One thousand singers will be on stage together to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Thang Long (now Ha Noi) in 2010, said Mr. Ngo Hoang Quan, director of the Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO). The giant chorus, including singers from both VNSO and the Ha Noi Conservatory of Music's Symphony Orchestra, will be directed by Japanese Tetsuji Honna and conducted by Vietnamese Dang Chau Anh, a teacher at the Ha Noi Conservatory of Music. The show will present Austrian composer Gustav Mahler's symphonies No. 3 and No. 8 to Ha Noi. The concert is a part of the program marking the 100th anniversary of composer Gustav Mahler's death in 1911. It will present 10 of his symphonies to Vietnamese audience from 2007 to 2011. In early 2007, the VNSO performed Mahler's symphonies No. 5 and No. 10. Symphonies No. 3 and No. 6 will be held at the Ha Noi Opera House on Sept. 22-23 with a chorus of 120 children and artists of VNSO and conducted Dang Chau Anh. Mahler, a composer … [Read more...] about Giant Chorus to Celebrate Millennium of Thang Long – Ha Noi
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Opening ceremony of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi
On the morning of October 1, 2010 the opening ceremony of the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi and other cultural activities were held at Ly Thai To Park and around Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, opening to a series of unique cultural events to be held during the ten-day grand celebration. National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong attended the opening ceremony, beginning with the lighting of the sacred flame. After the flame-lighting ritual, the Party, State and Hanoi City's leaders undertook the incense offering. After the opening speech delivered by Hanoi Party Committee's Secretary Pham Quang Nghi, UNESCO General Director Irina Bokova, and UNESCO Chief Representative in Hanoi, Katherin Muller Marin in a Vietnamese traditional dress Ao dai, presented UNESCO's certificate on recognition of Vietnam's Imperial Citadel of Thang Long as the World Cultural Heritage Site, to Nguyen The Thao, Hanoi People's committee Chairman and Nguyen Thanh Son, President of Vietnam UNESCO … [Read more...] about Opening ceremony of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi
My Village circus returns to Hanoi Opera House
My Village circus returns to Hanoi Opera House By Ha Linh in Hanoi After three years of touring Europe, the Lang toi (My village) circus by artist Nhat Ly will perform at the Hanoi Opera House for free on August 10. Lang toi is a combination of arts, highlighting the peaceful country life and the poetic scenery of Vietnam. Vietnamese bamboo is used as a unique means to help viewers understand the body language of the artists who dance, tread and perform acrobatics on bamboo pipes and perform subtle tricks with bamboo baskets. The stage is decorated with bamboo screens and musical instruments are also made of bamboo. Lang toi is staged by overseas Vietnamese artists including circus artist Tuan Anh (Germany), song writer Nhat Ly (France) and circus teacher Nguyen Lan (France). The initiative was born six years ago when the artists came together to draft a French-Vietnamese cultural exchange program to build a new circus program with ethnic culture as the main material. With an elegant … [Read more...] about My Village circus returns to Hanoi Opera House
Initiating “Marking Thang Long” programme
PANO – The “Marking Thang Long” art music programme will kick off with a live broadcast on June 8 at Hanoi Opera House on Hanoi Television (HTV). th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi is to take place on Friday of the fourth week of every month until 2010. They will be broadcast live. The aim of the programme is to increase awareness and notions of the ancient elegant, sacred Thang Long and modern-day Hanoi as part of the country’s rapid development. As a result, “Marking Thang Long” will be an exchange - a meeting of Hanoi’s leaders, historians, researchers, artists, and a playground for Hanoians and other Vietnamese citizens. “Marking Thang Long”, will include many themes such as Genesis, Hanoians, Streets of Hanoi, Songs of the Changing Seasons, Thang Long-Flying Dragon, and is hoping to give Hanoi lovers a unique insight into life in the city during the imperial period and through the current day process of integration and … [Read more...] about Initiating “Marking Thang Long” programme
Biggest books on Thang Long civilisation published
A ceremony to make public a multi-volume work on the thousand-year-old Thang Long civilisation is to take place on June 30 at the Hanoi Opera House. This programme held by Vietnam Economic Times and Culture and Information Publishing House will be broadcast live on Hanoi TV. The collection is one of the cultural-artistic works celebrating the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. Consisting of 4 volumes, this special work is the biggest collection on Thang Long-Hanoi’s culture to date. Each volume consists of 2,000 pages with about 5,000 colour and black and white photos. As many as 1,200 authors who are professors, doctors and researchers have contributed to the significant work. Professor and Labour Hero Vu Khieu and senior lieutenant-general cum professor Hoang Minh Thao were in charge of the manuscripts. The collection presents Thang Long’s culture during 1,000 years of construction and development in fields of economics, culture-arts, education-health, … [Read more...] about Biggest books on Thang Long civilisation published