Category: concert

  • Tri Minh’s Quartet experience

    The Tri Minh’s Quartet was unlike any other musical group that I have ever seen or heard. Their sounds were foreign and traditional but with an electronic element that made it very unique. Even though the sounds were unfamiliar, I felt that the group was able to communicate with me. They did this with their…

  • Sounds from Hanoi

    Although I didn’t go enjoy the concert “Sounds from Hanoi”, I am shocked but also attracted by just reading its brochure. Talking about elements transcend cultural and national borders, I can say that Tri Minh’s music is structured by these elements. He has worked with musicians from diverse cultural background, his formal music is modeled…

  • Sounds from Hanoi

    The combination of traditional instruments with modern forms of music was the main element of the whole show. It was the artist’s way of showing the progression of Vietnam towards modern Western culture but also continuing its own traditions. The variety of instruments used was another aspect of going across borders. Piano and electronics was…

  • Quartet from Hanoi

    As the leader of the Hanoi Quartet, Tri Minh, said, the group of musicians combines the sounds of traditional Vietnamese music mixed with more modern interludes. The fact that the group uses electronic sounds along with the piano, 16 string zither, and many kinds of drums is a representation in itself of the classical and…

  • Tri Minh’s Quartet

    In Tri Minh’s Quartet, I found the chaotic melody to evoke the sensation of a bustling city street. The chaotic noises and subtle beat were characteristic of big noisy cities, especially of those in Asia. Closing my eyes I could feel the presence of crowds, street-side vendors, children playing and cars whizzing by. It is…

  • Concert Experience

    When I was at the concert, I was very impressed by the way the quartet used both the traditional and modern style of music together to create a totally different music style. The combination of the sounds of the traditional instruments and the electronic sounds created a new experience for me. I really liked the…

  • Sounds of Hanoi

    I have to say I absolutely loved sounds of hanoi. The way they were able to blend classical and modern elements was fantastic and something that I’ve never really experienced before. My favorite aspect of the performance was the groups incorporation of technology into their music. At first when I heard the swooshing coming from…

  • Hanoi Tunes

    Music is an art form that is constantly evolving and something that can be heavily influenced by cultures and backgrounds of people creating it. This music group did an impressive job of blending sounds from a number of backgrounds seamlessly to tell stories. The evolutionary nature of music often makes it so that contemporary and…

  • Thank Goodness for YouTube

    While the experience of listening to this music on YouTube is much different than listening to it live, I still think the music still has the same basic effect of transcending cultural and national borders. At first, the music sounded obviously foreign to me, but after listening for a few minutes, I started getting used…

  • Oy Hanoi

    Within the first few minutes of the show I noticed the electronic elements Sounds of Hanoi used are reminiscent of Northern European electronic bands.  It is characteristic of these bands to take a sound to incorporate the beat, then push it into the background so the entire piece is based off of that arbitrary sound-…