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A Vietnamese art troupe has made a performance tour of France, Germany and Denmark. Their dance performance which harmoniously combined Vietnam’s traditional music and Modern Dance Arts Hip Hop proved an instant hit in these countries. During the tour co-organised by Germany’s Goethe Institute and France’s Moov’n Aktion, Vietnamese artists also participated in seminars and [...]
Two of the world’s greatest dan tranh players will jam out together for the first time at the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Palace Saturday night. Local artist Hai Phuong and Van Anh, a musician based in the US, will play the Vietnamese stringed folk instrument together in an event traditionally called a Hoi ngo [...]
A paragon of traditional music has dedicated his life to keeping the art alive, and he’s asked little in return 94-year old music professor Nguyen Vinh Bao records his plucking away at dan tranh (16-chord zither) by his MP3 recorder then uploads on the internet as syllabus for his students In a small Binh Thanh [...]
Hanoi-born artist unafraid to take traditional instrument to new spaces Vo Van Anh playing the dan tranh at a concert in Ho Chi Minh City last week. The San Francisco based artist said her biggest desire was to introduce the traditional zither to world friends and the young Vietnamese. Every time she takes the stage [...]
As a UNESCO decision on the cultural heritage status of don ca tai tu is awaited, experts say the unique music needs to be protected and preserved in its original context People perform don ca tai tu at a gathering in a Mekong Delta province. Experts said the music, which is more than a hundred [...]
Tuyet Mai, an accomplished traditional musician and an advocate for the genre has opened a free music class at her home in Ho Chi Minh City to tutor traditional music buffs. Starting Friday, the class will last until mid September and has attracted more than 40 students of various ages and careers. Mai, a traditional [...]
20 lecturers from the Military Culture and Arts University have finished their month long training course on traditional musical instrument, choreography, dances, sound and lighting technology in Guangxi Arts Academy, China. During the course, leaders of the two universities worked out plans for further strengthening relationships and will continue to open more training courses [...]
Traditional wind instrument performances by Vietnamese artists at Sommelo 2011, a folk music festival in Finland opened from June 30th to July 6th, have won big applause from international audiences. These instruments, including H’nung Lok, Ky Pah and Nung Ky horns and Ding Phuot and Ding Puot Pah flutes, the unique musical instruments of Vietnam’s [...]
The Vietnamese Traditional Arts and Foods Week will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in the Philippines’ capital, Manila, on July 12th, by the Vietnam Embassy in The Philippines to mark 35 years of the two sides’ diplomatic ties. The artists from Ho Chi Minh City will join the event to present many special art [...]
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