From November 22 to December 3, 2007, the European Music Festival will be held in Hanoi and HCM City (free). This is a chance for Vietnamese audiences to taste Jazz, Rock, Pop and Electronic music from Europe.
Moi CapriceHere are the portraits of some European bands that will take part in the upcoming festival.
Moi Caprice rock band from Denmark
The music of the Danish quartet, Moi Caprice, is the sound of grandiose and theatrical pop/rock music about the longing for romance, love and the good life.
Danish 4 piece band Moi Caprice rose to underground fame in the late nineties when they entered the top slot on the Alternative Chart with the song The Sun & the Silence as the first unsigned band ever.
A few years would pass before the band released their first actual single, Daisies, and despite it being a slightly awkward ballad, the song turned into a minor hit in
The next single, Artboy Meets Artgirl, proved Moi Caprice one of the finest art rock bands in the country, and paved the way for their 2003 full-length debut, Once Upon a Time in the North, which was widely praised by critics.
After an extensive tour Moi Caprice released their second album, You Cant Say No Forever, in early 2005. Again the reviews were amazing, some claiming it to be a true masterpiece. Both To the Lighthouse and My Girl You Blush turned into hits, on both the Alternative and the mainstream charts.
In early 2006 Moi Caprice was nominated for the grand prize of the Radio Awards. Moi Caprice has been widely acknowledged for their skilful song writing, their apt ear for the pop tune in a dark melancholic musical setting, their highly intelligent lyrics in an original style that is inarguably the sound of no one but themselves.
The band has just released its third album "The Art of Kissing Properly".
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Adam Butler
At the age of 6, Adam Butler started his musical career with his first piano lessons. At the age of 13 he swapped the piano for the electric guitar.
At the age of 20, he found himself outside a local music shop at opening time, wanting to swap his guitar for a sampler. At the age of 24, ankle damage forced him to stop skateboarding, and he became Vert. His first release was a 12” of skewed drill and bass, Broken Breakbeat Bebop, on Bovinyl, a label started with Animals on Wheels and Milky Boy. This 12” somehow landed on the turntable of Jan St Werner from Mouse on Mars, who got in touch and asked Vert to contribute to their fledgling label Sonig.
Over the next 5 years, he released 3 albums of intricate instrumental electronica, or “electronic jazz chamber music” as one reviewer described it, including The Koln Konzert , a pop version of the original jazz classic. Adam Butler has played extensively throughout
Trio Grande from Wallonia-Brussels (
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Quintet
The group is headed by Gast Waltzing who was the founder of the Conservatoire of Luxembourg's Jazz Department and remains the head. In the course of his prestigious career, he has released tens of albums ranging from classical to jazz to dance and has composed the scores of over 100 TV movies and cinema releases. His latest project
Pierrick Pedron and quartet from France
Discovering the world of the jazz at the age of 16, Pierrick Pedron is one of those rare musicians who have acquired four primordial characteristics. First of all there is the "time" (the essential accuracy of the set up), next there is the phrasing (the art of giving a personal twist to the music), then the breathing (the manner of "ventilating" music to bring notes to life), and finally, undoubtedly the quality the most important and the most difficult to possess: sound.
This immediately recognisable style is also what gives the artist the push to take off and reach further, higher spheres. Accompanied by Franck Agulhon (percussion), Patrick Cabon (piano) and Thomas Bramerie (double bass), (these last two have already come to Vietnam during the previous festival), Pierrick Pédron will without a doubt fascinate the Vietnamese public, thanks to his saxophonist maturity and his profound respect for jazz fused with his exceptional talent.
Sweet Susie (electronic music) from
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She combines different styles which are mostly based in Dub music. Starting in 1995, Sweet Susie is, together with Guemix and Sugar B, host of the legendary Dub Club in Flex.
Countless national as well as international DJ's and musicians (like Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Coroeration, Mad Professor) have performed over the years in
Pop singer ROBERTA from
Since 1994, Roberta has had an intensive schedule both as a performer and artist. She took part in the biggest pop and rock musical events in
She has been performing regularly with her band in the most popular live-music clubs in
Roberta won the top award for 'Best singer' at the International festival “Together for Europe” in Italy, and the second prize in the Song competition “Songs for Sofia” in Sofia, Bulgaria, as well as many other prizes.
The arrival of the European Music Festival is guaranteed to wake up the music scene in
The European Music Festival 2007 is simply a new version of an old favourite – representing the new format of the European Jazz Festival – an event which has previously established itself as an outstanding fixture on
The purpose of this innovation is to cater to a wider range of audiences and tastes, while continuing to showcase European contemporary music. The European Music Festival 2007 is a free music event open to all ages, embracing classical jazz, the driving beat of rock ‘n roll, the creativity of electronic music, and also featuring dancing melodies – altogether great value for music fans.
The European Music Festival 2007 will take place as a series of mid-week and weekend concerts at the Youth Theatre and the Conservatory of Music in
Admission is free. Tickets can be reserved and collected from
56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, 24 Trang Tien, 40 Cat Linh
Tel: 7 34 22 51, Tel: 9 3621 64, Tel: 8 436780
(Source: TP/EU commission to
. This is a chance for Vietnamese audiences to taste Jazz, Rock, Pop and Electronic music from Europe.)
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