The Hanoi Brass Band will perform an open air concert featuring acombination of traditional Vietnamese music and electronic music in thecapital on May 10.
“J-Music for Brass Band” will be thethird act of the JF Garage Concert series organised by the JapanFoundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, according toThanhniennews.
The band was formed in 1998 by agroup of students from the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, now called theVietnam National Academy of Music. Ten years later it was named theHanoi Brass Band and took on board some new members.
Itnow consists of the band leader Kim Xuan Hieu (horn), Tran Hien(trombone), Le Minh Chieu (tuba), Nguyen Thanh Hai and Pham Van Hieu(trumpet), and Nghiem Manh Tuan (drums).
During theconcert, the band will play march masterpieces, jazz, and pop songs fromVietnam and elsewhere. The highlights will include Japanese songslike Furusato (My Country Home) and Okina Furudokei (Grandfather’sClock).
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the 200-seatcourtyard of the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange inVietnam at 27 Quang Trung Street , Hoan Kiem District. It will goon for an hour and entrance is free.
The second act ofthe JF Garage Concert was held in Hanoi last October with performancesby DJ Tri Minh, one of the most popular electronic music solo artists inVietnam, who collaborated with lip lute artist Duc Minh Vietnamesezither artist Tra My and DJ Sebastien Gesell.-VNA
“J-Music for Brass Band” will be thethird act of the JF Garage Concert series organised by the JapanFoundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam, according toThanhniennews.
The band was formed in 1998 by agroup of students from the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, now called theVietnam National Academy of Music. Ten years later it was named theHanoi Brass Band and took on board some new members.
Itnow consists of the band leader Kim Xuan Hieu (horn), Tran Hien(trombone), Le Minh Chieu (tuba), Nguyen Thanh Hai and Pham Van Hieu(trumpet), and Nghiem Manh Tuan (drums).
During theconcert, the band will play march masterpieces, jazz, and pop songs fromVietnam and elsewhere. The highlights will include Japanese songslike Furusato (My Country Home) and Okina Furudokei (Grandfather’sClock).
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the 200-seatcourtyard of the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange inVietnam at 27 Quang Trung Street , Hoan Kiem District. It will goon for an hour and entrance is free.
The second act ofthe JF Garage Concert was held in Hanoi last October with performancesby DJ Tri Minh, one of the most popular electronic music solo artists inVietnam, who collaborated with lip lute artist Duc Minh Vietnamesezither artist Tra My and DJ Sebastien Gesell.-VNA
