Dec 08 2012
Tonight the first of two concerts of the Duong Dai Festival 2012 was successfully performed in HCMC (VN)! My dear friend Kim represented me and received the flowers in my place.
Among other pieces being performed for the first time in public, my composition ‘Golden Turtle‘ has also experienced its successful world premiere.
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Nov 29 2012
Rendez-vous a Decembre
Duong Dai Festival 2012 at the Conservatory in Ho Chi Minh City: Saturday 8.12. and Sunday 09.12.2012. (Click on the picture for full size!)
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Oct 17 2012
Funny! Today I stumbled over an old article about Duong Dai Festival, Ho Chi Minh City (VN) on . Remember to visit this year’s concert! It will be presented in the holy halls of the conservatory again. This time it carries the topic ‘Love and Betrayal’. I guess a title many of us can connect …
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Sep 19 2012
Some people already know that during the last weeks I have been busy writing another composition for Duong Dai Festival in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Beginning December six composers will present newly composed music, telling the story of King Thục Phán, aka An Dương Vương, who ruled over parts of northern Vietnam from 257 …
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Sep 06 2012
On my first visit to Vietnam, I made some time to see a performance in a water puppet theatre in Saigon. Puppetry has a long tradition in Asia; the one from Indonesia, Wayang, might be one of the most famous ones. Despite its long tradition, it seems to become one more of the disappearing art …
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Feb 18 2012
Listen to an excerpt of my composition ,em>Turtle as played at its world premiere in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam!
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Dec 23 2011
For music in pagodas: THE place to be! In Dinh Thanh Pagoda (HCMC, Q.10) lives a master, who knows and teaches about music in Vietnamese pagodas. In the last few days I was able to attend the evening prayer, as well as ask some subject related questions in a private session with the master. …
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Dec 20 2011
Yesterday I visited a beautiful temple, which -in Vietnamese terms- is not called pagoda, but temple. The distinction between both terms is simple. While ‘chua‘ (pagoda or church) is used for the Buddhist pagodas or the church, the word temple describes “religious” places, where a heroic figure or person is worshiped like for example a …
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