A performance by duo Vaiana – Keita from Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium) at the press conference
NDO – The 2014 European Music Festival, to be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from November 22 to December 5, promises to offer Vietnamese audiences an interesting interaction between European and Vietnamese musicians.
The remark was made by Delphine Malard, who is the First Counsellor of the Delegation of the European Union to Vietnam, at press conference in Hanoi on November 17.
Over the past twelve years, the European Music Festival has established itself as one of the most successful and anticipated annual multi-cultural events in Vietnam.
“Through unforgettable concert, the event showcases the ‘unity in diversity’ and richness of European cultures for the Vietnamese public as well as promotes cultural exchange, thus build bridges that connect the peoples of Vietnam and the European Union”, Counsellor Delphine Malard said.
The festival’s 13th edition is scheduled to run from November 22 to December 5 at the Youth Theatre at No.11 Ngo Thi Nham Street, Hanoi and from November 24 to December 5 at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music at No.112 Nguyen Du Street.
This year’s event will feature well-known musical talents from Austria, Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium), France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden and Vietnam.
With a total of 16 concerts in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the festival brings Vietnamese audiences the prospect of experiencing different genres of music, including engaging jazz melodies with incredible voices and great songs, classic and contemporary music, as well as traditional Vietnamese music.
The 2014 European Music Festival will open with a performance by duo Vaiana – Keita from Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium). The duo is the passionate combination of the saxophonist Belgian Pierre Vaiana and the Ivorian balafonist Aly Keita. The two renowned soloists will offer a musical dialogue transcending style and culture together with their guest, the Vietnamese T’rung virtuoso Hoa Dang.
The festival will continue with performances by the great Polish Jazz pianists and composer Artur Dutkiewicz; Austria’s artist Célia Mara; Germany’s Tingvall Trio; Luxembourg’s composer and pianist David Ianni; Sweden’s Kristin Amparo, and Le Tab trio.
The Vietnamese band, Mat Troi Do, will conclude the festival. Mat Troi Do is a leading Vietnamese band pionnering a mixture of traditional Vietnamese with contemporary western music; it is for this reason the band has been selected as a guest band at the festival, according to Counsellor Delphine Malard.
Free tickets can be picked up at L’Espace French Cultural Centre, the Goethe Institute in Hanoi from November 19, and at IDECAF and the Goethe Institute in Ho Chi Minh City from November 20.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
