[NEohioPAL] Wed. 6/19 Vietnamese music @ Shaker Heights

[David Badagnani]

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One last Northeast Ohio performance of an exquisite world music tradition

"One Hundred Years of Joy":
An elegant evening of Ca trù music from Hanoi, Vietnam

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

   featuring Cleveland Foundation Creative Fusion artist in residence

   and Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio guest
Phạm Thị Huệ - voice, đàn đáy and đàn tỳ bà lutes, sáo trúc bamboo flute
and her daughter Nguyễn Huệ Phương - voice, phách clapper
   with special guests
   Ismail Douglas - guitar and berimbau
   Josh Sherman - tabla
   Linda Thomas Jones/Iyanifa Fasi Irunsewe - voice and djembe
   David Badagnani - sheng
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland 

21600 Shaker Boulevard
Shaker Heights, Ohio
No tickets required; $10 suggested donation at the door (or pay what you can)
Venue website: http://firstunitariancleveland.org/

Inscribed by UNESCO in 2009 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, 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 sonorous acoustics of Shaker Heights, Ohio's First Unitarian Church of Cleveland.

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 Hue 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 Shaker Heights 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 an intercultural finale in the spirit of Creative Fusion, Huệ will perform several collaborative pieces representing musics from four continents: Ismail Douglas (guitar and berimbau), Josh Sherman (tabla), Linda Thomas Jones/Iyanifa Fasi Irunsewe (voice and djembe), and David Badagnani (sheng).


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/


Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/184208651738445/


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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