French musician and singer Dorothée Hannequin, aka The Rodeo, will have a concert tour to five cities of Vietnam beginning with a show in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16.
French- Vietnamese musician and singer Dorothée Hannequin, alias The Rodeo, will have a special performance in Hanoi. (Photo: Showroomprive.com)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - French musician and singer Dorothée Hannequin,aka The Rodeo, will have a concert tour to five cities of Vietnam beginningwith a show in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16.
The Rodeo will perform songs from her latest album Arlequine released inFebruary 2022.
The album consists of nine French pop songs about women with multiple facetsand feelings such as love, jealousy, independence, and mischievousness.
The artist will sing and play guitar along with keyboard player Mathieu Geghre,bassist Jérôme Laperruque, and drummer Gaëtan Allard.
The Rodeo’s concert tour will continue with shows in Da Lat on June 18, Hanoi onJune 21, Da Nang on June 22, and Hue on June 23.
Hannequin, whose mother is Vietnamese and father is French, discovered music atthe age of 15.
Her music style combines pop and rock and is inspired by Europop between the1960s and 1970s, while the lyrics surprise fans with her unique feelings.
She has also travelled around the world to seek inspiration for her songs.
She has released three albums, including Music Maelström and La Musica delDiavolo (The Music of the Diavolo) in English, and Thérianthropie Paradis(Therianthropy Paradise) in French.
Her famous songs include Ivre d’amour (Drunk with Love), ThérianthropieParadis, Que Ma Mémoire Vive (That My Living Memory), and Cryogénie(Cryogenics).
She has toured in the US, Canada and Brazil, and across France and otherEuropean countries.
Hannequin is also known as an actress, a costume designer and a film producer.She has taken part in films such as When the Storm Is Over, and Dom Juan andSganarelle.
In 2023, she became one of the winners of the Villa Saigon Artists’ Residence.She has been in Vietnam for six weeks to meet and work with local artists toexplore new forms of expression, and the crossroads between traditional musicand baroque and complex French pop./.
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French- Vietnamese musician and singer Dorothée Hannequin, alias The Rodeo, will have a special performance in Hanoi. (Photo: Showroomprive.com) 
