Misha Mishenko (Russia) Live in Vietnam

Wed 03 Jun 2015, 8 pm
lAcA Cafe

From the organizer:

You are invited to a music night with Russian artist Misha Mishenko (ambient/ neoclassical/ piano/ electroacoustic) in Hanoi.

“I’m [merely] a boy who plays with the wind. My music is a tiny reminder of God. It’s a reminder of something that’s much greater than us in this world. It’s a harmonious link between all living things and the stars.”

the vast landmass of russia has, in recent memory, not seemed to produce the most current, modern-sounding batch of world-acclaimed artists, but few beats the russian artists in their so-called submersion and inspiration-drawing from the nature (and occasionally, the society itself that they live in) being an immense supply for their creativity – simply, they do not need to go anywhere else.

gaining his direct and constant inspiration from the far north filled with boundless valleys, crystal streams and ever-dormant volcanoes, as well as the lands of fire and ice of iceland regularly mentioned in his song titles, misha mishenko delivers a sound loosely defined as neo-classical, a term largely ignored amongst the academic circles. misha plays his sounds with a heart and mind of his peer, his generation, of 21st century artists, true to thom-yorkish spirit. fed up with the over-the-top performance exhibitionism, he opts to minimalism approach, in the likes of his contemporaries such as nils frahm, peter broderick, olafu arnalds who are gaining a cross-over audiences, on one hand the restricted classical audiences and the other the more popular. he, however, doesn’t want to detach himself much from russian authenticity – via his musical language and the seemingly oft-repeated piano melodies, he want to think of greater social issues around him.

the achieved sounds, therefore, can be described as melodious, dreamy, enthralling, like the endless journeys to a world unknown, and many a time tinged with sorrows. combining the wide range of musical instrument for desired expressions, including the sounds of violin, glockenspiel, ambient sounds, his signature sounds retain enough space for originality, to be experienced, through multilayers and diverse motifs. needless to say, his favorite artist is sigur ros.

Tickets

Students: 50,000 VND
Presale: 80,000 VND
Doors: 100,000 VND

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