Classical Music Night “Smile For You”

Sat 23 Jul 2016, 7.30 – 9.30 pm
V-Art Club
3rd floor, IPH Shopping Mall Centre, 241 Xuan Thuy, Hanoi

From the organizer:

Come to classical music night “SMILE FOR YOU” with an aim to spread and share love and sympathy to the poor and unlucky children.

Program

Part 1:
1. Salut D’amour – Edvard Elgar (Ms. Thao & Ms. Mien)
2. Le Cygne – Bernard Dewagtere (Ms. Thao & Ms. Mien)
3. Meditation de « Thais » – Massenet (Ms. Thao & Ms. Hien)
4. Fanatasie Impromtu – F. Chopin (Ms. Thao)
5. Duo « one in a red moon» – Rolf Lovlad (Ms. Thao, Ms. Mien & Ms. Hien)

Part 2:
6. Begin Again – The Piano Guys (Ms. Thao & Ms. Mien)
7. Home – The Piano Guys (Ms. Thao & Ms. Mien)
8. All of Me – The Piano Guys (Ms. Thao & Mr. Duc)
9. Disney _ Enchanted _ So close (Ms. Thao)
10. Trio .. Anh _ Xuân Phương (Ms. Thao, Ms. Mien & Ms. Hien)
11. A thousand years – The Piano Guys (Ms. Thao & Ms. Mien)
12. Let it go – The Piano Guys (Ms. Thao, Ms. Mien & Mr. Duc)

Listen to Edvard Elgar’s “Salut D’amour”, as performed by violist Sarah Chang and pianist Andrew von Oeyen:

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About the artists:

Ms. Ha Mien – Cello
Ha Mien started to learn the cello at the age of 9 at the Hanoi National Conservatory of Music (Vietnam National Academy of Music in the present).
In 2000, 2003 and 2004 she was selected to participate in the Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra and Wind Ensemble (SAYOWE) held in Thailand.
In 2004 she entered the undergraduate program of Cello at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.
In 2006, she participated in the Canton International Summer Music Academy (CISMA). In 2009 joined the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO).
In 2007 she completed and received the Bachelor of Music Performance in Cello.
In 2008 she started to pursue the graduate program and also to be a cello teacher at the Vietnam National Academic of Music.
From 2004 to present, she is a member of the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hanoi Strings Chamber Orchestra, and then also is a cello faculty of the Academy.
From 2014 to present, she is a cellist in the two newly chamber music groups; Hanoian Trio, and Apaixonado String Quartet.
At the beginning of 2015, she was featured as a young artist in the first program of the concert series “YOUNG ARTISTS NIGHT” at the music salon Saturday Coffee of the famous composer Duong Thu.

Ms. Hien Minh Trinh – Violist
Hien Minh Trinh started playing violin at young ages and graduated String instrument Department of Vietnam National Academy of Music. She is now a violist of Vietnam Symphony Orchestra.

As a passionate and dedicate violist, Ms. Hien Minh Trinh has participated many concerts in Vietnam and other countries with Vietnam Symphony Orchestra. Beside she has also composed countless songs and won many Vietnamese Song’s awards such as: Cánh buồm đỏ (Red Sail), Này đồng hoa cúc (Chrysanthemum Field), Trắng bay (Flying clouds), Xuân (Spring) and Gọi tôi Hà Nội. Especially, Ms. Hien’s songs are unique as she does instrumental combinations and performs violin herself.

Ms. Thao Thu Tran – Pianist
The pianist Thao Thu Tran was born in an artist family as her parents are professional dancers. At the age of 5, she had her first lesson about piano. Two years later, she was accepted into Hanoi Conservatory of Music (Vietnam National Academy of Music in the present) and in the next 7 years, she was an outstanding student. In 1987, she graduated as a valedictorian and won full music scholarship in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. She was also chosen as one of five representative students of Hanoi Conservatory of Music to attend the National award ceremony for gifted students.

After her graduation, she became an entrepreneur. In 2000, she came back to Vietnam and joined the service business, but her passionate for art kept glowing. In recent years, to actualize her passion, together with some friends in the artist community, Ms. Thao has established the THT Art Center with the desire to share knowledge and experiences with people who have the same interests.

Tickets

Ticket: 100.000 VND/employee
70.000 VND/student, pupil or children
For ticket:
Direct buying at V-Art Club
Or contact: 0199 319 1775 (Ms. Mac Thao), 0945 283 441 (Ms. Dieu Thu)
Open for sale: July 13th 2016
*Ticket includes charity money for the poor and unlucky children.