Many people visiting the Vietnamese Tet Festival 2025 had the opportunity to enjoy Hue folk songs with cheerful melodies, but also strange to those who heard them for the first time.
Artist Hoang Duc Tam performs Hue singing - Video: HOAI PHUONG
On the evening of January 17, the Hue Phu Xuan music band had a 90-minute performance and interaction with the audience on the main stage of the 2025 Vietnamese Tet Festival , taking place at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House.
Audience enjoys Hue singing
Artist Hoang Duc Tam, artist Thu Thuy and the Hue singing band Phu Xuan brought a series of Hue singing performances to serve tourists in the spring. Many audiences stayed to watch the whole program, including many young people.
Not only performing, the band also had an interactive part to guide the audience in singing Hue songs. Artist Hoang Duc Tam enthusiastically practiced each sentence for the audience to sing along to the songs Ly Tinh Tang and Ho Hui .
In just a short time, many audiences grasped how to sing, how to sing with vibrato, and boldly performed on stage, receiving cheers from the audience.
Artist Hoang Duc Tam shared with Tuoi Tre Online : "Hue music is not easy to play, it requires the artist to truly love the profession and be dedicated. Hue singing has its own characteristics, without a Hue accent it is very difficult to sing. Hue music in Hue singing has its own rhythm, rhythm, breath, and voice."
"Being able to perform and interact closely with the audience is a good thing, creating conditions for people to have more emotions and love traditional music more.
Maybe those who listen to Hue songs for the first time will find it strange, but the more you listen, the more you will understand" - Hoang Duc Tam expressed his feelings.
Artist Hoang Duc Tam and artist Thu Thuy perform Hue singing - Photo: HOAI PHUONG
Adding color to Vietnamese Tet Festival
Artist Hoang Duc Tam said that the Hue Phu Xuan singing band was founded more than 20 years ago. In the early days, the band performed at the Ho Chi Minh City Cultural Center.
The performing band usually has artists playing the zither, two-stringed fiddle, moon-shaped lute, percussion instruments, flute, three-stringed zither, monochord, pipa, etc. The basic instruments of traditional music are all there.
Most of the band members are experienced musicians from Hue Conservatory of Music, Hanoi Conservatory of Music, Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music...
Members of the Hue Phu Xuan singing band perform at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House - Photo: HOAI PHUONG
The Hue Phu Xuan Singing Band often performs at meetings of fellow countrymen; performs at events introducing heritage and culture; tourism and culinary festivals; Tet festivals...
This is the second time the Hue Phu Xuan band has performed at the Vietnamese Tet Festival at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House. The artists chose to introduce folk melodies with a cheerful, happy rhythm, creating interaction with the audience.
This activity helps young people love traditional national music and Vietnamese culture.
The band interacts with the audience - Photo: HOAI PHUONG
Ca Hue was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2015. Currently, Thua Thien Hue is preparing a dossier to submit to UNESCO for recognition as a representative intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
In the past, Hue singing was one of the elegant hobbies in the royal court or in the families of mandarins in Hue.
Hue folk songs were formed around the 17th century, including about 60 vocal and instrumental works in Northern and Southern melodies.
Along with ca tru and don ca tai tu, ca Hue is one of three chamber music genres in the Vietnamese folk music treasure, with a long history.
40 years of Hue still singing, still Hue singingSource: https://tuoitre.vn/nghe-ca-hue-tai-le-hoi-tet-viet-2025-20250118063901993.htm
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