I got myself into another VIP event, this time the O Hui (high end cosmetics brand) Concert on March 20th held at Nhac Vien, Nguyen Du, in TPHCM. I think the event was for LG (O Hui is an LG brand) company high-level directors, high-level customers (shops), and uh, me. I did it again!
The main star was EunJoo Park, a violinist performer extraordinaire brought in from Korea. (Her profile on Nate for those who can read Korean)
And this is me (and team-member Hien) and her:
Outside Nhac Vien, the concert venue:
Getting the invite, I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t heard of any of the performers, I wasn’t necessarily a big fan or classical/orchestral music, and I always get nervous being around other people, let alone exclusive private events.
So I put on a suit (my best/only suit), and tried not to embarrass myself (or Hien, or the people whom had been nice enough to invite me).
The show was a lot of fun. Ngoc Khanh was the MC for the event- she’s the one in blue in the pictures below. I thought it was a strangely inconsistent blend of music- I heard mixes of classical, then contemporary, then opera (people singing?) throughout the night. When Eunjoo Park came on, though, I realized I had seen/heard of her before.
Maybe it was in those videos that Vinasun/Mai Linh put in their cars, but she’s a pretty well-known performer. And I think that’s what makes her distinctive. She plays the violin, but up by herself, with a soundtrack playing over speakers (which was odd, made me wonder if she was really playing at times), and she’s standing, twirling, dancing. She even has a bow (I don’t know what it is, the stick with which you play a violin) that lights up.
She is a true performer. She interacts with the audience, gets everyone up and clapping along, and even sang a song, quite well. Attractively dressed. In the end she only did 3 or 4 songs, with an encore (Note: Vietnamese people don’t really know what that is. When you say the show is over, they think that’s it).
I am not so sure she is considered a great traditional violinist, in the orchestral sense. What she performed felt more contemporary, stuff that seemed familiar yet new. In Korea, she’s known for her role in Beethoven Virus, which sounds like Glee with an orchestra cast.
At the end of the show, she was taking pictures and signing cds. Even though there were less than 10 cds available, Hien helped me get one (below), and we got to take a picture with her as well.
I like to think of it like Eunjoo Park was totally in love with me.
Totally.
Good times.
More pictures below, and also, see the Gallery:
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