“Light Concert - Welcome New Year 2025” is an elaborately invested art event, combining modern lighting technology and traditional musical heritage, held in the special cultural space of West Lake.
This is the opening event of the Hanoi International Light Festival 2025 and is expected to become an annual event.
Mr. Le Quoc Minh - Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, said that the Light Concert - New Year 2025 is not only a music and light party, but also arouses pride in heritage, combining thousand-year spirit with modern creativity, contributing to promoting Hanoi to become the leading cultural and creative destination in the region.
The program promises to attract domestic and international tourists, contributing to the development of the night-time economy of the capital Hanoi. The program also spreads a joyful message, solidarity to welcome the new year, aspirations and determination to enter a new era of the nation.
According to Mr. Dang Le Minh Tri, General Director of the program, “Light Concert - Welcome New Year 2025” has the theme Shine Your Vibes. The Drone Lighting Show is an unprecedented combination of light - symphony orchestra in the space of West Lake. Held in an open space, the program will show unique musical personalities for the audience and artists to sublimate together.
The highlight of the “Light Concert - Welcome New Year 2025” is the light show from 2,025 drone lights combined with the music of a symphony orchestra. Each drone is carefully programmed to draw unique images, telling stories about the thousand-year history and cultural heritage of the capital, thereby creating a creative space full of emotions.
This is also the first time that light drone technology has been used on a large scale with the performance of the new generation dragon drone, promising to bring an eye-catching performance in the sky of Hanoi. The drones will create consecutive 3D images, inspiring the program as a series of combinations of light and music.
The light concert program brings together Vietnam's leading artists, representing the intersection between tradition and modernity such as People's Artist Thanh Hoa, singer My Tam, Rapper Big Daddy, singer Emily (Nguyen Huong Ly), Ha Le, Do Hoang Hiep, singer Kieu Anh, Background Band... The artistic performances exploit classical, contemporary and modern folk music materials through new arrangements will take the audience through many emotional levels throughout the program.
The program is open to the public at the intersection of Nguyen Hoang Ton - Lac Long Quan, and is expected to attract tens of thousands of viewers to watch live. The event is jointly organized by the Hanoi People's Committee, Nhan Dan Newspaper, and Tay Ho District People's Committee before the Lunar New Year 2025; creating conditions for all people to enjoy and immerse themselves in the artistic space welcoming the New Year.
