In earlier feudal periods, women and their children did not live for themselves, and were not free to act on their own accord. They were strictly bound by conventions, obligations and responsibilities. Now, the impact of Confucianism on Vietnamese culture has been blurred to a certain degree, especially in the younger generations. However, there are still things that are ingrained in the mind of Vietnamese; but not erased by modern ways of thinking and feeling.
"VỆT" is a multimedia concert that goes through five compositions by Luong Hue Trinh with a different approach in each piece. From precise and detailed standard notation to the flexibility of graphic scores as well as pieces between through-composed- and improvisation. The elements of traditional music are interpolated to blend with electronic sounds, combined with photographs, videos and texts to narrate these intricate relations filled with loneliness and torments.
1. Time: Saturday - 16.03.2019 - 20h00
2. Venue: L’Espace - 24 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District
3. Programm:
My Angle for solo Electronics
Red Moon for solo Tamtam with different tools and live Electronics
Traces for two Percussionists, Voice and Electronics.
JiJi for đàn Tranh, Piccolo/Flute, bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Electronics. Tuning of Đàn Tranh and all materials from a spectral analysis of a male voice, reading a text written by Luong Hue Trinh.
Plastic Song for Percussion, đàn Tranh,đàn Bầu and 2 live Electronics.
4. Composition, Video Editing, Text & Stage: Luong Hue Trinh
5. Conductor: Jeff Von Der Schmidt
6. Performers:
+ Hanoi New Music Ensemble
+ Percussions: Max Riefer, Kyle Acuncius
+ Voice: Dattie Do
+ Đàn Bầu: Ngô Trà My
+ Đàn Tranh: Pahm Tra My
+ Live Electronics: Lương Huệ Trinh
+ Cedrik Fermont trong bài "Plastic Song"
Sincere thank to artist Nguyen The Son - art advisor and NGO CSAGA in the photography projects "Dad, I wish..." and Explosure"; "We are still here" by Thinh Nguyen for the copyright permission. Many thanks to the painter Nguyen Manh Hung for his water colour painting for VỆT and dancer Nguyen Duy Thanh.
Free entry with limited seats!