[NEohioPAL] Fri., 6/14 Vietnamese concert in Hudson

[David Badagnani]

Rare performance of an exquisite world music tradition


"One Hundred Years of Joy":

An elegant evening of Ca trù music from Hanoi, Vietnam
featuring Cleveland Foundation Creative Fusion artist in residence

Phạm Thị Huệ - voice, đàn đáy and đàn tỳ bà lutes
and her daughter Nguyễn Huệ Phương - voice, phách clapper
with guest musician David Badagnani, sheng

Friday, June 14, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Old Church on the Green
1 East Main Street
Hudson, Ohio
No tickets required; $10 suggested donation at the door (or pay what you can)
Venue website: http://www.aum.org/
Free parking on the street and in the church's small parking lot
Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/281958725252693/

Named by UNESCO in 2003 as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, ca trù is a music like no other.  Beguiling and intimate, this centuries-old poetic singing tradition, whose lyrics comprise some of Vietnam's finest literature, immerses the listener in an intoxicating world of images and sounds from times past.  Never before performed in public in Ohio and exceedingly rare even in Vietnam, don't miss this chance to hear ca trù music in the historic setting and sonorous acoustics of Hudson's Old Church on the Green (built in 1860).

Phạm Thị Huệ is a graduate of the Vietnam National Conservatory of Music in Hanoi, Vietnam's most prestigious conservatory, where she majored in đàn tỳ bà (pear-shaped lute) performance.  Later mastering the đàn đáy (long-necked trapezoid lute), she has become a prominent figure in the effort to preserve and promote Vietnam's ancient tradition of ca trù, often appearing in newspapers and on television.  The proprietor of a ca trù house in Hanoi's historic old quarter, she gives regular performances with her teachers, Nguyễn Thị Chúc and Nguyễn Phú Đẹ (aged 83 and 90) and the most gifted students from her private academy.

Huệ is in Cleveland (her first time in the U.S.) from April through June 2013, sponsored by The Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion international artist residency program. She is hosted by Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio which has engaged her in many workshops with youth in the Cleveland public schools and connected her to local musicians as well. Her visit represents only the second time a ca trù artist has come to perform in the United States and share this musical tradition, and her performances will be the first-ever solo ca trù recitals in this country.

For her Hudson performance, Huệ will be joined by her 14-year-old daughter Nguyễn Huệ Phương, herself a promising singer, having studied ca trù intensively since the age of 5 and taking courses at the National Conservatory.

For a cross-cultural finale in the spirit of Creative Fusion, Huệ will perform a piece for đàn đáy and Chinese sheng (mouth organ) with David Badagnani of the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble.


The performance will be followed by a reception featuring a tasting of several rare Vietnamese green and flower-scented teas, as well as a selection of Vietnamese cakes and pastries.

The concert is made possible by Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio through The Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion Program, an urban-based international artist residency program that brings up to twelve international artists to Northeast Ohio each year for three-month residencies with area cultural institutions. Invited artists get the opportunity to develop new work and share a contemporary view of their culture with our community.

More about the Creative Fusion program:
http://www.clevelandfoundation.org/category/creative-fusion/

More about Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio:
http://www.yaneo.org/


Videos of Phạm Thị Huệ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRTFe0LlqDk
http://www.youtube.com/user/CatruVietnam/videos
 
Phạm Thị Huệ websites:
http://catruthanglong.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Catruthanglong
https://www.facebook.com/huecatru

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pham-Thi-Hue-Page/188671537843841

Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phạm_Thị_Huệ

Article about Huệ's visit to Cleveland:
http://www.clevelandfoundation.org/2013/05/three-clouds-coming-together/

Videos about ca trù:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz35icN-stA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMGWe74__KA
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