SCREENING OF HANOI ECLIPSE

Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh (56 mins, 2010) Directed by Barley Norton, published by Documentary Educational Resources. In Vietnamese with English Subtitles. http://www.gold.ac.uk/music/staff/norton/ http://www.der.org/films/hanoi-eclipse.html  Dom Dom is delighted to present a screening of Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh, followed by a discussion with London-based film director and ethnomusicologist Barley Norton. Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh follows the challenges faced by the groundbreaking and controversial Vietnamese band Dai Lam Linh, while rehearsing and performing in their hometown of Hanoi. It shows how the band came together to create a unique form of popular music, which is both international in outlook and rooted in Vietnamese traditions and aesthetics.... 

A TALK WITH MICHAEL EDWARD EDGERTON

We would like to invite you to an artist talk with Michael Edward Edgerton Michael Edgerton is at the forefront of vocal exploration by extending the technical and expressive capabilities of voice through the use of voice science and psychoacoustics. This approach has earned Mike considerable renown for those interested in the present and future of modern (experimental) voice. As a composer, Michael’s music coalesces diverse influences such as European avant-garde, American experimentalism, and world music into contexts that are informed by scientific models and metaphors. His artistic mission is to liberate those sounds that otherwise remain in danger of being overlooked or going unheard. Michael has received prizes for his compositions, including in 2007, the prestigious Kompositionspreis... 

A TALK WITH THE SIX TONES

We would like to invite you to join an artist’s talk of The Six Tones   Free entrance. Register at https://goo.gl/forms/sAEExL5HKA7c1qB82 Item fulltext   The name of the group, emanating from a piece bywith bikes Henrik Frisk, relates to the fact that the Vietnamese is a tonal language using six tones or intonations. For the Vietnamese members of the group, the six tones of their language is a foundation for communication within their culture. For most Westerners, such a language can only be learnt with much effort. Traditional Vietnamese music is closely related to theatre and its musical forms draw highly on the tonal structure of the language. Obviously, a text set to music cannot have any melodic structure but the melodic lines must follow the tones that give the words their meaning.... 

ANNOUNCEMENT: OPENING OF DOMDOM EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC CLUB

Domdom contemporary and experimental music club was established to connect the people who are interested in music, in general and who are interested in contemporary-experimental music, in particular. We will have talk shows about musical knowledge to stimulate your passion and widen your understanding of music. This activity is held once a week at Puppet Café, 27/189 Giang Vo street, and contains 3 parts:   Part 1: The core members of our club (including composers, artists who participated in Firefly’s training courses or who have experiences working in contemporary-experimental music) will hold presentations periodically about their researches of Vietnamese contemporary and experimental music from the 19th century, throughout 20th century until now, e.g.: atonal music, serialism,... 

“THIN BORDER” – A TALK WITH MUSICIAN NGUYEN XUAN SON

Sun 05 Mar 2017, 4 pm Nha San Collective. 15th floor, 1 Luong Yen, Hanoi  You are invited to the talk “Thin Border” with musician Nguyen Xuan Son with the participation of: Speaker: musician Nguyen Xuan Son (Son X) Item fulltext   Host: musician Kim Ngoc Nguyen Xuan Son will introduce the compositions and contemporary plays that he wrote using materials from traditional music. In additions, he will be sharing his viewpoint on the disrupted development of traditional music in the context of globalization in Vietnam. About musician Nguyen Xuan Son: Nguyen Xuan Son studied traditional music and percussion from a very early age under the guidance of the last masters of Vietnam’s traditional arts (Bui Trong Dang, Nguyen Dac Han, Do Tung). He graduated from the University of Theatre &... 

BIS@ PARALLEL ASTEROID AND DOMDOM MUSICIANS

HOT HOT HOT: One more chance to enjoy the special taste of Duo Parallel Asteroid and the talented young musicians of DomDom. After an impressively successful concert at L’Espace on 22/04/2015, to response to the enthusiasm of the Hanoi audience, DomDom – The Hub for experimental music in collaboration with Manzi Art Space– proudly dedicate to you one more performance with PARALLEL ASTEROID and DOMDOM YOUNG MUSICIANS. Item fulltext The performance will be followed by an meeting and talk session with the musicians. TIME: 8pm – 01/05/2015 LOCATION: Manzi Art Space 14 Phan Huy Ich Free Entry