The Hanoi International Guitar Festival 2022 is an annual event, which is usually held in fall. This year, the festival will have the participation of many famous artists in the world and Vietnam such as: Kozo Tate (Japan), Johannes Moller (Sweden), Nutavut Ratanakarn (Thailand), Lee Song Ou (Korea), Henrique Munoz (Spain), Elena Ortega Pinilla (Spain), Honam Ji (Korea), Vu Hien, Tran Xuan Hoa (Vietnam).

The festival will take place on November 18, 19, 20 at the August Cinema in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District.

The event is co-hosted by SSM Group Limited Liability Company (SSM Group) and Emotion Guitar with Kinh te & Do thi (Economic & Urban) Newspaper as the event’s major media sponsor.

Judges of the event include popular artists and guitar makers such as Masaki Sakurai and Kozo Tate from Japan, Nutavut Ratanakarn and Suthisak Bom Sincharoen from Thailand, Henrique Munoz and Elena Ortega from Spain, Jonhannes Moller from Sweden, and Vu Duc Hien from Vietnam.

According to the organizers of the event, the classic guitar has become a cultural trait of the people of Hanoi. 

Guitar-based musical pieces by artists like Ta Tan, Hai Thoai, and Van Vuong have long been iconic among Vietnamese people.

Classic guitar is the instrument that displays the elegance of the Hanoi people and the trend of playing class guitars has long been popular among the people of the city.

The Hanoi International Guitar Festival 2022 is expected to inspire more people to play guitar, promote the culture, art, and people of Hanoi to the international community, and enable art lovers to help preserve and advertise national traditions, the organizers said in the press conference on October 20.

The audience will have a chance to watch, listen and feel the beauty of guitar and guitarists so that they are inspired to grow further, he said, adding the event will promote guitar playing among local residents.

With many years of experience in guitar playing, Vu Duc Hien, a representative of Emotion Guitar, said that he hopes for more performances to be held in the future so more people will know and love to play guitar.

“Many famous guitarists have come to Vietnam and many people have attended the performances. It proves Vietnam is now well-known in the global guitar community and it is quite inspiring for me to join the organization of the upcoming Hanoi International Guitar Festival,” Hien said.

Tinh Le