Wed 6/19 @ 7pm
Enjoy a rare NEO performance of Ca trù music w/ visiting artist Phạm Thị Huệ.
About: 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.
No tickets required; $10 suggested donation at the door (or pay what you can) @ First Unitarian Church of Cleveland in Shaker Hts.