American cellist performs Vietnamese folk songs with Ngo Hong Quang's band

American cellist Bryan Charles Wilson plays the folk song "Floating Water Fern" with a new arrangement with Vietnamese artists - Photo: T.DIEU

This Vietnamese son-in-law will perform with the band Bac Ninh folk songs, and some famous folk songs: Beo dat may troi, Trong com, Se chi lon kim composed and arranged by Ngo Hong Quang with contemporary music.

Falling in love with Vietnam and wanting to play music in a different way

Bryan Charles Wilson is a cellist from New Jersey, USA.

He used to be a Western classical musician, but since coming to Vietnam, he has had a special love for Vietnamese culture and traditional music. From his love, he also wants to perform music in a different way.

Bryan Charles Wilson plays the folk song "Floating Water Fern" newly arranged by Ngo Hong Quang, with Vietnamese artists - Video : T.DIEU

Loving Vietnamese music, he often wears Ao Dai to perform musical works with today's very creative artists, including Ngo Hong Quang.

At the press conference to launch the band Thien Thanh and to announce the live show Ve Kinh Bac on the afternoon of April 16 in Hanoi, this artist continued to surprise by performing the Bac Ninh folk song Beo dat may troi with many other artists .

He said he was very happy to meet Ngo Hong Quang - a talented artist who is also playing music the way Bryan wants to play.

In the live show Ve Kinh Bac, besides Bryan, there is another interesting guest, beatboxer artist Trung Bao.

The artists will perform a vocal ensemble in a new harmony of seven Bac Ninh folk songs, two Xam songs, a Hat Van piece and two new compositions by musician Ngo Hong Quang.

Artist Ngo Hong Quang said he spent his own money to make the live show Ve Kinh Bac - Photo: T.DIEU

Ngo Hong Quang's new journey

All of these works were composed and arranged by Ngo Hong Quang in a contemporary musical style based on traditional materials, in which the performing role of the instruments is placed higher; the improvisation and personal creativity of the performing artist are emphasized.

In addition to his compositions, Ngo Hong Quang has re-arranged traditional folk music works in a new performance format; emphasizing the performance, rhythmic and improvisational ensemble of musical instruments with the spirit of preserving the quintessence of traditional music of the Northern Delta.

The live show was directed and produced by Ngo Hong Quang because of his love for traditional national music.

Ngo Hong Quang shares his joy and confidence in the market for the music he pursues - renewing traditional music - as recently his audience has become increasingly young.

Gathering young people who are students or have just graduated to form the Thien Thanh band is his new effort to contribute to sparking the national music environment, and also to mark a new journey when he chose to return to Vietnam to work and experience more about the musical life in his homeland after many years of traveling to other countries.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nghe-si-cello-nguoi-my-trinh-dien-dan-ca-viet-nam-cung-nhom-nhac-cua-ngo-hong-quang-20240416224956757.htm