ANCIENT MUSIC OF TONKIN
THE ANCIENT MUSIC OF TONKIN, the group of artists, traditional singers, musicians and Vietnamese culture lovers who embrace the passion for the conservation of Vietnamese traditional music. We are working to share the values of our beautiful Vietnamese cultural heritages.
OUR MISSION
Through portraiting Vietnamese's unique musical performances, the Ancient Music of Tonkin is hoped to communicate the core values of Hanoi's history and culture to the audiences, both foreign and native Vietnamese.
The project
THE ACTIVITIES
"Tiếng Trúc Tiếng Tơ" show.
Guimet Paris Museum / Nov 7th 2014 / Paris, France
Heritage Space Cultural Center / April 17th 2015 / Hanoi,Vietnam
Songs of strolling blind musicians Hát Xẩm
French Culture Center/ Jan 10th 2015 / Hanoi, Vietnam
Manzi Art Space - Vietnam /July 14th 2015 / Hanoi, Vietnam
"Tố Nữ Dân Ca" - traditional art program, meeting of old Vietnamese painting and traditional opera
French Culture Center/ June 13th 2015/ Hanoi, Vietnam
Monthly program "Music Story of the Old Quarter"
Hanoi Old Quarter Cultural Exchanges Center/ From 2015 - now/ Hanoi, Vietnam
Assisting People’s artist Xuan Hoach on the making of silk strings and restore old traditional musical instruments such as: the “Dan Bau”, “Dan Ho”, “Gao Dua”
Research and reproduce successfully traditional musical instruments with strings made of original silks.
Opening classes to train instrumentalists knowing how to play traditional musical instruments.
Continuing to research and widen, invite instrumentalists for participating to restore Old Vietnamese orchestras and build the strings-are- made-of- silks music of Vietnam
