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PREVIEW
Last year the South
East Asian Youth Chamber
Orchestra (SEAYCO) was
founded as part of a mu-
tual initiative between the
Goethe-Institut Southeast
Asia and the prestigious
Mahidol College of Music
in Salaya (Thailand).
This year, following
a rehearsal period in Sa-
laya, the orchestra will
give a concert in Hanoi.
The young musicians have
compiled a program rich in
variety, ranging from ba-
roque to pop.
June 16, 8pm @ Goe-
the-Institut Hanoi, 56-58
Nguyen Thai Hoc street.
Free tickets are available
from 10am on June 11
.
In celebration of the
Japan - Vietnam Friendship
Year 2013, the Japan Foun-
dation Center Vietnam and
Consulate-General of Japan
in Ho Chi Minh City, in co-
operation with the Embas-
sy of Japan in Vietnam, are
organizing a contemporary
art exhibition. The Winter
Garden show is curated by
art critic Midori Matsui and
features 35 works, includ-
ing drawings, paintings,
and videos by 14 young
Japanese artists.
From June 8 to 23 @
the Vietnam Fine Arts Mu-
seum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc
street and from July 6 to 21
at The Exhibition House,
Ho Chi Minh City Labor Cul-
ture Palace, 55B Nguyen
Thi Minh Khai, District 1
.
Seasons pass by
The Sofitel Plaza Hanoi
is showcasing the work of
two famous photographic
artists - Hoang Manh Cuong
and Nguyen Xuan Chinh
– this month. Their joint
show, Seasons Pass By/
Mua Qua Pho
, is inspired
by the beauty of Vietnam-
ese women and French el-
egance. The pair have each
selected 25 images, with
themes including young la-
dies in white ao dai and
French colonial architecture
in the capital.
June 19 - August 31, @
Lobby Level, Sofitel Plaza
Hanoi, 1 Thanh Nien, Hanoi
.
Yayoi Kusama, a key fig-
ure in Japan’s avant-garde
movement, is currently hold-
ing an exhibition of works at
the Japan Foundation Cen-
tre for Cultural Exchange
in Hanoi. The exhibition,
named Obsessions, compris-
es four key installations. The
Narcissus Garden piece fills
half of the central courtyard
with 1,500 silver balls, while
in the other half huge ob-
jects covered in polka dots
are arranged in a display de-
scribed as a ‘Guidepost to
the New Space’.
Until July 28 as part of
the Japan-Vietnam Friend-
ship Year 2013
.
Following the success
of preceding festivals, the
fifth European-Vietnamese
Documentary Film Festival
is to take place in June.
Besides this year’s focus on
Belgian films, seven other
European countries (Ger-
many, Sweden, France,
Poland, Spain, Switzerland
and UK) will present films
in association with the Na-
tional Documentary and
Scientific Film Studio of
Vietnam.
June 5 – 14, Hanoi;
June 10 – 29, Ho Chi Minh
City.
WHAT’S ON
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Documentary festival
Youth Orchestra plays Hanoi
Avant garde in the capital
Friendship through art