Welcome to the Ancient and New Music of Viet Nam!
On Friday November 4 at 8 PM in the Grand Hall of Vietnam National Academy of Music, the Hanoi New Music Ensemble will
be joined by the Ancient Music of Tonkin, in their not to be missed first collaboration. Together the two groups give voice to
the true classical music of Viet Nam, connecting centuries of musical generations from the past to the present. The concert
opens with The “Communal House Door Song” a perfect ancient introduction for the new music The Autumn Wind by Ton That
Tiet and Fire Line by Nguyen Thien Đạo, the grandfathers of Vietnamese new music. We turn to a brand new string quartet by
Nguyen Minh, who proudly who proudly. Then the music turns to two giants of the 20th century, the Pasoralet of Igor Stravinsky
and Dérive 1 by Pierre Boulez, followed by two masterpieces by the current leaders of Hanoi New Music Ensemble, The Memory
by Vu Nhat Tan and Resurrection of the Soul by Tran Kim Ngoc.
On Friday November 4 at 8 PM in the Grand Hall of Vietnam National Academy of Music, the Hanoi New Music Ensemble will
be joined by the Ancient Music of Tonkin, in their not to be missed first collaboration. Together the two groups give voice to
the true classical music of Viet Nam, connecting centuries of musical generations from the past to the present. The concert
opens with The “Communal House Door Song” a perfect ancient introduction for the new music The Autumn Wind by Ton That
Tiet and Fire Line by Nguyen Thien Đạo, the grandfathers of Vietnamese new music. We turn to a brand new string quartet by
Nguyen Minh, who proudly who proudly. Then the music turns to two giants of the 20th century, the Pasoralet of Igor Stravinsky
and Dérive 1 by Pierre Boulez, followed by two masterpieces by the current leaders of Hanoi New Music Ensemble, The Memory
by Vu Nhat Tan and Resurrection of the Soul by Tran Kim Ngoc.
