Artist Ta Bon passed away

Ho Chi Minh City People's Artist Ta Bon - one of the first two violin professors in Vietnam - passed away at the age of 82 due to cancer.

His daughter, dancer Ta Thuy Chi, said the professor passed away on the evening of April 19, after more than a year of treatment for pancreatic cancer. "My father and his family had more time to be optimistic, happy and fulfilled together. Now, my father no longer has to endure much pain and has passed away peacefully," the singer said.

The artist's funeral will take place at 10am on April 22 at the Southern National Funeral Home (Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City). The memorial service will be held on the afternoon of April 23, and the coffin will be buried at Phuc An Vien Cemetery.

Artist Ta Bon (1942-2024). Photo: Family provided — Artist Ta Bon (1942-2024). Photo: *Family provided*

Violinist Ta Bon is considered the pioneer of Vietnamese classical music. He was born in 1942 in Thuong Tin (formerly Ha Tay) in a family with a rich musical tradition. His father was musician Ta Phuoc - the first principal of the Vietnam Music School, now the Vietnam National Academy of Music. His brothers all followed the stringed instrument career: Ta Tuan, Ta Don (violin), Ta Huan (cello).

During the resistance war, the artist followed his father to music classes for soldiers to practice and perform. At the age of 12, he was sent to China, then was recruited directly to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory (former Soviet Union). At the age of 22, he returned to Vietnam to become a violin instructor. Artist Ta Bon was one of the first two Vietnamese students to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He was the first Vietnamese contestant to participate in international violin competitions in Romania in 1958, in Finland in 1962. He is also known as the first Vietnamese artist to be invited to be a member of the international jury of violin competitions.

He has performed with many orchestras such as the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, and the Ho Chi Minh City Symphony Orchestra. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor by the State in 1980 and Professor in 1991. Together with Professor Bich Ngoc, he became the first two violin professors in Vietnam. He received the title of Meritorious Artist in 1993 and People's Artist in 2001.

He contributed to teaching many generations of violinists. Many of his students have become famous and won many international awards, such as artists Do Phuong Nhu and Bui Cong Duy. His wife is the Distinguished Teacher and Dancer Kim Dung. They met while studying in the former Soviet Union. His two children both pursue art, of which his daughter Thuy Chi has become a talent in the dance world.

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