Music Talk – “Random Encounter” with Nguyen Hong Nhung & Corey Keating

Sat Fri 22 Jul 2016, 7 pm
Trung Nguyen Coffee
3a Ngo Quyền, Hanoi

From the organizer:

You are invited to the music talk “The random encounter” with two experimental/electronic music artists – Nguyen Hong Nhung and Corey Keating. They will share the inspiration and working process of their music and perform together to clarify what they have shared.

Speaker: Corey Keating, Nguyen Hong Nhung
Language: Vietnamese (with translation)
Moderator: Artist Duong Thu

About the speaker:

Corey Keating is a composer cum electronic music artist currently studying composition at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His compositions have been performed by Sō Percussion quartet, UC Stanislaus chamber choir, SJSU choir, members of the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, ensemble39, horn trumpet artist Mike Walker, pianist Jiang Qing.

Nguyen Hong Nhung is an experimental music and sound artist, founder of Awakener Sound solo project. In recent years, based in Hanoi, she cooperates with local and international artists in the visual arts/multimedia project. Since 2014, she has released music under the project name Sound Awakener and her real name [Nhung Nguyen], supported by independent record labels as Time Released Sound (USA), Soft Recording (France), Flaming Pines (English).

Program:

Part I: Music talk with Nguyen Hong Nhung and Corey Keating. Q&A with speakers (60 minutes).

Part II: Performance of experimental/electronic music by two speakers (30 minutes)

Briefly translated by Hanoi Grapevine