Vietnam Overtures

Vietnam Overtures is a documentary about a rescue; but unlike most rescue stories from that
embattled country, this one is about the recovery of a centuries-old classical music tradition,
another casualty of the long war there. Through a program called Transposition, initiated in
Norway in 2005 and launched in 2007, and in association with four Vietnamese institutions –
the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, the HCM City’s
Conservatory of Music, and the HCM City Opera and Symphony Orchestra – the classical music
scene in Vietnam is getting a much-needed helping hand. Director Stephane Gauger chronicles
the musical dialogue between these Vietnamese and Norwegian conservatories, as they work
together to prove again that music is, indeed, a universal language.

Vietnam / USA / 2008 / 60 mins / color video
Vietnamese with English subtitles
Producer:  Stephane Gauger
Director :  Stephane Gauger
Cinematographer :  Stephane Gauger
Associate Producer:  Ham Tran
Cinematographer :  Quyen Tran