The Vietnam Musicians Association has just awarded the 2023 Music Awards. However, many genres such as: Instrumental music, Art songs, Auditorium, Theoretical and critical books... had the A award left blank.
Associate Professor Dr. Do Hong Quan, Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations, evaluated the artistic quality of the work.
Associate Professor, Dr. Do Hong Quan, Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations, Chairman of the Arts Council of the Vietnam Musicians Association assessed: “In general, the instrumental and vocal music genres have a large number of songs, showing very active professional activities, works on many different topics...
However, there are some unsatisfactory written scores, with errors due to not thoroughly understanding the symphony orchestra and instrument features. Some works combine loose parts with different harmonies, or arrange empty parts with mostly homophonic harmonies. There are works that lack musicality and contrast, but the effectiveness is still low, the sounds are dull and simple.
Regarding the vocal music genre, the language is creative, but many musicians follow the old creative path, there are no new discoveries in artistic creation, some popular poetry works follow the lyrics, and poetry singing has no creativity. concise, exuding his thinking ideas and musical language. The field of children's songs does not have many works that need more attention.
In 2023, the number of participating works, theoretical and critical works is less than the previous year, but the quality of the submitted works ensures the ranking criteria. Many books conduct in-depth research, music criticism, introduce traditional musical heritage, portraits of authors, works...
Musician Do Hong Quan emphasized that the Award is an activity to honor musicians, artists and outstanding musical creations in the fields of composition, performance, critical theory and training. Thereby continuing to encourage musicians, artists, critical theorists, and music teachers to continue to create and contribute to the country's music industry in particular and the country's literature and arts in general.
Through the award review process, the Vietnam Musicians Association awarded the 2023 Music Awards to 93 outstanding works and artistic performances.
On this occasion, the Vietnam Musicians Association expressed gratitude to veteran musicians, admitted new members and announced the establishment of the Youth Music Center and the External Affairs Committee of the Vietnam Musicians Association.
93 works won the 2023 Music Awards of the Vietnam Musicians Association
The Song category had 51 award-winning works, of which the A prize was awarded Wild love fire of Sy Thang (Ha Nam); Call the wind by Ho Trong Tuan (Hanoi) and Wandering on a new road by Pham Anh Thong (Hanoi).
The Children's Song category had 8 award-winning works, of which the A prize was awarded The little swallow flew to a distant island by Van Thanh Nho (Ho Chi Minh City).
Neither the Symphony nor the Chamber category had an A prize. The B prize of the Chamber category was awarded Back to my mother's hometown (Recital of the Moon Dan with the Ethnic Orchestra) by Nguyen Thuy My (Hanoi); I miss the Huong River by Le Van Dinh (Thua Thien - Hue); Homeland river (String Quartet) by Quang Thanh Giang (Can Tho).
The Choir category had 4 winning works, of which the A prize was awarded Standing posture in Bac hamlet of Chung Huu Phu (Ben Tre). The Art Song category had 4 award-winning works but no A prize.
5 awards for Excellent Performing Arts Program went to Do Nhuan's music night program DVD The sound of life, music night Ca tru singing, live show Please also call each other by name, music night Emotions when the cello sings, music night Phoenix spirit.
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