”Lachrymae” – A Classical Concert with Đàn Bầu
Fri 21 Oct 2016, 8 pm
Manzi Art Space
From Manzi:
Don’t miss this amazing ‘Đàn Bầu’ concert by French artist Sylvain Streiff, Canadian guitarist Alex Formosa and Vietnamese pianist Phuc Phan
The Vietnamese đàn bầu, ubiquitous across a wide range of Vietnamese folk music genres, is remarkable for its eerily vocal timbre, its wide three-octave range, and above all its ghostly glissando and pitch bends. The program’s title – Lachrymae, Latin for tears – refers to the instrument’s hauntingly plaintive tone.
This experimental chamber music program at Manzi Art Space uses đàn bầu for a collection of late-19th, early-20th French and German art songs. The instrument lends its natural expressivity to the romanticism of early Berg and Richard Strauss, the jazziness of Satie and Roussel, and the poetry of Debussy.
Surcharge: 200,000 VND/person
Due to limited seating capacity, please email [email protected] before Wed 19 Oct to reserve seats.
The concert is part of Manzi’s art programme supported by CDEF of the Danish Embassy
Communications partners: Hanoi Grapevine, The Word Vietnam and &OfOtherThings
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