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Update news traditional music
With 30 years of experience in traditional music, musician Nguyen Quang Long has made a special contribution to the revival of xam (blind wanderer singing).
Traditional music is facing a decline since imported foreign sounds, right through from rock to hip-hop, are becoming ever more popular, but one man is slowly trying to reverse the trend.
Xoan singing of the northern midland province of Phu Tho is a folk ritual singing performed in temples and communal houses to worship the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the Vietnamese nation, deities, or a village's tutelary gods.
Young artists in traditional music and theatre are working to develop and promote their art among young audiences in HCM City.
Meritorious Artist and cai luong star Phuong Loan and her colleagues from the HCM City-based Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theatre will stage a famous play from the 1980s by the late playwright and poet Luu Quang Vu of Hanoi.
Binh Tinh, a talented theatre actress of HCM City, will release two videos featuring cai luong (reformed opera) on YouTube this week.
Đông Kinh Cổ Nhạc (Ancient Music Group of Tonkin) will team up together with Hanoi New Music Ensemble to present a traditional and contemporary music night tomorrow at L’Espace.
Young singer Ha Myo has launched a unique music video combining traditional folk melodies of Xam singing and modern tunes between rap and electronic dance music genres. Let’s take a look!
Ten HCM City art troupes are performing at the National Traditional Musical Instrumentalist and Ensembles Festival 2020.
Musician Nguyen Quang Long is well-known for his devotion in reviving xam (blind busker’s singing). Actually, he’s also a researcher of various types of traditional performing arts.
After many modern tunes have encouraged citizens to help stop the COVID-19 pandemic, now it is the turn of traditional Vietnamese music.
The first Vietnam Festival was organised in Lyon, France on July 6-7, entertaining visitors with traditional music, lion dances and ao dai (long dress) performances.
The Đất Võ Water Puppet Troupe of Quy Nhon City, Bình Định Province is offering performances of new, quality shows for people living in remote or rural areas who have limited entertainment choices.
Residents in the Cuu Long (Mekong) River Delta region are encouraged to compete in the Tai Tu Miet Vuon (Traditional music), a TV game show produced by the Dong Thap Radio and Television Station.
VietNamNet Bridge – Singer Bui Bich Phuong has completed a music project called “Viet Nam – Viet Nam” that praises the beauty of the country and its culture.
VietNamNet Bridge – “Xam” singing is a traditional art form which originated in Vietnam’s northern regions.
VietNamNet Bridge – Pianist Pho An My will perform the Gio show at Cong Nhan Theatre on October 29. The show is a combination of piano pieces and Vietnamese cheo (traditional opera).
VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Hung Dao Primary School’s class 5/5 students are happily singing Ly Cay Bong, a traditional song of southern Viet Nam with memorable and meaningful lyrics, in a music class.
VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City People’s Committee plans to include traditional music as an extracurricular activity in 48 primary and secondary schools in the upcoming 2016-2017 academic year and all schools in the 2017-2018 year.
VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from the Hue Academy of Music will debut in the capital city at an opera show tomorrow, Oct 11.