Musician Hoang Van's collection is recognized as a World Documentary Heritage.

Musician Hoang Van - Photo 1.

Musician Hoang Van - Photo archive

According to the Department of Cultural Heritage, this is the first time a personal music collection in Vietnam has been recognized as a World Documentary Heritage.

UNESCO's recognition of the Collection of Musician Hoang Van is not only the pride of musician Hoang Van's family, but also the common pride of the country and people of Vietnam.

Contribute to spreading Vietnamese cultural values to the international community

Musician Hoang Van's collection is one of 74 dossiers recommended by UNESCO for inclusion out of a total of 121 nomination dossiers considered during this session.

This registration brings the total number of Vietnam's documentary heritages recognized by UNESCO to 11, including 4 world documentary heritages and 7 Asia-Pacific documentary heritages.

According to the assessment of the International Advisory Council of the UNESCO Memory of the World Program, Vietnam's dossier fully meets international criteria with outstanding values.

The collection is well preserved and highly accessible through a multilingual digital platform (at website https://hoangvan.org), contributing to spreading Vietnamese cultural values to the international community.

The collection includes 700 works, composed by the musician from 1951 to 2010.

With approximately 1,000 items, the collection includes music scores, audio recordings, manuscripts or prints, videos, articles, film scores, interviews, books and music publications.

Formed and developed over six decades, this Collection is not only a collection of valuable works bearing the mark of musician Hoang Van, but also reflects one of the historical turning points of Vietnamese music, the changes of the country and the spiritual life of the Vietnamese people through many periods.

With a harmonious combination of European classical music and folk music, his works not only have artistic value but are also valuable documents for research on Vietnamese culture, society and music history.

Musician Hoang Van - Photo 2.

Collection of documents of musician Hoang Van - Photo: Provided by family

An example of preserving and promoting the archives of an artist family

According to the Heritage Department, document collections also play an important role in the study of music history and culture.

This is a valuable source of scientific documents, providing valuable information about a key period in the formation and development of contemporary Vietnamese music, as well as Vietnamese society in general.

In addition to its value in Vietnam, the document collection also has influence in the international arena.

Musician Hoang Van - Photo 3.

Collection of documents of musician Hoang Van

With the language of academic music, artists around the world can easily access and perform the works of musician Hoang Van, helping international classical music lovers discover a music rich in Vietnamese cultural identity and high artistic value, contributing to enriching the world's classical music treasure.

The collection of documents is complete, rich in content value and diverse in materials, creating favorable conditions for access, search and research, and is a typical example of preserving and promoting the value of the documentary heritage of an artist family.