The Tri Minh Quartet and the Arabesque dance troupe will perform asrepresentatives of Vietnamese contemporary art at the Center Stageprogramme in the US.
They will join artists from Morocco andPakistan in the programme, which the US State Department's Bureau ofEducational and Cultural Affairs has organised. The event, to be heldfrom September to November, aims to connect artists of diversecommunities around the world.
The quartet includes Pham Tra My, amaster of the dan tranh or 16-string zither; Duc Minh, a virtuoso ofdan moi or Vietnamese Jew's harp; Ha Dinh Huy, a percussionist and handdrummer; and Tri Minh, the quartet founder, who is also a pianist andelectro music expert.
Tri Minh said the quartet would performVietnamese traditional music and, using their individual stories andexperiences, engage in dialogues with other international artists.
"Welearned of the programme by chance," the quartet founder revealed."When we were implementing our own musical project about three yearsago, we applied for the Center Stage programme. After a number of trialperformances, our quartet was selected."
"Possibly, there is acommon point between our project and the Center Stage programme thataims for dialogue. From my performances abroad, I learned about theimportant role of dialogue in co-operation," Tri Minh said.
Thequartet will perform 13 pieces, conveying the dynamism of the Vietnamesepeople. The repertoires form part of a cultural project that narratesthe history and experiences of the Vietnamese people, who are now in theprocess of developing.
Born in a family of musicians, Tri Minhstudied piano at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He beganexploring electronic music, at times playing on the fringes of noise andexperimental improvisation and at times keeping up with pop-friendlyformats.
In 2008, he founded Hanoi Sound Stuff, a musicalfestival that aspired to create a unique world of quality electronic andexperimental music with boundary-pushing sounds, creative performancesand collaboration between foreign and local artists, to spur theinterest of young Vietnamese audiences.
For its part, the Arabesque dance troupe will perform The Mist, a contemporary dance, at Center Stage.
The Mist depicts the simple life and daily chores of Vietnamese farmers, including those working in the fields and husking rice.
Throughcontemporary dance movements and the rhythm of cai luong or percussionand zither music for renovated opera, American audiences will get aunique perspective on the peaceful landscape of the Vietnamesecountryside.
As one of Ho Chi Minh City's independentcontemporary dance troupes, Arabesque has worked hard to find a newvocabulary of movement.-VNA
They will join artists from Morocco andPakistan in the programme, which the US State Department's Bureau ofEducational and Cultural Affairs has organised. The event, to be heldfrom September to November, aims to connect artists of diversecommunities around the world.
The quartet includes Pham Tra My, amaster of the dan tranh or 16-string zither; Duc Minh, a virtuoso ofdan moi or Vietnamese Jew's harp; Ha Dinh Huy, a percussionist and handdrummer; and Tri Minh, the quartet founder, who is also a pianist andelectro music expert.
Tri Minh said the quartet would performVietnamese traditional music and, using their individual stories andexperiences, engage in dialogues with other international artists.
"Welearned of the programme by chance," the quartet founder revealed."When we were implementing our own musical project about three yearsago, we applied for the Center Stage programme. After a number of trialperformances, our quartet was selected."
"Possibly, there is acommon point between our project and the Center Stage programme thataims for dialogue. From my performances abroad, I learned about theimportant role of dialogue in co-operation," Tri Minh said.
Thequartet will perform 13 pieces, conveying the dynamism of the Vietnamesepeople. The repertoires form part of a cultural project that narratesthe history and experiences of the Vietnamese people, who are now in theprocess of developing.
Born in a family of musicians, Tri Minhstudied piano at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He beganexploring electronic music, at times playing on the fringes of noise andexperimental improvisation and at times keeping up with pop-friendlyformats.
In 2008, he founded Hanoi Sound Stuff, a musicalfestival that aspired to create a unique world of quality electronic andexperimental music with boundary-pushing sounds, creative performancesand collaboration between foreign and local artists, to spur theinterest of young Vietnamese audiences.
For its part, the Arabesque dance troupe will perform The Mist, a contemporary dance, at Center Stage.
The Mist depicts the simple life and daily chores of Vietnamese farmers, including those working in the fields and husking rice.
Throughcontemporary dance movements and the rhythm of cai luong or percussionand zither music for renovated opera, American audiences will get aunique perspective on the peaceful landscape of the Vietnamesecountryside.
As one of Ho Chi Minh City's independentcontemporary dance troupes, Arabesque has worked hard to find a newvocabulary of movement.-VNA
