Genderless singer Tran Tung Anh wins youth music award in China

Still filled with happiness, emotion and pride when his name was announced as the winner of the Special Prize - Thanh Am Prize at the competition, the singer from Bac Giang shared that although he knew this was the result of his tireless efforts to practice and prepare for the competition for more than 3 months, he was still very surprised.

Tran Tung Anh, genderless singer.

While waiting for the exam, I felt shaky and had to drink a lot of water.

Tran Tung Anh said that the contest gathered a large number of contestants from China and many countries around the world , so at first Tran Tung Anh was a bit lacking in confidence.

"The competition had so many contestants that it made me a bit dizzy. Until I went up to perform, I thought the crowd below was the audience, but then I realized that the majority of the people there were contestants.

The judges worked very seriously. While waiting for the exam, I felt nervous and had to drink a lot of water. But I always told myself to do my best and be confident first for the sake of the flag.

Luckily, when I performed and showed off my two natural voices, I heard many surprised "wows" from the audience from my international friends, and I became much more confident," Tran Tung Anh said.

However, after the first competition night, Tran Tung Anh thought he would definitely fail, but unexpectedly the next day the organizing committee announced that in the youth opera competition, Vietnam had chosen the most outstanding performance to perform on the opening night, which was Tran Tung Anh's performance.

"At that time, I was both surprised and worried because I did not bring any extra costumes. In my happiness, I quickly thought of cutting the hem of the suit and turning it into a new suit to perform on the opening night," Tran Tung Anh said.

Thinking back to the awards ceremony, Tran Tung Anh still felt overwhelmed with emotions. The awards ceremony took place at the large concert hall of the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, with a large audience and contestants, leaving Tran Tung Anh feeling overwhelmed.

While waiting for the award announcement, because he didn't know Chinese, Tran Tung Anh mainly observed. It wasn't until the end when he saw the organizers call his name and the two words Vietnam that Tran Tung Anh guessed he would win the encouragement award.

His image at the "QINGYIN AWARD - YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024" competition (QINGYIN AWARD - Youth Music Talent Search Competition 2024).

"I thought I would only win a consolation prize because my name was called last, but I ended up winning the championship in my category. My initial feeling was one of surprise. Then, I was overwhelmed with happiness when my performance was judged to be good and excellent.

Until now, I am still very happy because I dare to challenge myself and try my best to get good results, bringing honor to myself and to my homeland and country," Tran Tung Anh expressed.

Genderless singer Tran Tung Anh competed in the youth opera category and sang a mashup of famous Vietnamese chamber songs: Spring in the war zone, The girl sharpening spikes, The bird that gives good news, The ferryman on the Po Ko river, and The Lo river epic.

This mashup was mixed and arranged by Tran Tung Anh to suit his voice and musical style for the competition. At the competition, Tran Tung Anh performed with his two natural voices: a genderless voice and a real male voice.

Thought he failed the exam, but unexpectedly won the prize with a Vietnamese "chamber" degree

Tran Tung Anh said that when participating in an international competition, he could have chosen to sing international songs that might have been more suitable, but what he wanted when participating in an international competition was to bring the quintessential songs of Vietnamese chamber music to "show off" to international friends, as a way to introduce the beauty of Vietnamese music to the world.

And that is also what makes Tran Tung Anh doubly happy when receiving the award.

Tran Tung Anh and his instructor is teacher, Master of Arts, Meritorious Artist Lan Anh.

"I am very proud and happy to perform Vietnamese songs on the international competition stage and win the highest prize.

That is the motivation for me to try harder to contribute to my career and my future endeavors," Tran Tung Anh said.

Tran Tung Anh participated in the "QINGYIN AWARD - YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024" competition (Thanh Am Award - Young Music Talent Search Competition 2024) at the invitation of Pianist Nguyen Le Thuyen Ha - Artistic Director of Polaris Art & Music School, representative artist of QINGYIN AWARDS MUSIC FESTIVAL in Vietnam.

At first, Tran Tung Anh was very hesitant and thoughtful because he had never participated in any international competition, especially the first time competing in an academic competition like Opera.

Previously, he often participated in entertainment competitions. However, after learning about the nature of the competition as well as being able to compete at the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, one of the largest music academies in China, Tran Tung Anh was excited to try it out.

Although he has competed in many competitions and often performed on many big stages, Tran Tung Anh's mentality during the preparation process was always one of worry and pressure. Because Tran Tung Anh is a perfectionist, he sincerely shared that he was worried that he would not win any prizes in the competition.

Thanks to that pressure, Tran Tung Anh prepared very carefully from choosing songs, arranging music, preparing performance costumes... especially practicing tirelessly with the instruction, guidance and comments of his teacher, Meritorious Artist Lan Anh.

Tran Tung Anh passed the entrance exam to the National Academy of Music, but after a period of studying, he chose to go to the South to pursue singing pop music and find opportunities in game show competitions. That's why Tran Tung Anh admits that his knowledge of academic music is still lacking.

With the dedicated guidance of teacher Lan Anh, Tran Tung Anh quickly improved and was ready for the competition.

Following the happiness of winning a music competition award in China, on August 2-3, Tran Tung Anh is honored to be one of the delegates from Luc Nam district, his hometown, to attend the Congress of the Youth Union of Bac Giang province.

Tran Tung Anh said he was happy and proud to participate in activities in his hometown.

The "QINGYIN AWARD - YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024" competition is sponsored by the famous Chinese Conservatory system such as: Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music, Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Shenyang Conservatory of Music and major universities such as: People's University of China, Qingdao University, Hainan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Beijing Normal University, Capital Normal University, Hunan Normal University, Zhejiang Normal University and a series of famous art schools such as Nanjing Academy of Arts, Guangxi Academy of Arts, Yunnan Academy of Arts, Jilin Academy of Arts, Shandong Academy of Arts.

In addition, there is the patronage of international music schools such as the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/giong-ca-phi-gioi-tinh-tran-tung-anh-doat-giai-am-nhac-tre-tai-trung-quoc-192240731102330359.htm