Luala Concert 2013 to mix symphony with southern opera

From the left: Pianist Pho An My, violinist Xuan Huy, Meritorious Artist Dao Van Trung, DJ Tri Minh. 

The Luala Concert will consist of two seasons: Spring Summer – the open playground for experimental music and Fall-Winter for classical. 

In the Spring Summer 2012, Blue and Jazz met the audience. This year, music genres will be much more extended, with Vietnamese traditional music like ca tru, chau van and reformed play and modern music such as electronic music and contemporary piano.

Music director Nhat Ly said that in addition to preserving the treasure of traditional music like Prof. Tran Van Khe and Ms. Thuy Loan have implemented, it is also necessary to do with the continuation of the contemporary world. 

“The six street performances this time will enable young artists who have acquired Western music such as Pho An My, Xuan Huy, Tri Minh ... to have the opportunity to access to leading artists and artisans of traditional music such as Van Ty and Dao Van Trung. The blend of modern and traditional music must ensure aesthetics and aesthetic presentation of the appropriate language,” said Nhat Ly.

The audience of Luala Concert 2012.

He confirmed that the Luala Concert 2013 will not only bring popular but also new music works to the audience. Pianist Pho An My, DJ Tri Minh, singer/composer Le Cat Trong Ly, Cai luong artisan Dao Van Trung are the new face of this season. They will perform the works that were introduced at the Hue Festival, in many regions and countries to Hanoi. Combining with them is the Phu Sa Band of saxophonist Quyen Thien Dac (Jazz), People's Artist Nguyen Xuan Hoach (ca tru), artisan Tra My (chau van), and the music crew of the My Village circus play.

This year's concert will include six shows in three weeks (no more the Sunday morning concert) but it will use a large number of artists of more diverse music genres. There will have the solo shows for Le Cat Trong Ly or the My Village traditional orchestra.

Luala Concert which was debuted in 2011 in Hanoi is a free music event to introduce to audiences some rarely-known music genres. Previous concerts on Ly Thai To Street in the capital drew from 300 to 400 local and foreign spectators of all ages. It has two seasons, namely Autumn-Winter for classical music and Spring-Summer for experimental music.