Singer Tân Nhàn performs in the music video featuring quan họ (love duet singing). — VNS Photo Luke NguyễnViet Nam News Singer Tân Nhàn is busy preparing for her first solo concert Trở Về (The Return) on February 23. She talks to Minh Thu about her ambitions of putting traditional music in the spotlight. Can you tell us about the concert? I’m lucky to have many famous artists involved such as director Trần Mạnh Hùng, choreographer Trần Ly Ly, saxophonist Quyền Thiện Đắc, conductor Đồng Quang Vinh and a special orchestra which includes 50 artists who play traditional musical instruments together with the Việt Nam National Symphony Orchestra. My husband Tuấn Anh (a voice trainer at the Việt Nam National Academy of Music - VNAM) is also production director for the concert. I have worked as a professional singer and teacher for many years, but this will be … [Read more...] about Singer dedicates concert to traditional music
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Getting young people to like old music
“Love is Life”, a concert recently held by the Sài Gòn Choir and Sài Gòn Youth Orchestra, attracted many people in HCM City. Photo courtesy of Sài Gòn Youth Orchestra’s fan page Viet Nam News A choir in Ho Chi Minh City is working to help young people enjoy old music. To make classical music more attractive to the youth, the Sài Gòn choir mixes the old music with more modern sounds. What is tough for the choir is that a ticket to watch them must cost less than a movie ticket. If the choir charged more, young people would not come to watch it perform. By An Phương HCM CITY – Classical music is difficult to listen to, many people say. But the truth is, if it is performed creatively, it can bring joy to audiences, especially young people. The Sài Gòn Choir is one of the outstanding groups that have brought classical music closer to the young public in HCM City. The three-year-old group, … [Read more...] about Getting young people to like old music