ART & YOUR SOCIAL STATUS

On September 22, 2016, TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, in cooperation with DomDom, The Hub For Experimental Music & Art is holding a three-day Art program called “Art & Your Social Status” to celebrate World Rhino Day. Item fulltext People express their social status through different means around the world. In recent years, a growing number of people have started using rhinoceros horn as a symbol of power. Many key consumers of rhino horn use it for medicinal purposes, while others give it as a gift to strengthen personal and professional connections. But this demand is the driving force behind the poaching of rhinos, threatening them with extinction in Africa and Asia. At the core of the Art program is a contemporary art exhibition, named “Gravity” displaying nearly 30 works of prominent Vietnamese artists including Phan Cam Thuong, Dao Chau Hai, Le Quang Ha, Nguyen The Son, Trieu Minh Hai, Nguyen Huu Su, Nguyen Duc Hanh…. The exhibition will promote a new culture of contemporary art appreciation in Vietnam, with opportunities for visitors to enjoy, purchase and bid on works of high artistic value. Artwork is an ideal gift for partners, relatives and friends. It is also a way for many entrepreneurs and businessmen to display their success in their business ventures. The second day will feature award-winning movies from Freeland’s Wildfest 2015 and Marcus Mạnh Cường Vũ, the campaign manager of short film festival WildFest 2015, will host... 

HANOI-BERLIN EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC PROJECT 2016

9pm, 2th July, 2016 at Copenhagen Jazz Festival, featuring Danish saxophone player Lotte Anker.  8pm, 9-10th July, 2016 at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin Hanoi-Berlin Experimental Music Meeting is a unique cultural encounter of ten skilled composer-performers, five from each city. The ensemble explores the variety of backgrounds and approaches to experimental and improvised music existent in the group, focusing on string instruments and percussion – from traditional western and Vietnamese to custom-built instruments and the use of extended techniques – combined with analog and digital electronics. In the concert smaller constellations from all acoustic or all electronic duos to electro-acoustic quintets will alternate with the full ensemble. This event will be connected to their mutual exchange... 

CONCERT WITH THE HANOI NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE

18. | 19.06.2016, 8 PM Goethe-Institut Hanoi, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc  Free admission (no tickets) Item fulltext The Hanoi New Music Ensemble (HNME) was founded in 2015 by the initiative of the composer Vu Nhat Tan, violinist Pham Truong Son, the composer Tran Kim Ngoc and the American conductor Jeff von der Schmidt. The new group is eager to bring Vietnamese and international contemporary music to a broad Vietnamese public. HNME is currently supported by DomDom, which is the hub for experimental music & art in Hanoi. On two evenings, contemporary compositions from all over the world will be presented with special emphasis on works of Vietnamese composers. The extraordinary style of the artists gives the music scene of Vietnam a new and unique voice. Besides instruments of the European classical... 

CONCERT: ENDLESS THREAD

VIETNAM GOETHE INSTITUTE AND DOMDOM – THE HUB FOR EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC& ART PROUDLY PRESENT   “ENDLESS THREAD”- A CONCERT OF “HANOI NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE” 20.00 26&27/04/2016 Viện Goethe Hà Nội 56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học  Free Admission (no tickets)  Item fulltext   ENDLESS THREAD is a chamber concert of compositions by contemporary composers of Vietnam and the world through the ages: from quartet Tay Nguyen (Highlands) by Do Nhuan- a composer belong to first generation of Vietnamese contemporary classical music, who was growing up and establishing during the war time (1922-1991) through Mưa (Rain) of Vu Nhat Tan (1970), Journey No.3 by Tran Kim Ngoc (1975-), to Miniatures of Nguyen Minh Nhat- a promising 8.x young composer. Interspersed are three contemporary works... 

CONCERTS: LIQUID NAILS

Concerts organized by Domdom and Manzi Supported by Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) | Da Paolo Westlake Restaurant Communications partner: Hanoi Grapevine Item fulltext 8.00 PM, Saturday, 9th Jan, 2016 at Cotic Art Space, 60 Nguyễn Thái Học, Minh An, Hội An 8.00PM, Monday, 11th Jan, 2016 at Manzi Art Space, 14 Phan Huy Ích, Hà Nội Free Admission The duo “Liquid Nails” with Mathias Kristersson and Jakob Riis has existed since 2009, and have been playing concerts in Denmark and Sweden. In Vietnam this time, the concept of “Liquid Nails” will continue developing in dialog with two Vietnamese musicians, đàn tranh player Nguyễn Thanh Thủy, and singer Đoàn Thanh Bình. Where Jakob Riis will be joining the “Liquid Nails VN” performances and Mathias Kristersson... 

CONCERT: “GENERATIONS” AT VIETNAM NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC

Sat, 31 Oct 2015, 8 pm At Vietnam National Academy of Music 77 Hào Nam, Đống Đa, Hà Nội Contemporary chamber concert with conductor JEFF VON DER SCHMIDT Agenda: 1. Vũ Nhật Tân: Quartet “Mùa mưa” Sông Hồng Chamber Music 2. Đặng Hữu Phúc: Quartet “Pizzicato” Hoa Sen String Quartet 3. Nguyễn Minh Nhật: Piano quintet “Tiếng Ve” Sông Hồng Chamber Music 4. Đặng Hồng Anh: “Capriccio Tây Nguyên” Violon1: Đào Mai Anh, Khánh Linh, Đào Thị Hải Violon2: Phạm Mai Anh, Thanh Nga, Minh Thịnh Viola: Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Trần Kim Giang Cello: Lê Phan Như Quỳnh, Bùi Hà Miên D-Bass: Nam 5. Trần Kim Ngọc: “Dậy Thì” Oboe: Việt Cường / Cla: Quốc Bảo / Horn: Quốc Trung 2 Violon: Khánh Linh, Đào Thị Hải/ 2... 

CONCERT: “GENERATIONS” AT MANZI ART SPACE

20h00, Thursday, 29th Oct, 2015 Manzi Art Space, 14 Phan Huy Ích, Hà Nội Agenda Đỗ Nhuận: “Tây Nguyên” Đặng Hồng Anh: “Hội đêm rằm” Vũ Nhật Tân: “Mưa” Kim Ngoc: Dậy thì

CONCERT: “GENERATIONS” AT OLD QUARTER EXCHANGE CULTURAL CENTER

 Sun 25 Oct 2015, 8 pm Old Quarter Exchange Cultural Center 50 Đào Duy Từ, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội Agenda Đỗ Nhuận: “Tây Nguyên” string quartet Đặng Hồng Anh:”Hội đêm rằm” string quartet Kim Ngoc: “Dậy thì” Vũ Nhật Tân: “Phố”

Concert: Parallel Asteroid and Musicians of Domdom

20.00 – 22/04/2015 L’Espace –Institut français – 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi, Vietnam Free entrance DomDom – The Hub for experimental music in collaboration with L’Espace –Institut français – proudly present: Concert with PARALLEL ASTEROID and YOUNG MUSICIANS OF DOMDOM” Parallel Asteroid: “Two musicians, two styles, one vision. The duo combines experimental, acoustic sounds with free form improvisations. The musicians are Cao Thanh Lan originally from Hanoi, Vietnam at the piano, prepared piano, objects and Gregor Siedl from Austria on saxophone and Game Calls. Cao Thanh Lan has a strong classical contemporary music background and Gregor Siedl is a jazz musician with roots in improvised and experimental music. Their common ground is free improvisation...