Jazz and World Music Night “Hometown”

12 & 13 Jul 2011, 8 pm
Rooftop Bar

From Rooftop Bar:

You are invited to the Jazz and World music performance “Hometown”. This evening performance will be the musical combination of Nguyen Le the famous Vietnamese-French guitarist and a very well known six-piece local band including artists: Van Anh (T’rung), Khac Quan (violon), Hong Kien (saxophone), Quoc Binh (drums), Tuan Nam (piano) and Vu Ha (guitar Bass). Nguyen Le’s performance will be accompanied by the incredible vocalist Tung Duong who is not only deeply passionate about Jazz and blues but one of Vietnam’s representatives in the European Jazz Festival in Hanoi.

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About Nguyen Le:

Nguyen Le was born in Paris. Although graduating from Visual Art and Philosophy, he decided to follow his passion and created the band “Ultramarine”. The band’s album “Dé” was voted as the best world music CD in 1989 by the French magazine “Libération”. In September 1987, he was invited to play in French National Jazz Orchestra conducted by Antoine Hervé where he met and worked with various top artists and musicians from all over the world. He is regarded by fans as an inspiring talent who has contributed in creating the contemporary French music. He has produced numerous Jazz and World music albums that are acknowledged over the world. Amongst these include CD Tales from Vietnam brought him the strongest recognition and a great number of global awards such as Diapason d’Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Choc de I’année Jazzman, runner up of Jazzthing 96, ect.

Although being born and growing up in a foreign country, Nguyen Le is also greatly influenced by traditional music. He brings the beauty of Vietnamese music to the world, but given his hectic schedule, he has very few chances to perform to audiences in his hometown. It has been 7 years since he played in Vietnam by the invitation of French Embassy. This is the first and only time until now that he has played in Vietnam. This performance as part of the Rooftop’s “Music on the roof” series will be the milestone for his career in Vietnam.

For more information about Nguyen Le and Music on the roof, check out: www.nguyen-le.com, www.facebook.com/TheRooftopHanoi

Ticket

Ticket price: starting from 1.500.000 VND. Contact: 01239549900 – 0439461901