PROFILE_FULL
vunhat tan
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1970_born and living in hanoi_vietnam
1987_certificate of piano primary at vietnam national academy of music
1991_diplomas of secondary in composition&musicology at vietnam national academy of music
1995_bachelors in composition&musicology at vietnam national academy of music_lecturer in composition&musicology at vietnam national academy of music
1996_member of vietnam national composer’s association
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2000
scholarship from DAAD (deutscher akademischer austauschdient) to studies of contemporary&computer music in “staatlichen hochschule fuer musik koeln” in cologne, germany
Roaring Hoofs_new music festival in Ulanbataar_Mongolia
2001
SEIDE festival by “Internationale Gesellschaft fuer Neue Music_IGMN” basel, switzerland
2002
grant from Asian Cultural Council_ACC to research on contemporary music&
ethnomusicology in the USA; participated in LSU 57th festival of contemporary music in baton rouge, louisiana USA; visiting student in composition at music department of university of california UCSD san diego USA
arts network asia ANA vietnam workshop, hanoi
2003
the 6th Totally Huge New Music festival in perth, australia
project “space of traditional and contemporary music” in beijing&shanghai, china_under the sponsor of the arts network asia ANA singapore
participated in contemporary arts panel discussion sponsored by british council in hochiminh city, vietnam
2004
Festival of Arts in hue city_sponsored by british council in hanoi, vietnam
2005
group exhibition&music at elizabeth galleries in hanoi&hochiminh city, vietnam
group exhibition&music concert at national opera&ballet theater in hanoi
group exhibition&music show at dragon gallery, hanggai str.41 in hanoi
participated in the “Second International Music festival Phnompenh”_cambodia
2006
participated in “transSplash_ jouissance” visual, music&sound project by “a little blah blah_albb” in HCMcity (saigon)_vietnam
“sound from the old appartment blocks”_music/sound and visual project in the goethe institute hanoi, vietnam
2007
AsiaPacificFestival of Contemporary Music in Wellington, NewZealand_02/2007
WonderfullWeekend in TheareWorks the “73-12 studio”_Singapore, 04/2007
Asian Arts Mart in Singapore_06/2007
Hadaka:K_electro noise music performances&workshops_EsplandeTheatre Singapore_09/2007
Ultima Contemporary Music Festival in Oslo_Norway
BEK_Piksel_Festival for Digital Arts in Bergen_Norway, 09 to 11/2007
2008
[smokes&mirrors]_sound&visualProject&Performance performed in BritishCouncilHanoi_03/2008
HanoiSoundsStuff_the 1st.international electronic music festival_hanoiVietnam03/2008
hotMusic_sound&visualPerformances performed in L’espaceHanoi_06/2008 CrackingBamboo_internationalPercussionMusicFestival_hanoi&HCMcity_vietnam,10/2008
leMoisDEl’image_internationVisual&electronicMusic in HCMcityVietnam_10/t2008
I LOvePHO_multimediaProject in sydneyAustralia_12/2008
jetlagElectronicMusicFestival in MUINE’_HCMcity_vietnam_12/2008
2009
ScandinAsianMusicAlliance_electro/computerMusic&improvisationProject_ hanoiVIETNAM, 02/2009
HanoiSoundStuff_2ndInternationalElectronicMusicFestival_hanoiVIETNAM, 03/2009
HanoiNewMusicInternationalFestival_AEm15/experimentalElectroMusic performance, hanoi&HCMcity.Vietnam_10.2009
HanoiInternational.lighting&soundArtFestival[ConvergingLight]daoanhkhanhArtSpace hanoiVietnam[10.2009]
HanoiInternationalStreetMusicFestival/1st_VNTstreetNoises_hanoiVietnam,11.2009
HanoiSoundScape_sponsored by the goetheInstituteVietnam_streetSoundRecordings, CDpublishing,workshop&performances[hanoiVietnam]09.2009/2010
2010
HanoiInternational.lighting&soundArtFestival[theBridge of Sounds]daoanhkhanhArtSpace hanoiVietnam[02.2010]
HanoiSoundStuff/3rd.GreenSpace_InternationalElectronicMusicFestival
VNTnoiseGroup_hanoiVietnam[03.2010]
ThangLong[AscendingDragon]ContemporaryMusicFestival
by theVietnamNationalAcademy0FMusic&SouthwestChamberMusicSCMCalifornia
performed in Hanoi&HCMcity[Vietnam] & LosAngeles[USA]03,04.2010
2012
HanoiSoundStuff/5th.GreeenSpace_InternationalElectronicMusicFestival
VNTG_hanoiVietnam[03.2012]
LosAngeles International New Music Festival_LosAngeles[USA_04/05.2012]
solo works
doan trang
(a blank)
piano 1989-1996
dong ai 04/1998
(winter melancholy)
piano 1998
vong co 1998
(thinking of the past)
piano 1998
tranh khac da
(stoneblock print)
piano 1998
my xuan 1997
improvisation for piano 1997
thanh thuy
dan tranh (sixteen string zither) 1998
dong ai 03/1998
(winter melancholy)
dan tranh (sixteen string zither) 1998
my xuan 1999
dan tranh (sixteen string zither) 1999
hallo 2000
piano with metronome 2000
sa’o mo*
(dreamland)
improvisation for bamboo-flute 1999/2000
four minutes for bamboo-flutes with piano 2001
for bamboo-flutes and piano_live
my improvisation
bamboo-flute, synthesizer, violin-sound effects and organ 2001
dde^m da`i
(a sleepless night)
improvisation for percussion 2001
graphic-notation
one or/more instrument(s) 2001
moment
one or/more instrument(s) 2001
co^`ng
improvisation for gongs and tamtams 2001
hoa mu*a
(rain flower)
flute and guitar 2002
meditation and … abc
violin and cello 2002
trang 1996
(the moon)
cello solo 1996
nhi
violin solo 2003
xo^’m
mixed musical&soundInstruments&laptop computer 2004
va.c
version01 for ti’nh tau (plain-key lute)&laptop computer 2004
version02 for laptop computer&sound devices 2005
gio.t
dan tranh
(sixteen-strings zither) 2005
bu’ng
computerImprovising 2005
cho^m_transplash project.saigon “the more feeling..”
computerDJ 2006
sounds from appartment blocks
mixed electroComputer music 2006
the hailstorm in hanoi
mixed computer sound 2007
the road-machines
a mix of sounds&noises_computerRecording&sound devices
Oxygen Project.saigonVietnam&singapore2007
aRainyTrain_computer noise music_2008
VNTnoiseMachines_computer noise music_2008
theNoises_computer&electronicNoiseMusic_2008
2t for Tom_double bass and electronic_2010
ma(m_violin solo_2010
chamber music
ky uc
(memory)
ensemble instrumental 1993/94-1995/96
phac thao
(esquisse)
trio flutes 1995,1996,1997
ngu doi dang dan
(interplay of five instruments)
vietnamese traditional instruments and percussion 1998
ao don ao kep
(four-part vietnamese dress)
ensemble instrumental 1998/99
cologne 2000/cha^m 2007
stringquartet 2000/2007
nhip don nhip kep
(simple meter, compound meter)
flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello 2001/2002
tre
(the bamboo)
percussion 2002/2003
co^’m
trio percurssion 2006
mu`a mu’a
(the rains)
stringquartet 2007
co^?m
vietnamese traditional instruments
(sa’o, tie^u, nhi., nguye^.t, tranh) 2008
pho^’
(the streets)
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon_ba^`u_piano, violins, violas, cellos, double bass_2009
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song of Napalm
flute, clarinet, violins, viola, cello, double bass, tranh, ba^`u, t’rung, voices[2012]
music for orchestra
hat tho
(singing poem)
orchestra 1995
phac thao 2000
(the outline)
orchestra 1999/2000
khong gian
(the space)
orchestra 2000/2001
di vao di ra
(going in…going out)
small orchestra 2003
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hanoi, hanoi.. and hanoi
orchestra 2012
ky uc
(memory)
ensemble instrumental 1993/94-1995/96
[ky’ u’c_means Memory in Vietnamese, was composed in 1993 and revised in 1996.The score is inscribed with a descriptive statement, in French, that reads Dans l’abime profond du silence est le recrit regulier de la memoire (which translates as In the deep abyss of silence is the story of daily memory).Score for a Pierrot ensemble plus two percussionists, the music is hightly colorful, with the percussion in particular highlighted with temple blocks, various deep gongs, marimba, vibraphone, and thundering bass drum and timpani. The instrumental ensemble invokes a reverent Buddhist tradition when players clap their hands. This gesture is to wake Budda up so that one’s prayers and thoughts are heard. There is particularly seductive group cadenza with tremendous arabesques of sounds from the ensemble, blending and constrasting with improvisation and fixed notation]
awarded at “Concour de Composition de St. Germain en Laye”. France 1993-94
performed in St. Germain en Laye. France 1995
performed at Radio France. Paris 1997
performed at the Vietnam National Academy of Music,Hanoi[03.2010]
performed in Los Angeles.the Colburn School, USA[04.2010]
ThangLong[Ascending Dragon]MusicFestival_Hanoi,HCMcity,LosAngelesUSA
hat tho
(singing poem)
orchestra 1995
performed by the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra at Hanoi Conservatory Concert Hall. Vietnam 1995
“Singing Poem is the title of my work as well as generic label of many Vietnamese traditional vocal genres. Most of Vietnamese traditional vocal genres have made in three stages. First, a poem was created. Next, the poem was sung. And finally, the song was accompanied by traditional instruments. My work – Singing Poem – was composed using the same process. But the different is at my poetic text is discarded once I have finished the music based on the same text…”
phac thao 1995 & trio flutes 1995
(outline/esquisse 1995)
performed by Trio d’Argent at Children Palace Theater. Hanoi, Vietnam 1995
performed in the Louisiana Festival of Contemporary Music, Baton Rouge – USA 2002
trang
(moon)
violoncello 1996.
performed at Musicians’ Association Concert Hall. Hanoi, Vietnam 1996
performed at Hanoi Conservatory Concert Hall. Hanoi, Vietnam 1996
performed in the Louisiana Festival of Contemporary Music, Baton Rouge – USA 2002
performed in the 6th Total Huge Music Festival in Perth Australia, April 5th, 2003
performed in “Concert aux Entrepots de Toulouse” France. June 20, 2004
[trang] is based on stylistic features of vietnamese traditional music of “ca tru”, which include long slides, strident picks on the string, and violent bow strokes. [trang] are also the outline of a tiny “lighting” line expressed across the sky that like a bridge across the river../
performed in LosAngeles_theArmoryCenter for the Arts[02.2010] and the Vietnam National Academy of Music & HCMConservatory of Music[03.2010]
by ThangLong[AscendingDragon]MusicFestival_ Hanoi,HCMcity,LosAngelesUSA
doantrang
(a blank)
piano
“a slight raining, dazzling lightning, and a pierce storm..”
performed at St. Germain en Laye. France 1996
performed in the 6th Total Huge Music Festival in Perth Australia, April 5th, 2003
performed byVuNhatTan in the “dance&body performance event” in collaboration with the painter DaoAnhKhanh in Hanoi, August 2004
ngu doi dang dan
(interplay of five instruments)
Vietnamese traditional instruments and percussion 1998
awarded at Vietnam Composer’s Association 1998
performed at Hanoi Conservatory Concert Hall, Vietnam 1998
“the five performing instruments are sao (bamboo flute), nhi (two – string bowed lute), nguyet (moon lute), tranh (16-string zither), and bo go (traditional vietnamese percussions). the five players proceed in a manner similar to a conversation within a circle of close friends, in which spontaneous “give-and-takes” function as a guiding principle. in this composition I incorporate several aspects of the Southern nhac tai tu (traditional chamber music)”
thanh thuy
(spring river)
dan tranh (sixteen string zither) 1998
performed in Hanoi, Vietnam 1998
performed in the Duc’s house on stilt, ANA Vietnam workshop, November 2002
performed at the University of Arts in Beijing, China; October 2003
dong ai 03/1998
(winter melancholy)
dan tranh (Sixteen-String Zither) 1998
performed in Hanoi, Vietnam 1998
performed in the Duc’s house on stilt, ANA Vietnam workshop, November 2002
performed at the University of Arts in Beijing, China; October 2003
“in this composition, I attempt to continue the Vietnamese tradition of improvisation based on the concept of dieu or hoi (mode).The zither performer is given a musical sketch and suggestions on which modes to play based on his/her knowledge of Vietnamese traditional music.The performance on the audio tape, enclosed, displays the performer’s familiarity with the Northern cheo music”
dong ai 04/1998
(winter melancholy)
piano 1996
performed in the Roaring Hoofs Festival 2000 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 06/2000
performed in the 6th Total Huge Music Festival in Perth Australia, April 5th, 2003
“in this composition, I attempt to continue the Vietnamese tradition of improvisation based on the concept of “dieu” or “hoi” (mode). The performer is given a musical sketch and suggestions on which modes to play based on his/her knowledge of Vietnamese traditional music, and displays the performer’s familiarity with the Northern cheo music.”
phac thao 2000
(outline)
orchestra 1999/2000
performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Basel, Jan.27th 2001 in the Theatre of Basel, Switzerland, the concert was recorded by Switzerland Radio and broadcast on Feb.14th 2001 in Switzerland
performed by Hanoi National Conservatory Orchestra in Festival of Arts in Hue city_ Vietnam, April 2002
performed by Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi, August 2005
“in my score: woodwind, brass, percussion, and string can be play equal and independent because when I write this piece, I imagined about four artists play together and heart to heart: the first is woodwind, the second is brass, the third is percussion, and the fourth is string. And inside the string, as well as inside the woodwind or brass, there are many lines of melodies to overlap in an irregular way..”
sa’o mo*
improvisation for bamboo flute 1999/2000
“just a daydream…”
performed in Hanoi, Vietnam 1999
performed in the Roaring Hoofs Festival 2000 in Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia 06/2000
performed in the Theatre of Basel, Switzerland, jan2001
performed in the 6th Total Huge Music Festival in Perth Australia, April 5th, 2003
four minutes for bamboo-flutes with piano 2001
performed the 12th.Jan.2001 in the concert hall of the Musikhochschule of Cologne, Germany
performed in the 6th Total Huge Music Festival in Perth Australia, April 5th, 2003
“this is a little combination of traditional and western instruments in which I tried to use the piano as an vietnamese string instrument “dan tranh” that its sound is very familiar to me.”
my improvisation
bamboo-flute with synthesize.. 2001
performed the 5th.May 2001 in the Markus Church in Porz of Cologne, Germany
performed the 10th. May 2001 in the concert hall of the Musikhochschule of Cologne, Germany
performed at the Evening Outdoor Concert in Festival of Arts in Hue city_Vietnam, june 2004
hallo 2000
piano with metronome
performed in the concert hall of Musikhochschule of Cologne Germany, June 2001
performed at the “Evening Outdoor Concert” in the Festival of Arts in Hue city_Vietnam, june 2004
performed at the “opening of New Music&Dance Club” in the National Opera&Ballet Theatre of Vietnam in Hanoi, June 2005
performed in Zwischen Orient und Okzident II (Mongolei-Korea-Vietnam) 4 Konzerte in Zusammenarbeit der Musikhochschule Münster mit dem Museum für Lackkunst Münster, Germany_09.2007
nhip don nhip kep
(simple meter, compound meter)
flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello 2001/2002
performed in IRCAM-Centre Pompidou in May 2002, Paris-France.
performed in the 6th Totally Huge New Music Festival in Perth Australia, April 5th, 2003
performed by the “New Juilliard Ensemble” at New MoMA (the New Museum of Modern Art) in NewYorkCity, July 31, 2005
performed by BIT20 ensemble (Norway) in HCMcity_Vietnam, december 06th, 2007
“Nhip Don Nhip Kep (simple meter, compound meter) was written in April 2001, specifically for the Ensemble Alternance, which consists of a flute, a clarinet, a violin, a viola, and a cello. The piece is about 8 minutes long and divided into three unbroken sections. In sections A and B, I tried to combine the instruments so that these can be played as a tight ensemble while retaining their independence and equality. Part C is a mix of lines and meters … This piece looks back into my childhood, when I heard a lot of Vietnamese traditional music and was surrounded with old songs. It also reflects a number of aspects of traditional Vietnamese music, which I had studied, such as the Ca Tru (an esoteric chamber singing tradition in North Vietnam), Hue court music (Central Vietnam), and Nhac Tai Tu (a chamber music tradition played by the “connoisseurs” in South Vietnam..”
a sleepless night
musical performance 2002
performed November 26th 2002 by Vu Nhat Tan (bamboo-flutes, piano and percussion), Tran Van Anh (cello), Nguyen Thanh Thuy (dan tranh) and Nguyen Xuan Son (percussion) in the Duc’s house on stilts, Hanoi-Vietnam: “my performance is about 60 minutes that collaborates with the painter who is going to hang his paintings around the house that will also be supported by the host Duc”
performances in perth
audio cds 01, 02, 03, 04
Vu Nhat Tan, bamboo flutes and piano; Ross Bolleter, prepared and ruined piano; Lindsay Vickery, computer and saxophone; Jonathan Mustard, flute and recorders and electronic; Hannah Clemen, computer sound system; Peter Keelan, percussion; Tos Mahoney, flute; Cat Hope, electric guitar and synthesizer; Tetrafide Percussion Group, Australia 2003
performances number 1, 2, 3 recorded at Bakery Artrage Arts Centre in Perth Australia, April 2003
performance number 4 recorded in April 1st, 2003 at the Warps Studio, Elizabeth Str.8, Bayswater 6053 Perth western Australia
the ten courts of the kings of hell
(tha^.p ddie^.n die^m vuong)
vietnam, hanoi, May 23rd. 2003
group exhibition/installation&performance in the Art Vietnam Gallery in Hang Than Str.30 by Simon Redington, statues by Nguyen Manh Duc, music by Vu Nhat Tan, video by Tran Luong; sponsored by the host Suzanne
cha`o hoian
vietnam, hoian city, june 2003
performance by Vu Nhat Tan in collaboration with Ngo Thai Uyen, Pham Trung Hau (designers), Hoang Ly (painter, performancer), Bui Cong Khanh, Le Ngoc Thanh, Le Duc Hai (painters)
kha‘T
performance by Vu Nhat Tan piano, gongs, bells and bamboo flutes and Dao Anh Khanh voice, video cd recorded in AnhKhanh studio in GiaLam – Hanoi, August 30, 2003
trajet musical
vienam, hanoi 2003
experimental stones music program for the opening days of the L’espace in TrangTien 24 Str. Hanoi by Tony Dinapoli from Belgium, Vu Nhat Tan and the percussion group “Phu Dong II” from HoChiMinh city, Sep.13, 2003
performances in Hue
music&sound performances by Vu Nhat Tan, in collaboration with painters Thanh&Hai and friends at New Space gallery in Pham Ngu Lao 28 Str. in Hue city, also with students at Hue University of Arts, from Sep.25th to 28th, 2003
ao don ao kep
(four-part vietnamese dress) ensemble instrumental 1998/99
performed in the Asian Music Festival 2003 in Tokyo-Japan, September 23rd, 2003
(Afternoon Chamber Music Concert in Bunkyo Civic Sub Hall by Sawa Quartet&other performers)
“I wrote Ao Don Ao Kep based on memory from my childhood when I heard traditional music by groups of performers who wore four-part Vietnamese traditional dresses… In my score, all of the instrumentation can be play equal and independent because when I write this piece, I imagined about seven artists play together and heart to heart that creating many lines of melodies to overlap in an irregular way…”
performances in beijing No.1, 2, 3 and cha^m..
there are parts of project “Space of Traditional and Contemporary Music” sponsored by the ArtsNetworkAsia ANA Singapore
Tran Hau Yen The, perform/installation
Nguyen Thanh Thuy, dan tranh
Giu Ji, guzheng
Vu Nhat Tan, bamboo flutes, prepared piano and video
all the video cds were recorded in Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts, in Nuage Club, and in Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, China, October 2003
street symphonies
vietnam, hanoi 2003
“an innovative multi-media evening of sound and imagery inspired by the street calls of Vietnam and the UK”; the project sponsored by the British Council in Hanoi and in collaboration with the UK composer Robin Rimbau (Scaner) and Vienamese artists: Nguyen Van Cuong, dan nguyet; Chi Minh, sound Fx; Nguyen Manh Hu`ng, drum; anh Vu Nhat Tan, prepared piano
a film in many films
vietnam, hanoi 2003
improvisational music by Vu Nhat Tan, dan nguyet and bamboo flutes; Nguyen Xuan Son, drum; Nguyen Van Cuong, drum; Nguyen Manh Hung, electric guitar; and Chi Minh, sound FX ; audio CD recorded in F5 Studio in GiaLam, Hanoi. November 20, 2003
tre
percussion 2003
performed by the “Schlagzeugensembles der Freiburger Musikhochschule” for the New Music Festival “Marco Polo’s Koffer” in Freiburg, Germany. Jan, 2003
pito`
a live sound-performance by Vu Nhat Tan
video cd was recorded in nha` sa`n studio in Hanoi, January 08, 2004
“I am preparing for my sound-performance the 8th of January at 19:30pm in the Duc’s house on stilts (nha` sa`n studio – 462 duong buoi, hanoi). This will be a conceptive sound-performance that the sound will (or not) be appearing in my mind also for the audiences, if the sound(s) just appear in my mind, it will go through the instruments to the audiences, if nothing come to my mind, there will be silence..”
xo^’m
improvisational music by vunhattan
1. the oil-pump
2. dan nguyet
3. sa’o tre
4. laptop computer
this is a live audio recording with natural street sounds came through the opened windows at my home studio in hanoi-vietnam, May 2004
va.c
version for “ti’nh tau”(plain-key lute)&laptop computer
1. va’c
2. va`c
3. va.c
4. va?c
improvisational music by vunhattan.audio cd recorded at home studio August 2004, hanoi-vietnam
this is a live audio recording with natural street sounds came through the opened windows at my home studio
body frame/video frame
video installation by Rich Streitmatter-Tran, performance-music by Vu Nhat Tan, held by the Centre Culturel Francais “L’Espace” 24 Trang Tien Str., Hanoi Mar.19, 2004
“explorer les relation multiples qui peuvent se nouer entre le corps: c’est la proposition artistique de Richard Steitmatter-Tran en reponse a` l’invitation de L’espace, qu’ll developpera en compagnie du compositeur experimental Vu Nhat Tan et de Phan thi Hong Chau, Nguyen phuc Hung, Nguyen phuc Hai, danseurs de Ballet de HoChiMinh Ville”
free improvisation/experimental music workshop
for the Festival of Arts in Hue city sponsored by the British Council in Hanoi (Vietnam), Vu Nhat Tan-laptop computer/sound in collaboration with Robin Rimbau (Scanner.UK) Chi Minh-electronic/sound, Nguyen Van Cuong-electronic/sound, Nguyen Xuan Son-percussion, June 2004
special music for dance
Vu Nhat Tan, in collaboration with the Fin&Ben dance company (UK) for the Workshop of Contemporary Dance at Vietnam National Opera&Ballet Theatre sponsored by the British Council in Hanoi, August 2004
limDim
performance arts sponsored by the BritishCouncil&GoetheInstitute in Hanoi with the support of the Agency for Cultural Affaires Japan/a part of free improvising music using the oil-pump&bamboo flutes by VuNhatTan at the space of BritishCouncil Hanoi, October 2004
nhi
a piece for violin solo 2003
performed at Marlboro Concert in Vermont USA October 23, 2004
performed by TuanAnh the violist at “the opening of new music&dance club” in the National Opera&Ballet Theatre of Vietnam, June 2005
hoa mu*a
(rain flower)
a piece for flute&guitar 2002
performed at Marlboro Concert in Vermont USA October 23, 2004
performed in Zwischen Orient und Okzident II (Mongolei-Korea-Vietnam) 4 Konzerte in Zusammenarbeit der Musikhochschule Münster mit dem Museum für Lackkunst Münster, Germany_09.2007
soundtrack for “thang”
(“thang” the bamboo-ladders)
installation&soundtracks at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi by TranHauYenThe&VuNhatTan from Feb.28 to Marc.08, 2005
va.c&xo^?m
music performance, installation&video by VuNhatTan&TranHauYenThe at the BritishCouncil 40 CatLinh Str, Hanoi; sponsored by the British Council in Hanoi April 10, 2005; the live recording of VAC is released as a computer music CD in June 2005
“Va.c, in vietnamese this is the name of a bird-the bittern
whose shadow is visible in lullabies
as a verb it describes a fire that gradually goes out in the middle of a dark, silent night
as a verb it also portrays the awe-inspiring cold blade used in scraping bones
and strangely enough, it also evokes the name of some distant village or hamlet
but what else does it mean, i wonder..
the turn
(lo^’i re~)
group exhibition by Le Thiet Cuong&TranHuy Hoan the painters and Vu Nhat Tan composer at Elizabeth gallery Dinh Tien Hoang str. 31 Hanoi in June15, 2005 also at “Son&Then” gallery in HoChiMinh city in July08, 2005
ha.t ga.o
(the grains of rice)
group exhibition of painting, statue, photo, poetry, and music
by Le Thiet Cuong, painter
Tran Dang Khoa, poet
Vu Nhat Tan, composer
Tran Quoc Khanh, photographer
Duong Minh Long, photographer
at Dragon gallery, Hang Gai str.41 Hanoi, September 16th- 23th 2005
“gio.t” for dan tranh (vietnamese sixteen-string zither) composed by VuNhatTan&performed by NguyenThanhHa for the opening of the exhibition
bu’ng
computer Improvising
1. bu’ng
2. bu`ng
3. bung
4. bu?ng
audio CD recorded at home studio in hanoi, vietnam
produce by vunhat tan, design&photo by dinhhung son, July 2005
gio.t
vietnamese traditional sixteen-strings zither
improvisation&mixed computer
1. gio.t
2. lung
3. bung
by ThanhHa&ThanhThuy the dantranh players at the exhibition “the grains of rice” in dragon gallery in hanoi, audio CD recorded&remixed at studio no.27thuykhue str., hanoi-vietnam
produce by vunhat tan, design&photo by dinhhung son, Sep.2005
transSplash_ jouissance
visual, music&sound project by “a little blah blah_albb”
at Xu bar haibatrung 75, 1st distric, hochiminh city_vietnam
live bottle sound performance and pre-recording music&sound by vunhat tan
June 29, 2006 at 7:00pm
street tea-place
(qua’n nuo’c via he`)
visual&sound project
TranHauYenThe_visual performance & VuNhatTan_pre-recording sounds
Hanoi Fine Arts University_VietNam_November 2006
sound from the old appartment blocks
(a^m thanh khu tap the)
music/sound and video performance
live electroComputer music/sound&video by VuNhatTan&NguyenManhHung
performed in goethe institute 56 nguyenthaihoc str.,hanoi_vietnam[November 05,2006]
performed in Asian Arts Mart in singapore, June 2007
OxygenProject
[wonderfulWeekend in hochiminhCity&Singapore]
the road-machines_mixed sounds&noises_experimental music&sound by
VuNhat Tan_laptop computer&sound devices at “blue space” in hochiminh city_vietnam and the “TheatreWorks_studio 73-12” in Singapore, april 2007
hanoiMoving
DVj_sounds&images performance at L’espace 24 trangtien str.Hanoi, May2007
vunhat tan/laptop music&sound, nguyenmanh hung/electronicGuitar, triminh/laptopDjing
nguyenmanh thang/Vjing
Hadaka:K_experimental electro/computer_mini festival in singapore, september 2007
vunhattan_”noise” and “street noise”_laptop computer&noiseMachine, 30minSound&talk
theNoises_laptop computer, noiseMachine&piano_solo 45 minutes
Equatorial Rhythms Exhibition in Oslo_Norway, september 28, 2007
my home city_hanoi, is a daily growing city, the narrow streets with thousands of moving cars, motorcycles and bikes.., the cramped sidewalks are used somehow as irregular private parking-lots, food-courts, cafes, also shopping stores.., and both the street’s surface and sidewalk’s space sometimes employed to such as small or even large roadworks..
and so, all makes noises..
these noises as in a fierce storm, if you are there..
smoke&mirrors
videoInstallation and noiseMusic
by vunhattan_noiseMusic/sound & brianRing_videoInstallation
the idea is to present a piece which references the issue of climate change as a major topic in the environmental debate
a four-channel synchronized video work would be installed (depending on the specifics of the exhibition space, the piece may be installed as a three-channel, or even a two-channel work). video would include images from the Bali conference, combined with images from local Hanoi traffic, especially exhaust pipes and fumes. Other images, directly or indirectly related to the theme of climate change, including CO2 emissions, and expressing hope and lament would also be used, as well as some use of digital effects
the images would be projected onto the four sides of a cube installed in the exhibition space. the cube would consist of strips of plexiglas suspended from the ceiling in such a way that they are free to rotate. the four sides of this cube of plexiglas strips would thus form the four screens onto which the video is projected. the observer would be confronted with fragmented images which would merge, interact with and affect one another and would cast their reflections into every corner of the exhibition space. in so doing they make reference to the complexity of the debate, the intransigence of some of the players, and the far-reaching effects expected, as well as the hopes and fears related to the seriousness of the issue
the video and installation are surrounded by prepared sounds based on the recorded street noises, also by a live noise performance using electronic devices and laptop computer, and all are the reflection of this too noisy and polluted city and also related to video’s subject, the moving sound and a heavy live noise performance will also work with the moving images and video installation in these interactive ways
venue: British Council 40catlinh str. hanoi
performing time: 90minutes
performing dates: March 23, 2008
hotMusic
by DC_factory/a sound artist group
vunhat tan, nguyenxuan son, nguyenmanh hung and dinhcong dat/visual artist
realization and perfoming/sound section in the concert hall
the DC_factory perform for 3days with 3 defferent sound subjects, live feedback sound using contact microphones and independent surround sound systems, mixed new-traditional live music based on new-traditional percussions and electronic devices, and laptop noise music..
visual section
using public spaces inside l’espace, visual artist dinhcong dat will cover whole these spaces and make his designing for also the concert hall such as lighting and through live video projectors, so Dat will use million of defferent and colourful threads in this his big space visual work
venue_L’espace 24trangtienStr.Hanoi
time_june30, july01&02_2008 from 6pm
crackingBamboo
internationalPercussionMusicFestival_hanoi&HCMcity_vietnam2008
VuNhatTan/bambooflutes&piano improvisation
streetNoises
bambooFlutes, piano&laptopComputer_mixed&livePerformance by VuNhatTan, audioLiveRecording in hanoiOperaHouse and HCMcityConservatoryOFmusic_09.2008
noise&beat
leMoisDEl’image
02………..>21/10/2008 in HCMcityVietnam
liveElectronicMusic&noises in theCage/bar.3Atonducthang_HCMcity12.10.2008
mu`a mu’a
(the rains)
stringquartet 2007
“the rains” was written during the four summer months in Hanoi, when the rain of the fence mixed phase clouds and storms. Summer weather in Hanoi is very warm, this is when the fan’s sound was mixed with the rain’s noise and also the noisy vehicles from outside preferred to mix the advertise goods on the streets.. “the rains” is formed during that time, this work has almost 14m in length with violin1, violin2, viola and cello all play as independent but in a mix together, sometimes in as one, then separated in parallel play, work began a music features simulated folk songs, and then gradually expand and develop..
[tác phẩm “Mùa mưa” được viết trong thời gian bốn tháng mùa hè tại Hànội, khi những cơn mưa rào xen lẫn những đợt mây và bão. Thời tiết mùa hè ở Hànội rất nóng, tiếng mưa rào bên ngoài xen lẫn tiếng quạt gió ào ào trong nhà, và lúc hết mưa thì tiếng ồn của xe cộ ngoài phố ùa vào phòng trộn lẫn tiếng rao hàng rong..”Mùa mưa” được hình thành trong thời gian đó.., tác phẩm có độ dài gần 14phút với bốn bè độc lập dành cho violin1 và violin2, viola, và cello, mỗi bè là một tuyến âm thanh vừa độc lập vừa hòa trộn với nhau, đôi khi nhập lại làm một, rồi lại tách rời ra chơi song song, tác phẩm bắt đầu từ một nét nhạc mô phỏng làn điệu dân ca, rồi mở rộng dần và phát triển..]
performed in l’espace_hanoiVIETNAM_2007
performed in singapore music festival_2007
performed in HCMcityVIETNAM_10.2008
performed in OsloNORWAY_2009
theRedRiver
NewSpaceArt in Hue^’ city[04.2009]
performance,Installation&videoART
VuNhatTan/laptop&noiseImprovising
ChicChicChic evening_01
minh’sCafe, behind the operaHouse, no1.trangtien str, hanoi/9pm Sunday 31May 2009
vunhattan/electronic&noiseMusic, phamquantranminh/electricGuitars, phuongvumanh/painting&video
electroDjing&improvising
YOKObar, nguyenthidieu str, dist3 HCMcity [saigon]
7TEENbar,danang city [vietnam]
vunhattan/electroDjing, phamquangtranminh/electricGuitar_06.2009
ChicChicChic electronicMusic&Video_02
alFrescoBar[basement] 98xuandieu str, tayho_hanoi/8pm 07August 2009
vunhattan/electronic&noiseDjing, phamquangtranminh&scott/guitars, phuongvumanh/live visual&video
CAMA music party
vunhattan&sonX
electroNoiseDjing60min
‘giosonghong'[on the bank of the Red River]hanoiVietnam_august15, 2009
WhiteNightBirthdayParty
daoanhkhanh’ARTspace_hanoiVietnam[august28, 2009]
vunhattan/noiseMachines, sonX/electroDrum, triminh/laptopDjing_improvisationMusic
AEm15
[version10.2009]
HanoiNewMusicFestival_hanoi&HCMcityVietnam10.2009
AEm (Automatic Electro music) has built from the idea of using music instruments and electronic hardware to programing and play music. By setting up a diagram and timeline determined, music will be under the control of the phase of spontaneously by artists
AEm is a series of musical performances with various electronic version of a short length and use of musical instruments and various electronic devices, version of this [AEm15] 15min in length, including 15pieces of small pieces of length 1min each connected, mixed and developing other serial based on the principle of ‘minimum’_using the minimum amount of equipment and instruments for building and developing from a very small musical material
AEm15 version on October 2009 performed by Vu Nhat Tan and Nguyen Manh Hung in Hanoi New Music Festival
AEm60
[version2010]
electroNoiseDj
HanoiInternationalMusicFestival#4[05.2010]
VNTnoiseMachines
electroNoiseMusic&soundImprovising
performed in hanoi &HCMcity, end of 2009/2010
b.ART
[version09.2009.demo]
body+visualART/electronicMusic&sound[by]Ngo^Lu’.c&VuNhatTan
HCMcity[saigon]Vietnam_09.2009
HanoiInternational.lighting&soundArtFestivals
based on daoanhkhanhArtSpace[hanoiVietnam]
ConvergingLight[10.2009]VNTnoiseMachines
theBridge of Sounds[02.2010]VNTnoiseGroup
LaVIE
l’espaceHanoi[03.2010]
body+visualART by PhuongVuManh
[VNTnoiseGroup]electronicMusic&sound by VuNhatTan
HanoiSoundStuff[pre-event]ElectronicMusicFestival
tadiotoArtSpaceHanoi[03.2010]
VNTnoiseGroup[+Paul/electroImprovising15min]
meditation and … abc
[violin and cello_2002]
this is a work spontaneously composing style for violin and cello duet in which each instrument is an independent member of both players have to interact each other, play a simulated traditional music and traditional interactive of vietnam
performed in LosAngeles.theArmoryCenter for the Arts[02.2010] and
the Vietnam National Academy of Music & HCMConservatory of Music[03.2010]
by ThangLong[AscendingDragon]MusicFestival_ Hanoi,HCMcity,LosAngelesUSA
pho^’
(the streets)
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon_ba^`u_piano, violins, violas, cellos, double bass_2009
[my new piece is titled “pho^'(street) in that i want to “paint” our crowded and very noisy streets in all vietnamese cities in a piece of music and sound for about 10minutes]
performed in the HanoiOperaHouse[03.2010] and the ColburnSchool,LosAngeles[04.2010] by ThangLong[AscendingDragon]MusicFestival_ Hanoi,HCMcity,LosAngelesUSA
[WorldPremiere]
GreenSilk Improvisation
VuNhatTan/piano, BuiLeChi/dan ba^`u, JimFoschia/winds, LynnVartan/percussion
ShaliniVijayan/violin, PeterJacobson/cello, TomPeter/doubleBass
[GreenSilk is an improvisation music created by a stimulating mix of cultures, compose VuNhatTan is the group’s leader,and he is joined by BuiLeChi_one of the most celebrated dan ba^`u players of Vietnam. Joining these two artists are SouthWest ChamberMusic members who represent an exiting new generetion of players who don’t see stylistic borders to their instruments, and all of whom bring a rich global perspective to their artistry]
by ThangLong[AscendingDragon]MusicFestival_ Hanoi,HCMcity,LosAngelesUSA
[U.S.Premiere]04.2010
Ba-Rock concert
Giovani Sollima/cello, VuNhatTan/piano&bamboo flutes
Hanoi Opera House, June13, 2010
The Italian Embassy in Vietnam proudly presents a special Concert performed by the greatest Italian Cellist Giovanni Sollima. An unforgettable evening where different kinds of music meet in vibrant cocktail.
Giovanni Sollima (1962) graduated with the highest honours at the Conservatory of Palermo (Sicily) and completed his studies of the Cello in Austria and Germany. At the beginning of his artistic life Giovanni Sollima undertook a brilliant, international career as cellist, collaborating with great musicians such as Claudio Abbado, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Jorg Demus and Martha Argerich. In America Giovanni Sollima is called the “Jimi Hendrix of the cello”. He plays a cello by Francesco Ruggieri dated 1679. Ever since his youth, Giovanni Sollima has been captivated by every kind of music and has sought to create new blends among the most diverse genres by combining of classical, rock and jazz music, as well as of ethnic music. Since 1992 his works have been included in important seasons in all the continents and performed with some of the greates worlds soloists as well as orchestras such as La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti and singers as Patti Smith and Italian rockstar Elisa.
On the occasion of his concert in Hanoi Giovanni Sollima will also perform with the Vietnamese composer and musician Vu Nhat Tan in a special “Hanoi Improvisation”.
Hanoi, Hanoi.. and Hanoi
orchestra
2012
performed by Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Norwaygian Friendship Concert in Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi_September 25 and 26, 2012
Hanoi, Hanoi.. and Hanoi
is written for the VietNam National Symphony Orchestra, and is funded by the MIC Transposition Norway. The piece lasts about 15minutes nonstop, with no different movements separating or breaking
Hanoi, Hanoi.. and Hanoi resonate sounds and actions of the ancient city’s daily life, reflecting my feeling for the place where i was born and raised, and am currently living
Hanoi is expanding everyday, it is more crowded, and noisier, and more chaotic compare to the days i spent growing up
because so, the piece has many different tunes and melodies and rhythms competing to top one another, it is a song with blocks of different noisy and rowdy sounds mixed with the fantastic sound of piano
this is Hanoi..
Hanoi, Hanoi.. và Hanoi
là tác phẩm soạn cho Dàn nhạc Giao hưởng Quốc gia VietNam và được tài trợ bởi MIC Transposition NaUy, tác phẩm có độ dài khoảng 15 phút và được chơi liền mạch không phân chia chương hồi
Hanoi, Hanoi.. và Hanoi phản ánh những âm thanh, các hoạt động ngày thường và là
cảm xúc của bản thân tôi về thành phố, nơi tôi đã sinh ra, lớn lên, và đang sống ở đây.
Hanoi ngày càng mở rộng ra, đông hơn, và cũng ồn ào hỗn tạp hơn rất nhiều so với
những năm tháng xưa khi tôi còn nhỏ
tác phẩm vì thế mang bên trong nhiều giai điệu, nét nhạc, đường tuyến và tiết tấu khác
biệt, chồng lấn và đan xen nhau, những khối âm thanh, tiếng ồn xen lẫn những phần
piano thơ mộng..
và đó là Hanoi
working..
composer_writting music for both symphony orchestra, ensemble & solo instruments, and also for vietnamese musical instruments
sound artist_creating&performing: electro/computer&noiseMusic
music.noise&sound Djing
acoustic instrumental improvising
piano player
music maker_writting&making music&sound for film&video, music for dance, music&sound for advertising video&programs
music organizing&curating
writting
visual/photographing
1995_co-founded Catru Thaiha_a vietnamese traditional music group in hanoi_vietnam, “catru is an esoteric musical art from the north of vietnam that is said to have originated in the tenth century and flourished among the literati in the late nineteenth century”
2006_co-founded VNRed, an experimental group of music/sound and performance art, also VNRed Space_an Hanoi based Experimental Arts Center in vietnam
2007_co-founded “DC_factory”, a group of experimental music&sound based in hanoi_vietnam
2007_founder and as manager of the Center for Experimental Musical Performing CEMP and Music Technology Department & Studio_based on Vietnam National Academy of Music in hanoiVietnam
vunhattangroup 