The Ensemble with 10 musicians from Hanoi and Berlin is playing their own compositions and improvisations. In the framework of the Vu Dan Tan exhibition.
| Musicians from Berlin |
Musicians from Hanoi |
Mike Majkowski
double bass
Michael Vorfeld
percussion
Burkhard Beins
percussion
Boris Baltschun
analog synthesizer
Andrea Neumann
inside piano, mixing board |
Nguyen Thuy Dung
dan tranh
Ngo Tra My
dan bau
SonX
percussion
Nguyen Do Minh Quan
electronics
Kim Ngoc Tran
vocals |
10 musicians, 2 capitals from 2 continents:
Hanoi ° Berlin are a unique gathering of kindred spirits from Vietnam and Germany who are playing experimental and improvised music, together they are exploring these genres. Their focus is set on string and percussion instruments which are combined with analogue and digital instruments and techniques that promise a fascinating sound experience in total. Electronic and acoustic sounds meet each other and are formed into an experimental symbiosis in which Western and Vietnamese as well as customized instruments are made use of.
The ensemble is playing two concerts in Vietnam in the end of October which are set in the framework of the
Vu Dan Tan exhibition at Goethe-Institut (8.10. - 28.10.2016). The group will do collective improvisations as well as perform three pieces which Tran Kim Ngoc, Andrea Neumann and Burkhard Beins developed for this specific context. They are based on compositional sketches made by Vu Dan Tan. On 22. October 2016, the ensemble will play the first concert at Goethe-Institut. The second concert takes place on 27. October 2016 in Hoi An.
Concert in the Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin, July 2016
The ensemble Hanoi ° Berlin is coordinated by
Burkhard Beins and
Kim Ngoc. The composer and performer Burhard Beins already performed experimental and New Music at the end of the 1980s. He developed his own techniques and is therefore one of the most renowned contemporary German percussionists. He does solo shows as much as ensembles and by now recorded more than 40 CDs, he gives workshops and holds speeches.
| Program |
| Burkhard Beins/Andrea Neumann: Slow Waltz (for Vu Dan Tan) |
| Andrea Neumann: Sonic Gestures II |
| Kim Ngoc Tran: Journey No. 5 |
| Collective Improvisation |
Hanoi-based music composer and improviser
Tran Thi Kim Ngoc studied music in Vietnam and Germany. Starting with composing contemporary music for orchestra and ensemble, Kim Ngoc recently put her major efforts in the discovery and fostering of an interdisciplinary language of art. In 2012, Kim Ngoc founded DomDom – the first hub in Vietnam devoted to the development of contemporary experimental music and cross-disciplinary art. She is also the founder and artistic director of the Hanoi New Music Festival. Kim Ngoc’s works are performed worldwide.
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