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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of musician Van Cao (1923-2023), the Vietnam Musicians Association in collaboration with relevant units organized a program to honor musician Van Cao. The performance, titled Vietnamese Birds , took place at 8:00 p.m. on August 20 at the Hanoi Opera House.
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| Musician Van Cao and his wife, taken in 1975 |
On August 3, sharing at a press conference introducing the program honoring musician Van Cao, in Hanoi, Major General, musician Nguyen Duc Trinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Musicians Association emphasized: “The Vietnamese Birds Music Night goes beyond a regular art program, but is an art event for fans and people to remember the portrait of a talented artist in many fields such as literature and art. Van Cao's creative talent as well as his artistic achievements, especially the song Tien Quan Ca - Vietnam's National Anthem, have enriched the national art treasure.”
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The Musicians Association cooperated with many units to organize an art program to celebrate the 100th anniversary of musician Van Cao's birth. |
The program Dan Chim Viet is a collection of Van Cao's known works in all three genres: Love songs, marches and epic poems such as Thien Thai, Buon Tan Thu, Truong Chi, Lang Toi, Mua Xuan Dau Dau, Truong Ca Song Lo, Tien Quan Ca... The special feature of the program is the musical reenactment of the song Tien Quan Ca in front of 19-8 Square (in front of Hanoi Opera House).
According to the program's general director Pham Hoang Nam, with all their enthusiasm, the program's production team will try to bring a quality art night, rich in creativity and true to the artistic spirit of Van Cao. New arrangements, many modern artistic techniques, the scale of the event taking place both inside and outside the Opera House with performances by more than 300 actors will make Dan Chim Viet a truly highlight art event in the historic month of August and welcome the Independence Day on September 2.
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The program has the participation of many famous artists such as People's Artist Quang Tho, People's Artist Quoc Hung, singers Dang Duong, Thanh Lam, Anh Tuyet, My Linh... |
Born on November 15 in Hai Phong, Van Cao - a soldier of the Viet Minh Honor Guard was only 22 years old at that time. Previously known only for his love songs, he became famous in the Vietnamese New Music scene in the late 1930s, a talented person with romantic poetry and music - enriched his musical legacy with heroic songs and completed his portrait of an artist with unlimited talent in genre.
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The program hopes to recreate the portrait of musician Van Cao through music. |
Also in those August days, there was a moment that went down in the history of Vietnamese music: August 18, 1945, that was when the song Tien Quan Ca first resounded before a vast sea of people at the Hanoi Opera House square and became known as the National Anthem of Vietnam. The National Anthem for a nation in the midst of a revolution to change its destiny and Van Cao was the author of that National Anthem.
Since those August days, the name of musician Van Cao has been associated with the history of Vietnamese music and the history of the Vietnamese people as a great talent, full of dignity. His presence in Vietnamese literature and art has brought not only valuable works but his personality is also the property of a generation of patriots, full of ideals, and most importantly, devoted to the Independence of the nation.
He was awarded the First Class Resistance Medal, First Class Independence Medal, Ho Chi Minh Medal, and the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature and Arts, Phase I (1996) by the Party and State.
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