THE FIRST VIETNAMESE ETHNIC ORCHESTRA - SEAPHONY
Seaphony orchestra is created by a group of professional artists called The Southeast Asian (S.E.A) Sound Project. The project is envisioned by the musical expert Nguyen Nhat Ly to be a platform for music enthusiasts to share the passion, innovate and develop with ethnic musical instruments.
As a result of the group’s months of research, creation, and experimental performances, Seaphony orchestra was introduced and debuted a remarkable ethnic music concert ‘DEM VO THUC BAN DIA’ in Hanoi, December 2017.
SEAPHONY KEY FEATURES
Directed by Nguyen Nhat Ly
Ly is the music director of all acclaimed spectacles of Lune Production. He inspires and guides many passionate artists in S.E.A Sound to create Seaphony orchestra.
Unique
The first orchestra in Vietnam that delivers unique and mesmerising symphony from original ethnic instruments.
Talented Vietnamese artists
Seaphony orchestra assembles over 50 artists, musicians and composers from ethnic communities in provinces of the North, Central Highlands, and Southern Coast of Vietnam.
Combination of native sounds
Jaw harps, leaf flutes, Paranung drum, powerful vocals are to name a few in 15 native musical sounds uniquely combined in Seaphony.
Shows by city
A O Show
A vivid portrait of Vietnam in urbanization time, painted with unique stage visuals and a touch of humor.
The name ‘A O’ derives from ‘Lang Pho’, which means ‘village and city’. The show depicts the charming beauty and cultural richness of Vietnamese life in the countryside, in contrast with the nation’s racing urbanization. The show is a unique mix of bamboo circus, acrobatic acts, dance, and theatrical visual art. The live music echoes Vietnamese Southern work songs. All in all, this beautiful blend of genres creates a unique stage language, which well captures the essence of Vietnam’s fascinating culture.
Teh Dar
Embodiment of vigorous Vietnamese tribes culture thru cirque, dance, music from tribal instruments.
Teh Dar invites audience on a venture into the enchanting world of Vietnamese highlanders. Wild animal hunts, moonlit romance, jungle's tales of death and reincarnation, are all recreated with stunning Vietnamese Bamboo Circus, daring acrobatics, and hypnotizing melody from exotic tribal instruments certified cultural heritage by UNESCO. Meaning ‘going in circle’ in the highland tribe K'ho's tongue, Teh Dar embrace and preserve beautiful and diverse Vietnamese tribal cultures. As the artists keep inspiring, the circle of tribal life keeps going, the cultures shall remain.
Lang Toi - My Village
The poetic beauty of Vietnamese village life, recreated using iconic bamboo, breathtaking cirque and exotic live music.
Lang Toi (My Village) is a delicate merge of tradition and innovation, where poetic beauty of Northern Vietnam’s village life is presented under Vietnamese Bamboo Circus approach. Farming, building activities, traditional games, lifestyle of Northern villagers are recreated by ancestral bamboo props, breath-taking circus and acrobatics, rhythmic dance, to distinct folk music from more than 20 musical instruments.
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