What works will "trumpet king" Kenny G perform after 7 years of returning to Vietnam?

This is a program organized by Nhan Dan Newspaper and IB Group Vietnam with the purpose of spreading the world's top music to Vietnam and raising charity funds. Accordingly, all ticket sales from the program will be used for charity purposes hosted by Nhan Dan Newspaper.

Mr. Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Head of the Program Steering Committee said, "Good Morning Vietnam" is a special music event. The program's name is meant as a greeting from international artists to Vietnam. It shows the closeness, elegance and concern for the country of Vietnam.

Mr. Le Quoc Minh shared information about the program at a press conference on the afternoon of October 9. Photo: Hoa Nguyen

Inviting saxophonist Kenny G to perform in Vietnam this time was not an easy task. Because international artists have busy schedules and to match their performance schedule in Vietnam during the tour is a big problem.

"At first, we made a list of many international artists that we wanted to invite to perform in Vietnam. However, their schedules were very tight, so it was not easy. In the end, only Kenny G could match his schedule with Vietnam. If he performed in the US, Australia, etc., there was no way he could perform in Vietnam. In the list of international artists that we contacted, there were artists who had their schedules matched to come to Vietnam to perform next year," said Mr. Le Quoc Minh.

Mr. Le Quoc Minh added that he himself has had many personal experiences with Kenny G's music. The first Kenny G album he bought in 1992 was Breathless . Kenny G's music still comes to him very coincidentally in many public and private spaces. For that reason, for him, Kenny G's music is very familiar and close.

Mr. Nguyen Thuy Duong - Chairman of IB Group Vietnam said that in order to invite Kenny G to perform in Vietnam, the organizer had to meet many strict requirements regarding sound, lighting and the auxiliary equipment system had to reach international standards. In addition, the program's organizers also sent a number of folk music works for Kenny G to choose one to be adapted into Smooth Jazz to perform in the upcoming music night.

Mr. Nguyen Thuy Duong represented the organizing unit and invited Kenny G to perform in Vietnam. Photo: Hoa Nguyen

According to Mr. Nguyen Thuy Duong, the program "Kenny G Live in Vietnam" will last more than 2 hours, following the artist's performance format on major stages around the world. Accordingly, Kenny G - who won a Grammy for his work Forever in love, along with his accompanying band, will play live all of the most famous songs over the years such as: Going home, Havana, Romeo & Juliet, My heart will go on...

Kenny G to perform Vietnamese folk music

Kenny G is known to the public as an American saxophonist with hundreds of instrumental songs in Smooth Jazz, R&B, Pop and Latin that have touched the hearts of millions of music lovers around the world for over 30 years. He is on the list of artists with the best-selling records of all time, with a total of more than 75 million records worldwide.

Rarely is there an instrumentalist who has been invited to collaborate with so many famous singers in many genres as Kenny G, from Andrea Bocelli, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Michael Bolton to Celine Dion, Toni Braxton, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Natalie Cole, Michael Bolton, George Benson...

Kenny G came to Vietnam to perform 7 years ago. Photo: Daily Mail)

In 1994, Kenny G won a Grammy Award for Forever in Love and is the only artist in the world to be recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing the longest note on a saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. In 1997, he was officially honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

To the Vietnamese public, Kenny G is an extremely familiar name. His music has penetrated deeply into the subconscious and become an indispensable spiritual food in the 1990s. His music is still very popular in the contemporary musical life of many generations.

Kenny G once confided that besides music, he also had other passions such as playing golf and flying planes. But throughout his life, he was only attached to the saxophone as a lover, as a confidant. Although Kenny G had many best-selling records, he especially loved playing live because every time he went on stage "it was like the first time".

Source: https://danviet.vn/vua-ken-kenny-g-se-bieu-dien-nhung-gi-sau-7-nam-tro-lai-viet-nam-20231009164406246.htm