Nearly sixty musicians worldwide are meeting in Ha Noi from March 22 to April 3 for the second International Percussion Festival named Cracking Bamboo 2010.
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This festival aims to musically unify East and West as well as to create a platform for encounters between percussionists with modern European instruments and the traditional instruments of Asia.
The festival gathers artists from China, Norway, Turkey, the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, Malaysia, Denmark, Switzerland, India, Canada, Spain, Indonesia, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Vietnam.
Vietnamese musicians will be present in the form of percussion group Fireworks from the VNAM; six from HCM City and contemporary musician Kim Ngoc. These young artists will be given the opportunity to participate in a dialogue with musicians from other countries.
Free tickets The opening concerts will be held tonight and tomorrow, March 23 at the Goethe Institute, Hanoi with free admission.
An official concert will be performed at Ha Noi Opera House on Saturday and Sunday featuring a programme comprised of solo contributions, improvisation and short composition resulting from the working time of the groups. There will be a piece performed by all the musicians.
Free tickets for concerts at the Hanoi Opera House can be collected at the Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc from March 23.
After Ha Noi, the groups will travel to Indonesia to perform and take part in musical exchanges. They will return to HCM City for a performance at the HCM City Conservatory on April 3.
Nearly sixty musicians worldwide are meeting in Ha Noi from March 22 to April 3 for the second International Percussion Festival named Cracking Bamboo 2010.
