Musician Giang Son’s live concert Sol’s Dream will take place on February 15, 2025, marking 40 years of musical activity. Giang Son’s number of compositions is huge. As musician Luu Ha An said, she “writes much better than many of her male colleagues”.

In 2024, musician Giang Son decided to quit his stable job at the Hanoi University of Theatre and Cinema and move to the Vietnam Musicians Association to live with the music scene, traveling everywhere to find creative inspiration without being constrained by school teaching hours.

- You are a rare female musician who lives very well with her career?

I am proud of my clean and transparent music making work. I make a living by composing and teaching music, and judging competitions. I also teach music to children at home, although the income is not high.

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Musician Giang Son.

- So you write better than many male musicians?

Because I consider composing as a profession, I often set goals for what to write and what topics to write, not just relying on inspiration. I think a professional musician must have a clear plan before putting pen to paper.

- Do you have any compositions written about your failures?

Many songs in the album Jazz Darkness (2013) come from those cracks, such as Late Sunshine, Sad Vet, Jazz Darkness, Love Song... Almost the entire album is heavily influenced by that crack.

- Singer Tung Duong hopes that you will get married to be less difficult. Is it because of that difficulty that your marriage broke down?

Nick - my ex-husband is a non-musician but passionate about music, always giving me advice to improve. Generally, we are in tune with each other musically, but cultural conflicts forced us to break up.

For example, Nick likes to rent a house, if something breaks he calls the landlord to fix it, if he doesn’t like it he moves to another place. While I am Vietnamese, I always believe in “settling down and working”, I really want stability. That is the difference in culture between two people, not that I am picky.

I’ve been alone for 10 years, everything is very neat and tidy… if someone comes in and messes things up, I get very angry. But I’m also a very understanding person. In life, I don’t think I’m very picky. As for music, I admit that I’m picky.

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Musician Giang Son is waiting for fate to come and find a man to pull her out of her lonely life.

- For the past 10 years, you have not opened your heart to anyone?

Not really, I just feel uncertain so I don't announce it. I still crave love and believe in love. Sometimes I'm a bit conflicted, not loving makes me sad but loving means possessing each other, and possessing is very painful. So now that I love, I always try to avoid painful things.

When you love someone, you have to care for them, take care of them, and always be there for them. If only one person sacrifices and devotes themselves while the other person only knows how to receive without giving, then it is not love. I am a female, so I am very straightforward and perhaps a bit masculine.

If I feel like I'm giving too much, I'll immediately stop and see if the other person really loves me. I'm much wiser now than I used to be (laughs) . Before, I loved recklessly, naively and foolishly.

- If fate allows, will you remarry?

Each person has their own fate, if it is not enough, I will still live alone! In short, I am still waiting for the right person to come to me and am ready to get married if I see that person can take me out of the single life.

Right now, I find single life very comfortable. I can do whatever I want, go wherever I want, hang out with whoever I want... everything is up to me to decide, no one can interfere.

Musician Giang Son performs the work "Anh":

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At 48 years old, Giang Son suddenly announced that he would become a 'new young singer'. Giang Son - a musician who left an impression on music lovers through a series of hits such as 'Giac Mo Noon', 'Ha Noi 12 Mua Hoa'... suddenly announced that he would become a 'new young singer'.