HCM City artists are moved to welcome the book project "Liberation Art Troupe R - A historical mark"

(NLDO) – From the battlefield, the first works that made up the mission of literature and art during the resistance war were preserved and spread.

Artists interact with the audience about the Liberation Art Troupe R.

On the morning of June 5, at the Ho Chi Minh Museum, Ho Chi Minh City branch, the City Department of Culture and Sports , the Ho Chi Minh Museum, Ho Chi Minh City branch, and the Liberation Arts Resistance Traditional Club organized the book launch program "Liberation Arts Troupe R - A historical mark".

Many artists, singers, actors from many fields and the public attended. All expressed their emotions when listening to the sharing about the process of working during the fiercest years of the resistance war against the US to save the country from former members of the Liberation Art Troupe (under the Propaganda Department of the Central Office for Southern Vietnam).

Meritorious Artist and dancer Phi Yen said: "Although it has only been active for nearly 15 years since its establishment (in 1961), the Liberation Art Troupe has successfully completed its mission, contributing significantly to the glorious victory of the nation, and is a typical example of the development of the revolutionary art culture of the South and the art of the current period. Today is an emotional day when I talk about my once glorious comrades."

Many artists and the public viewed the thematic exhibition "Liberation Art Troupe R - A historical mark".

In each story told and on the pages of the book, the will, resilience, enthusiasm, and fearlessness of hardship and sacrifice of the artists of the Liberation Art Troupe are clearly shown.

With talent and strong will, the troupe has developed strongly, attracting many talented young people with artistic talent. "Overcoming the smoke of bombs and singing in the fire of bullets", the Liberation Art Troupe is both an artist and a soldier; ready to fight, ready to sacrifice, and to devote themselves.

People's Artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City - shared: "Many artists have fallen, leaving behind their youth on the journeys against the US, but the songs, poems, and dances of the liberation artists still echo forever in the hearts of the next generations.

They are icons and valuable lessons for today's generation of artists. Born from blood and fire, works such as the songs: "Crossing the River", "Saigon Self-Defense Woman's Song", "Song of the Lotus", "People Living Forever in the South's Heart", the play "Wherever There is Enemy, We Go"... are still full of emotion to this day."

Poet Le Minh Quoc shares unforgettable memories of "Liberation Art Troupe R - A historical mark".

The history of the Group has recorded the strong imprints of musicians and artists such as: Pham Minh Tuan, Vinh Bao, The Hai, Tran Mui, Phan Thao, Lu Nhat Vu, Ho Bong, Thanh Truc, Phan Mieng, Hoai Mai, Hoang Viet, Thanh Nha, Muoi Don, Thanh Hien, Pham Ngoc Truyen, Ngoc Cung, Ngo Y Linh, Thai Ly, To Lan Phuong, Minh Nguyet, Phi Yen...

In particular, the work "The Art of Childhood" with the participation of actors from the Liberation Art Troupe won the Golden Lotus Award at the First Film Festival (1970), the Golden Apsara Award at the International Film Festival in Phnom Penh (1968). In addition, there were many songs, reformed operas, short plays... that won the Nguyen Dinh Chieu Cultural and Artistic Award - a noble award of the Southern resistance literature and art.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diem - Deputy Head of the Department of Science, Culture, and Arts, Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee - introduced the book to young artists on a recent trip back to the source.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diem - Deputy Head of the Department of Science, Culture, Arts, Propaganda and Mass Mobilization of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee - shared: "After the country's reunification, the artists became the seeds of art that continued to be planted and developed strongly, becoming a solid foundation for the formation and growth of major art units in Ho Chi Minh City such as: Bong Sen Traditional Music and Dance Theater, Tran Huu Trang Opera Theater, and City Drama Theater.

The units not only inherit the spirit of revolutionary art but also continue to create, bringing the breath of the new era into each work, contributing to enriching the country's art garden."

Meritorious Artist Phi Yen - former member of the Liberation Art Troupe

The content of the book "Liberation Art Troupe R - A historical mark" (compiled by the City Department of Culture and Sports) includes three parts: Shoulder to shoulder under the same flag (Background and history of the formation of the Liberation Art Troupe R); Portraits of talented people going against the current of the flood (Memoirs of artists of the Liberation Art Troupe R) and This fate keeps this common property (Including 50 revolutionary songs born during this period and Letters from the front line of the Fatherland).

Within the framework of the program, the organizing committee held a thematic exhibition "Liberation Art Troupe R - A historical mark".

The exhibition introduces 110 valuable documents and images about the activities of the R. Liberation Art Troupe. The content includes three parts: President Ho Chi Minh with culture and art; Shoulder to shoulder under the same flag and Portrait of talents going against the flood.

According to People's Artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Deputy Director of the City Department of Culture and Sports, the book is not only a valuable documentary work but also conveys profound values ​​about patriotism, spirit of sacrifice and passion for art of people who have turned songs and dances into sharp weapons on the ideological front.

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