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“Ky Uc Mua Dong” (Memory for Winter), written by young musician Thanh Vuong,has just won the highest prize for Song of The Year at Sunday’s award ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City for the 2011 Vietnamese Song Competition. At the ceremony at the city’s Opera House, the seventh annual contest’s jury also gave other awards, [...]
Traditional folk music recordings by singers like Cam Ly, Thanh Thuy and Uyen Trang have climbed to the top of the charts on HCM City Radio’s FM Channel only a few weeks after airing. Old school: Singer Cam Ly won the 2010 Mai Vang (Golden Ochna) Award for Best Singer in folk music. The [...]
Both new and well established local artists are being increasingly influenced by the emergence of the Internet as the preeminent market for promoting music Runner-up of Vietnam Idol 2010 Van Mai Huong (R) with the mass success of her online video has given her the chance for sustainable fame. Below: Thai Trinh, still a high [...]
In recent years the Vietnamese music industry has been lit up by a new generation of emerging female artists who can write their own songs and perform them with their hearts and their talent. Le Cat Trong Ly In 2008, this young girl from the central province of Da Nang amazed the local music community [...]
From just several hundred thousand dong rising to several million, the price of tickets for pop concerts has increased sharply over the past two years, making it practically impossible for many people to fulfil their dreams of seeing their idols perform live. Enjoying live pop concerts has become a form of luxury entertainment, only accessible [...]
52 artists of various art schools have jointly sung a song, “1-2-3 Smile”, composed by Pham Nhat Huy in a video clip to share their sympathy with ill-fated people. The video clip is meticulously staged with the aim to call for joint efforts from the community to better the lives of disadvantaged people. After the [...]
An artistic program titled “unforgettable epics” will be organised in Hanoi, on December 20th to celebrate the 67thanniversary of Vietnam People’s Army Day. The program aims to honour and to express gratitude to the heroic martyrs who had sacrificed themselves for the country’s independence. The program with two parts, themed “immortal songs” and “a token of [...]
Do Tri Dung, the champion of the 2011 Vietnamese singing contest for children showcased his talent at a special Christmas music gala in Melbourne, Australia. The 8-year-old boy joined more than 60 international friends singing well known English songs such as ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ and ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.’ He also performed [...]
Vietnamese-French jazz musician Nguyen Le will be performing jazz and world music at the Hanoi Opera House on Christmas Day. Guest singers include My Linh and “Singer of the Year 2010” Tung Duong. In 1983 Le, who was born inParis in 1959, formed the band Ultramarine, whose DE release won a 1989 best world music award. [...]
An artistic program, entitled “Welcome 2012”, will take place on December 20th 2011 at Maximark Cong Hoa Sporting Hall in Ho Chi Minh City and be broadcast on January 1st, 2012 on Vietnam Television as part of activities to welcome New Year 2012. The program, directed by directors Do Thanh Hai, Pham Hoang Nam and [...]