Japanese “AUN-J Classic Orchestra” Comes back to Vietnam

Mon 08 Dec 2014, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House

From Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam:

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly co-hosts a music concert by ONE ASIA JOINT CONCERT on Monday 8 December in Hanoi.

AUN J Classic Orchestra is a unique orchestra formed in 2008 by eight excellent Japanese traditional musicians to deliver the simple but strong message to the audience worldwide, “Japanese traditional music instruments are plain, simple and cool!”

With this mission and their belief “music has not border, but roots”, AUN J Classic Orchestra has been actively performing in more than 70 places all over Japan, as well as in foreign countries including France, Italy, China, Papua New Guinea and Croatia, to convey the beauty of Japanese culture in music.

The eight young Japanese musicians are all active at the forefront, earning awards in Japan and abroad, covering major Japanese traditional instruments such as Taiko (Japanese drums),

Shamisen (three-stringed Japanese lute), Koto (13-stringed Japanese zither), Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), Shinobue (Japanese transverse flute), and Narimono (Japanese percussions).

The core members of AUN J Classic Orchestra, Kohei & Ryohei are twin brothers and form a duo unit called “AUN” who was Japan’s former cultural envoy to South East Asia in 2011. Their performance with the Japanese percussionist Hide (also a member of AUN J Classic Orchestra) in Hanoi caused a sensation at the time.

This time, 5 distinguished Vietnamese traditional musicians, Ngo Tra My (Dan Bau), Nguyen Thanh Thuy (Dan Tranh), Nguyen Thi Hoa Dang (Dan Tam Thap Luc), Le Thuy Linh (Dan T’rung), Nguyen Thanh Nhan (Dan Nhi), will also join AUN J Classic Orchestra to add the beauty of Vietnamese culture in the program.

Entry by invitation only and all invitations have been distributed.

Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam 27 Quang Trung Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội Tel: 3944 7419 www.jpf.org.vn