President Vo Van Thuong, former President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, many leaders of ministries, departments and the family of musician Van Cao attended. In particular, Ms. Thuy Bang - musician Van Cao's wife, despite her old age and poor health, still attended the program from beginning to end. In addition, many artists, intellectuals and Van Cao's music lovers were also present at the Hanoi Opera House and the August Revolution Square to both attend the program and act as "extras".
President Vo Van Thuong, former President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and their wives attended the program. Photo: Tuan Duc
The art program “Vietnamese Birds” honors the great values and outstanding creativity and contributions of musician Van Cao to the country’s music and art culture through his immortal works of art. This is also a meaningful program to celebrate the 78th anniversary of the successful August Revolution (August 19, 1945 - August 19, 2023) and National Day (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2023).
The program opened with a short film portraying Van Cao - an artist in three fields: Music, painting and poetry. Regarding music, musician Van Cao was successful in all three genres: lyrical music, epic music and revolutionary music. Van Cao's composing talent, as well as his artistic achievements, especially the song Tien Quan Ca - Vietnam's National Anthem, have enriched the national art treasure.
Artist Dang Duong and other artists perform songs by musician Van Cao. Photo: Organizing Committee
"Dan chim Viet" brings together many leading voices of Vietnamese music such as: People's Artist Quang Tho, People's Artist Quoc Hung, Meritorious Artist Thanh Lam, Meritorious Artist Dang Duong, My Linh, Ha Tran, Tung Duong, Lan Anh, Phuc Tiep, Vu Thang Loi, Dao To Loan, Dao Mac, Trang Bui, Ngoc Minh... with a choir and the Sun Symphony Orchestra, hundreds of extras. Van Cao's great songs in all three genres of love songs, marches and epics such as: Thien Thai, Buon Tan Thu, Truong Chi, Lang Toi, Mua Xuan Dau Dau, Truong Ca Song Lo, Ca Hai Ho Chuc, Tien Quan Ca, Tien Ve Ha Noi, Chien Si Viet Nam, Khong Quan Viet Nam... are performed by artists according to carefully created arrangements.
The performances are all newly arranged by famous musicians such as: Do Hong Quan, Minh Dao, Hoai Sa, Thanh Phuong, Luu Quang Minh, Duc Tam, Cao Dinh Thang, Do Bao, Mai Kien, Duong Cam...
The program also gathered hundreds of artists and actors from art units such as the Sun Symphony Orchestra, Vietnam National Opera and Ballet, Vietnam National Academy of Music, Military Ceremonial Band, MUCA Orchestra - Military University of Culture and Arts, children... to perform.
People's Artist Quang Tho and People's Artist Quoc Hung perform a duet of the song "Praise to President Ho". Photo: Tuan Duc
Diva Thanh Lam performs the song "Thien Thai". Photo: Tuan Duc
One thing is that before that, in the press conference announcing the program, the organizers announced that singer Anh Tuyet would participate. Anh Tuyet is considered the most successful singer of Van Cao's music. Participating in the program, the female singer from Quang will perform "Buon Tan Thu" - a song that has brought her a lot of success in major music programs.
Sharing with Dan Viet , singer Anh Tuyet said that she was very excited and emotional when she was invited to participate in the program "Dan Chim Viet" - celebrating the 100th anniversary of musician Van Cao's birth. She had prepared everything to fly to Hanoi to practice and perform when she encountered a health problem. She had to be injected with medicine and given an IV in hopes of making it to Hanoi in time, but in the end she still couldn't. She had to apologize to the organizers and the audience and hoped for their forgiveness.
Young singers bring fresh colors to the program. Photo: Tuan Duc
Van Cao's music night impresses with grand scenes
In the program "Dan chim Viet", although there were some good and bad points in the music and the performance of the artists, the stage and the "grand scenes" left a lot of impressions. In particular, the performances Tien ve Ha Noi and Tien quan ca were staged into an unprecedented grand scene with the participation of hundreds of actors and audiences.
The performance vividly recreated the scene of "army after troops marching like waves/ layer upon layer of troops marching" in the song Tien ve Ha Noi by Van Cao on the day of the Capital Liberation, October 10, 1954. 69 years ago, at the August Revolution Square - in front of the Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi streets were filled with flags and flowers, the people of the capital rushed out to the streets to welcome the troops returning from the war zone, just like the lyrics that musician Van Cao wrote.
Before that, the audience inside the Hanoi Opera House was amazed when the grand "harvest day" scene of harvesting and drying rice was recreated on stage. Village girls in traditional four-panel dresses and crow-beak scarves "carried rice back and forth layer upon layer" continuously walking on both sides of the aisle under the theater auditorium.
The grand and elaborate scenes were built in front of the Hanoi Opera House. Photo: Tuan Duc.
In addition to the music, the lobby of the Hanoi Opera House also displayed many portraits of musician Van Cao taken by photographer Dinh Toan. These photos have been published in a number of publications and exhibitions, but some were also published for the first time. Many audiences were impressed when they saw these authentic portraits of musician Van Cao.
Source: https://danviet.vn/vi-sao-ca-si-anh-tuyet-vang-mat-vao-phut-cuoi-trong-dem-nhac-van-cao-20230821095827183.htm
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