22 Vieät Nam News vietnamnews.vn EXPAT CORNER Thursday February 21, 2019 UPCOMING EVENTS

Music from shy and sophisticated souls The shy and sophisticated electro-acoustic composer Löông Hueä Trinh will present her ethereal and vibrant music during a concert on Saturday at Hanoi Rock City. The concert will also feature young music talents including Tiny Giant (vocal-electro), Haø Thu Haèng (zither), Nguyeãn Thuøy Dung (zither), and Jet Ilagan (sound artist), who will take the Flying high: Roe practises every day on his own. — Photos courtesy of Augustus John Roe audience on a journey with rich, interesting sounds that will expand your imagination. The concert will start at 9pm at Hanoi Rock City, 27/52 Toâ Ngoïc Vaân Street, Taây Hoà District. Ticket at door is VNÑ70,000. English teacher fighting to learn Sweden’s Gustaf Sjokvist Choir in Haø Noäi One of the best chamber choirs in Sweden – the Gustaf By Leâ Höông Sjokvist, will put on a special performance at Haø Noäi’s Cöûa Baéc Church next Tuesday. raditional Founded in 1994 in Stockholm, Gustaf Sjokvist Chamber Vietnamese Choir (GSKK) is an independent choir consisting of 33 singers. can Known for its sound, which is described as typical “Nordic”, the T choir has since been a significant part of Swedish musical life. reveal more about local The choir is devoted to contemporary music and has over the history, culture and years built up a wide repertoire in this field. Their repertoire language to foreigners features not only works by famous classic composers such as daring enough to try them. Bach, Mozart and Brahms, but also folk music and jazz. The Augustus John Roe, choir’s maestro Gustaf Sjokvist passed away in 2015, and from from Brighton, the UK, is Toe to toe: 2018 Florian Benfer is the artistic leader. The ensemble has certainly daring. Roe (left) made several tours in Scandinavia, Europe, Africa, North Over the past nine years, spars with a America and Asia. he has lived in Vieät Nam, student of fathered two daughters in traditional FVH workshop gets crafty Vietnamese The Friends of Heritage (FVH) will host a craft- his happy family, found a . stable job as an English making workshop on Sunday. have long made wall and door teacher at an international virtually nothing in English. tor. Vietnamese styles are shape.” decorations from paper for special events, including the Teát school in Haø Noäi and gath- He decided to compile often very dynamic with a Roe said he loves living holiday. Workshop participants will be guided on how to ered a comprehensive stock a book, The Martial Arts of lot of high jumps and low in Haø Noäi, but the pollution make New Year decorations for doors, windows, walls and of knowledge on Vietnam- Vietnam - An Overview of stances. This makes things and disregard for the envi- tables, combining different patterns such as flowers, leaves ese martial arts and culture. the History and Style, which more difficult for practitio- ronment are problems. and animals using kirigami. Roe first came to the took him nearly two years ners like me who have a “Although things are Kirigami is the Japanese art of paper cutting, a variation of country in 2010 to visit a to finish. weight advantage but don’t improving at a tremendous origami, which is favoured by many people around the world. Kirigami includes cutting the paper rather than just folding, friend, who worked as an The main difficulty he have the speed of a smaller speed and with many new and utilises different techniques. English teacher and prac- faced when writing the body-type. programmes focused on the The workshop will take place at Toå Chim Xanh (Bluebirds’ tised . He started to book was during the initial “Finally, the cultural environment, I hope this is Nest Book Cafeù), No 13, Alley 19, Ñaëng Dung Street, Ba Ñình study, too. research phase was the lack and historical aspects of something that can be District, Haø Noäi, from 1:30 to 4:30pm. The cost will be Roe has tried various of English materials on the Vietnamese martial arts are implemented on a society- VNÑ250,000 for each adult and VNÑ100,000 for each child styles of Vietnamese mar- subject. Often he would different - patriotism and re- wide scale,” he said. under 15. The maximum number of participants is 15. RSVP can be made via email at [email protected]. tial arts over the years, in- have just the name of a vil- ligious aspects all combine Vietnamese nature is The instructor is an elderly maths teacher who is skilled cluding , Bình lage or person, then he to create a unique martial one of his favourite aspects in the art of paper cutting and traditional crafts. He will Ñònh regional martial arts, would go there and ask culture,” he said. of the country, followed instruct in Vietnamese, and English translation will be traditional , Nhaát around until someone could Roe drew the lessons closely by the coffee cul- provided. Nam style, Nam Hoàng Sôn point him in the right direc- based on his experience ture. style and Seven Mountains tion. practising various martial “I love nothing more Saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi to perform region martial arts. The book looks at Viet- arts such as and tae than being in the mountains Saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi will perform from 6pm to “They all have interest- namese styles based on kwondo at a young age. or the countryside on a 8pm on March 16 at Salon Saigon on 6d Ngoâ Thôøi Nhieäm Street ing and unique aspects but three regions, the north, Then at university he sunny day,” he said. “I am in HCM City’s District 3. my favourite style has to be central and southern region. continued with some Chi- also very interested in the Katsura picked up his first saxophone in the early 1970s and was the one I learnt from my “Historically, there nese styles of . history of Vieät Nam - par- quickly drawn to modern jazz, avant-garde and free improvisation. Before 2003, he was relatively unknown, but has now shown master - a Buddhist martial have been lots of different Roe said he practises ticularly the warrior spirit - himself to be one of the most unique musicians in Japan. art from the Seven Moun- influences in each region so every day on his own, that remains strong and per- He has toured the US and Europe, and performed at many tains region in An Giang the diversity in practices teaches self-defence meates many aspects of festivals such as Musique Innovatrices 2005, Castello Canalis Province called Böûu Sôn from location to location is classes for young women Vietnamese culture today.” 2007, Beppu Contemporary Art Festival 2008, Ftarri Festival Phaät Moân Quyeàn which very interesting,” he said. and regularly joins compe- Roe said he hopes to 2008, Amplify translates as ‘Dharma Moun- Roe found that Viet- titions and ex- continue his training in Festival 2008 tain Martial Arts’,” he told namese martial arts are changes to keep his skills Vietnamese martial arts and and Asian Meeting Festival Vieät Nam News. unique for several reasons. sharp. keep spreading the prac- 2009. “I trained intensively “Firstly the environ- “One of the most impor- tices. Tickets are with my teacher for six ment has played a big role tant things I have learnt “I am also going to re- from VNÑ200,000 years, before he moved in their development, due through studying martial lease an action-adventure to VNÑ300,000. with his family to the USA, to aspects like the moun- arts is patience,” he said. “I novel called Where Tigers — VNS so now I continue to train tainous terrain and thick for- used to be quite short-tem- Roam,” he said. and teach on my own.” ests, movements often ap- pered when I was young, so “It is set in the border- While learning differ- pear less-linear than in other learning to be calm and col- highlands of Vieät Nam and Expat Corner is a space where expats can share ent styles of martial arts, styles of Chinese or Japa- lected was a challenge for China and features martial their experiences of Vieät Nam or events for the calendar Roe realised that although nese martial arts,” he said. me at first. Other important arts as an important theme and reach out to one another in the thriving expat numerous and varied, there “Secondly, the physi- aspects include dedication, of the story - hopefully, community, so please email your stories or listings to was very little information cality of the practitioners focus and just learning to this will inspire readers [email protected] by Wednesday. The stories will run about them available, and has been an important fac- stay healthy and in good too!” — VNS every Thursday.