will be marked with a concert at the Hanoi Opera House conducted by Frenchman Harcène Larbi The concert, to be held at the Hanoi Opera House on July 13, will feature French composers’ works, including Maurice Ravel’s one-movement orchestral piece “Boléro” and Louis Hector Berlioz’s “Les nuits d'été” (Summer Nights) and “Le Carnaval Romain Overture, Op. 9” (Roman Carnival Overture Op.9). Kabayashi will perform the opera “Le pavillon aux pivoines” (The Peony Pavilion) composed by Larbi himself. Larbi is currently the musical director of the Entretemps Ensemble and Paris’ Chamber Orchestra. He has been invited to lead the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, … [Read more...] about Classical concert in Hanoi for French National Day
Concert to celebrate Bastille Day
French conductor Hacene Larbi will be conducting the Ha Noi Philharmonic Orchestra on July 13 at the Ha Noi Opera House. High class: Conductor Hacene Larbi will perform with Ha Noi Philharmonic Orchestra next Tuesday to celebrate French National Day. — File Photo The concert will feature three works – Roman Carnival Opus 9, Summer Nights; Peony Pavillion; and Bolero by French composers Hector Berlioz; Maurice Ravel and Hacene Larbi. Larbi is currently the musical director for the Entretemps Ensemble and the GAIA Orchestra in Paris. He also teaches musical composition, chamber music, orchestral direction and master classes in Europe, Kyoto and Beijing. He is a member of the experts' commission at the Direction des Affaires Culturelles de la Region Ile de France and the Conseil Artistique de l'Auditorium Saint-Germain In great demand all over the world, he serves as featured conductor for many orchestras, including the Miguel Angel Estrella's Orchestra for Peace, the … [Read more...] about Concert to celebrate Bastille Day