People's Artist Tuong Vi, who successfully performed many revolutionary songs including "The Girl Who Sharpens Spikes", has passed away at the age of 86.
People's Artist Tuong Vi, a famous singer-songwriter of Vietnamese revolutionary music, has just passed away in Da Nang at the age of 86.
She is considered the best and most impressive performer of the song "The Girl Who Sharpens Spikes" with the staccato section (a technique of making notes in vocal music) imitating the sound of birds in the Central Highlands.
People's Artist Tuong Vi (full name Truong Tuong Vi) was born in 1938 in Tam Ky city, Quang Nam province, in a well-educated family. From a young age, the artist showed her talent and passion for singing even though no one in her family was in the arts.
At the age of 16, after the shock of her grandmother dying from a bomb, Tuong Vi enlisted in the army and became a nurse at the 108 Military Hospital. In 1956, she transferred to the General Political Department's song and dance troupe and began studying vocal music. Here, she clearly revealed her clear, clear soprano voice, as clear as a bird's song.
In 1962, the female artist passed the entrance exam to the Vocal Music Department of the Hanoi Conservatory of Music (now the Vietnam National Academy of Music) and graduated in 1967.
In 1974, she attended the Sofia Conservatory of Music, Bulgaria. Thanks to that, People's Artist Tuong Vi received formal training in vocal music, mastering complex classical vocal techniques.
During the war years, she followed the art troupe to perform in many places on the battlefields. She also recorded many songs that were broadcast on the Voice of Vietnam Radio such as: “The sound of the Ta Lu zither,” “The girl sharpening spikes,” “You are the Po Lang flower,” “The girl of the La river,” “The bird that announces good news,” “The ferryman on the Po Co river,” “The shadow of the Kơ nia tree,” “Lenin stream” …
She was also chosen to perform in many countries around the world such as: Soviet Union, Poland, Chile, Cuba... and was also one of the few singers who performed many times before President Ho Chi Minh.
In addition to singing, People's Artist Tuong Vi is also a musician. She composed many revolutionary songs such as: "Our Flight Team", "My Homeland is the Sea", "I Listen to the Voice of Life" ... or children's songs such as: "Life Gives Me Happy Notes", "Don't Be Sad, My Heart", "The Baby's Dream is Peace" ...
Later, she became a lecturer at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, training many famous artists such as Dong Quang Vinh, Giang Son, Khanh Thi... In addition, she was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Musicians Association from 1962 to 1982.
Generations of golden voices of Vietnamese revolutionary music will reunite in the program “Spring Rendezvous,” taking place on April 15, in Hanoi.
For her contributions, she was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist and the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1984. In 1993, she was awarded the title of People's Artist. She was also awarded the Third Class Military Exploit Medal, Third Class Labor Medal, Second Class Military Exploit Medal, and First Class Resistance Medal by the State. People's Artist Tuong Vi is also a rare artist whose name is listed in the Vietnam Military Encyclopedia, published in 1996.
In 1992, People's Artist Tuong Vi opened a music class for orphans, then established the Love Art Center, with the aim of nurturing and providing artistic training to disabled and orphaned children. Her center also welcomed General Vo Nguyen Giap to visit many times.
During her career, People's Artist Tuong Vi successfully performed many songs, but the one most closely associated with her name is "The Girl Sharpening Spikes." Using the staccato technique and imitating the sound of birds chirping, she brought the song to a new peak, creating a great resonance with both professionals and the public.
During her lifetime, she shared: “The reason I added the staccato part to the song was because I wanted to make a breakthrough, to take advantage of my strength in the coloristic soprano voice. Besides, because this is a composition with the Central Highlands sound, I wanted to imitate the sound of birds singing to add more colors of the great mountains and forests.”
Sharing her views on the profession, she said that a professional singer is a singer who has a good voice, practice and musical emotions.
“It is true that having technique is not always good, but singers must also understand the role of vocal technique. Without studying vocal music, it is difficult to have a long breath column and pronounce low and high notes correctly. Singers may not study in school, but they must practice their voice every day if they want to sing for a long time. I think that to be successful, you have to work, and one of the jobs of a singer is to protect, promote and develop your voice,” she said./.
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