November 12 2016, 8:00 p.m. Vancouver Inter-cultural Orchestra: Bamboo. The first large scale concert of the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's 2016/17 season will feature the 15-member VICO with virtuoso solo performers on Vietnamese traditional instruments.. Event detailsBic Hoang (Vietnamese dan bau - one string zither monochord), Van-Anh Vo (Vietnamese dan tranh a 16-string zither, and dan trung a bamboo xylophone) and Charlie Lui (dizi - Chinese bamboo flute).The repertoire will include: The Canadian premiere of a work by Vietnamese composer Tran Manh Hung for traditional chamber quartet (erhu, dan tranh, flute and zuan), offering a peek into the musical culture of present-day Vietnam; The Canadian premiere of "Scent of Spring" by Khac Chi featuring Charlie Lui (dizi); The Canadian premiere of a work by Vietnamese/ American composer and performer Van-Anh Vo for dan tranh and intercultural chamber orchestra A new work, "The River of Memories" ,for dan bau and intercultural chamber orchestra by Bic Hoang; A new compilation of intercultural folk song arrangements for the VICO by Mark Armanini; Selected Vietnamese traditional and folk songs...
Event Details. Location:
823 Seymour Street near Robson, Vancouver