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| The artists performing tonight at Idecaf - Photo: The organizers |
Pierre Diaz (saxophone), the string trio Zephyr, Huong Thanh (vocals), Alex Tran (percussions) and Nguyen Thu Thuy (Vietnamese violin) will perform.
The artists will play a subtle fusion of jazz, Eastern and Mediterranean rhythms and traditional Vietnamese music through song, words and improvisation.
Pierre Diaz began music in Languedoc-Roussillon (France) at age 12 and soon joined a band, touring around the region. His first CD (Duo), released in early 2000, was noticed by “hot jazz” critics. He toured in Vietnam in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Zephyr has members - cellist and soprano singer, Claire Menguy, violinist and mezzo-soprano singer Marion Diaques, violinist and alto singer Delphine Chomel.
Huong Thanh began learning cai luong (traditional southern opera) at age 10 and moved to France in 1988. In 1995, she met the jazzman Nguyen Le and found a whole new world of music. The result of this combination between cai luong and jazz was a CD titled Ile – Tales from Vietnam (2006), that became a hit and won prizes.
Born in France in 1975, Alex Tran began learning percussion and piano at the Academy of Metz at age seven. At 20, he taught for four years in a percussion school in Metz. Then he found his inspiration on stage. Meanwhile, Nguyen Thu Thuy often travels abroad for traditional music training and performances. She leads a group of traditional musicians and they tour all around Vietnam.
Ticket are VND100,000 and VND50,000 for students and are on sale at Idecaf.
