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The Hope Choir (p.m): Concert celebrating Vietnam Day of Persons with Disabilities
April 20 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
If you have not met The Hope Choir before you will be amazed by their singing. If you already know them then they need no introduction. FVH has supported them ever since the choir was formed, they are our extended family. And we do everything we can to try to promote their recitals.
Sunday afternoon 20 April 2025 – in celebration of Vietnam Day of Persons with Disabilities 3pm-4.30pm
Venue: 3rd floor 50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi’s Old Quarter google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3t3MgTPbvuoLt54V6
There is no entry fee but we encourage anyone coming to bring a donation as their financial ability to continue relies soley on the support given to them by the Hanoi and international community gives them. Thank you in advance on their behalf. They have many performances and one was a special one last year for a group of US American War vets. It was probably one of their most special performances, with an incredible response. Afterwards one of the vets wrote to Triem and said he felt absolved from what he had been involved in, he had been carrying around a terrible guilt for decades, but he felt he was finally free after the compassion and friendship shown by the Triem and Choir. What they achieved in a few hours that afternoon was quite extraordinary.
No need to RSVP but if you would like to Stella know if you can come please email stella@fvheritage.org
THE HOPE CHOIR.
They are a group of blind or severely visually impaired singers and folk musicians. They are an amazing choir – not because of their disabilities but because they simply are stunning at what they do. The choir was set up about 15 years ago by pianist Ton That Triem and his opera singer wife Xuan Thanh. What they have achieved with minimal funds and little resource is incredible.
Triem teaches them the meaning of each word, they transcribe the lyrics into braille, they learn the songs from braille and sing in the language of that song – from Spanish, Sri Lankan, to Portuguese, English, French, Japanese etc. They need the support of the international community to keep going; the Embassy community is traditionally a wonderful support for them as the choir sings at many national days. Some of the choir come from families where 2-3 of the siblings are also blind. They come from lives which are very hard and yet for many they have made incredible personal achievements – even going abroad to study, getting masters degrees.
