Professor - People's Artist Ta Bon passed away

Professor - People's Artist Ta Bon passed away, leaving behind much grief for his friends, colleagues and music lovers. Professor - People's Artist Ta Bon was born in 1942 in Thuong Tin, Ha Tay in a family with a musical tradition.

Professor and People's Artist Ta Bon's father was musician Ta Phuoc, the first principal of the Vietnam Music School (now Hanoi Conservatory of Music). His brothers all followed the string instrument career: Ta Tuan, Ta Don (violin), Ta Huan (cello).

His wife is Meritorious Artist - People's Teacher Kim Dung. His daughter, Ta Thuy Chi, is a dancer, currently a dance instructor at the Ho Chi Minh City Dance School. His son, Ta Ton, is also a violinist.

Professor and People's Artist Ta Bon started studying violin with his father at the age of 5. In 1954, when he was only 12 years old, Professor and People's Artist Ta Bon went abroad to study violin at the Beijing Conservatory of Music, China.

In 1958, he was selected to compete in the Enescu Violin Concours in Bucharest (Romania) and received an honorary Diplome. Also in 1958, after graduating from the Beijing Conservatory of Music, he continued to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.

In 1962, Professor and People's Artist Ta Bon received the Silver Medal for violin at the World Youth and Student Festival held in Helsinki (Finland).

In 1964, after graduating from university, he returned to teach at the Vietnam Music School (which was evacuated to Ha Bac at the time). From 1965 to 1968, Professor-People's Artist Ta Bon continued to study as a postgraduate student at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

In 1968, Professor and People's Artist Ta Bon returned to teach violin at the Vietnam Music School and held the position of Deputy Director of the Hanoi Conservatory of Music.

In 1991, he joined the Ho Chi Minh City Symphony and Ballet Theater and taught at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music.

Since 1968, after returning to teach at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music with Professor Bich Ngoc and other lecturers, Professor-People's Artist Ta Bon has contributed to building and teaching many generations of violinists. Many of his students have become core members of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra.

The funeral of Professor and People's Artist Ta Bon will begin at 10:00 a.m. on April 22 at the Southern National Funeral Home (Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City).

The funeral will take place at 6am on April 23. He will then be buried at Phuc An Vien Cemetery (Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City).

Source: https://nld.com.vn/gs-nsnd-ta-bon-qua-doi-196240421184025295.htm