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 08 2012
Great news have flown into my inbox today! My dear friend and coleague Do Kien Cuong has celebrated a most successful premiere of his Composition for Saxophone “Thăng Long” in Hanoi’s Opera House on September, 2nd 2012. Here are recordings of the second and third movement. Enjoy
2nd movement
http://youtu.be/1rKeRmO6RKc
3rd movement
http://youtu.be/R0wIPG-Md3Q
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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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Jan 13 2012
The first time I saw a building of the Caodaists, I almost mistook it for a Christian church. With their two church towers in front, and the long main building behind, they tend to look like small Notre-Dames, if not for their shiny dark yellow colour, charmingly decorated balconies and windows, and especially, the striking presence of the blue. On the outside, it is predominantly used for the Divine Eye between, and a picture of the sky on each tower. A few clouds together with the sun, or on one tower with the moon instead.
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Jan 11 2012
Vietnam, mainly because of its history, knows two main directions of Buddhism: Mahayana and Theravada. Next to these two, some small quantities of sects can be found, which have split from the main directions even as late as the 20th century. Like in other Buddhist traditions all over Asia, the one in Vietnam carries a strong coloring of local habits and rituals, too.
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Dec 29 2011
The other day I traveled to
Finding the way out of the city is the ticky part of the journey. There are no visible signs – or at least none which I was aware of. Leaving the city via district seven (Q7), and taking the fairy, I was out of town on the other side within an hour. On my arrival there it was immediately clear that here the clock of time and life is using a different rhythm. Much less crowded, only a few motorbikes, and incredibly much space, allowing for big, open streets, I travelled almost by myself.
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