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May 2022
Kaleidoscope Viet – Hanoi Community Radio – Schubert in a Mug
This month we talk to Phuc and his team of musicians who make up SiaM (Schubert in a Mug) - a group of amazing talented young Vietnamese musicians who perform all over Hanoi and also passionately share their knowledge and inspiration teaching a new generation of musicians. https://www.hanoicommunityradio.com/ SiaM is a musical project formed in August 2020. In a short space of time the group has established a strong following, among music lovers with their monthly sold out concerts and…
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Cultural series and workshop – Shan Tuyet tea trees, VN tea culture and a tea tasting experience – FULL
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL BUT PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST WHICH WILL TAKE PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP AND IF THERE ARE CANCELLATIONS WE WILL FILLL FROM THE WAITING LIST. We aim to hold this event fairly regularly. if you are interested in this workshop please message Stella on the email below. The team at Tien Thien Tra space have been running these presentations and workshops for a while but mainly to a purely Vietnamese audience. They approached…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) – French concession to Thiền Quang Lake
Our morning walk starts in front of the Opera House. From here, we walk to the School of Pharmacy just up the road, designed by Ernest Hebrard - we learn about what makes his style of architecture so iconic. Then, we make our way along Lý Thường Kiệt Street, thorugh the pictureque alleys around Ha Hoi ending at Thiền Quang Lake. Learn about the height of French presence within Hà Nội and its influence on architecture and urban design. The…
Find out more »Art workshop – silk painting
Nguyễn Cẩm Nhung graduated in Silk painting from the Fine Arts University and was taught by one of FVH's lovely friends - artist Nguyễn Thế Sơn. Nhung is running a silk painting workshop for FVH in a great venue - Đình Nam Hương (Nam Huong communal house in Hàng Trống street). After a short intorduciton on how Vietnamese silk painting developed, the difference between silk for painting and clothing, explnation on how to draw and paint on silk ... we spend most of…
Find out more »Hanoi City Walk (English) p.m – Trúc Bạch Lake & Ngũ Xã- FULL
THIS TOUR IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST AND PRIORITY FOR THE NEXT TOUR The theme of this wak is very eclectic touuching on bronze casting, and the general changes to the area, the former and present lives of the land and buildings. We start the tour at Quán Thánh temple, the almost purely Taoist temple with 350-year-old bronze statue of Trấ́́n Vũ. We refer to legends around Trúc Bạch lake – stories, history of the area, the part the…
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