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English interpretations will be available through headphones for the first time for non-Vietnamese speakers attending performances of cai luong (reformed theatre) at the Ha Noi Theatre of Cai Luong’s Chuong Vang Theatre. What’d he say? A scene of the cai luong opera Menh De Vuong (The King’s Fate), interpreted into English for foreign audiences. — [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]