On the evening of October 5, the only music night of the show "Bond Live In Vietnam" took place successfully at the National Convention Center in Hanoi with the auditorium packed with spectators.
After Kenny G, the second show of the "Good Morning Vietnam" event series organized by Nhan Dan Newspaper and IB Group Vietnam continued to welcome a record number of audiences from many generations.
The audience was surprised and excited when the four girls appeared on stage wearing traditional Vietnamese ao dai with bright colors. It was still Bond full of energy and passion on stage but this time it was very different from when they played the guitar before because the group wore graceful ao dai.
On the background music and Bond's enthusiastic performance are images of famous monuments of Hanoi, famous landmarks, typical cultural images of Vietnam with Rong House, Central Highlands gongs...
After exciting the audience with two familiar songs "Elysium" and "Duel", the Bond members said "hello" in Vietnamese. They asked the audience how they were after a long time of not seeing each other, at least 8 years after the group's last performance in Vietnam.
Bond asked the audience how they felt about wearing the costume today and said: "We don't like it. We love it" and revealed that he would be taking the costume back to Britain.
As journalist Le Quoc Minh - Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper said in his opening speech at the "Bond Live In Vietnam" program, if Kenny G's show last year was deep, this time it will be extremely exciting with Bond's music.
For 80 minutes, the Bond girls blew the stage away with their vibrant melodies and styles. The audience enjoyed Bond's most famous songs such as: "Shine", "Allegretto", "Viva" - one of the group's most listened songs.
After 6 extremely impressive performances in Ao Dai, the 4 members of Bond including: Tania Davis (violin), Eos Counsell (violin), Elspeth Hanson (viola) and Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cello) reappeared on stage in the modern and fiery dresses that have become their trademark.
On stage, the four members changed positions and moved continuously. The "Rondo" performance was supported by two pairs of male and female dancers, bringing Bond an impressive performance.
The quartet continued to demonstrate their class in the classical crossover genre, showing off their technical prowess in playing Vivaldi's "Summer" and "Winter" concertos. These are the most famous suites in the classical world, having been performed by the world's largest and most prestigious orchestras.
It's still the familiar melodies in the suite "Four Seasons" written 300 years ago, but this time it's performed very differently, very young, very vibrant on the stage of "Bond Live in Vietnam" when the 4 members not only play music skillfully but also perform passionately on stage.
In particular, Bond covered "Bad Romance" - a famous song by Lady Gaga with a vibrant and extremely new style.
At the end of the show, Bond played not just 1 but 2 more songs including "Hungarian" and "Samba" to respond to the affection of the Vietnamese audience and ended the show more successfully than expected.
Mr. Nguyen Thuy Duong - Chairman of IB Group Vietnam - Production Director of Bond Live In Vietnam shared after the music night: "The organizers invested in all the best sound, lighting and technical equipment. In particular, there were 4 Foton lights set up for the first time on the stage of the National Conference Center, worth 400 million VND/light.
The Bond Band thanked Vietnamese director Pham Hoang Nam for creating a wonderful stage space for them to flourish.
