Composer La Van Cuong has passed away.

Composer La Van Cuong, famous for his love songs "Sometimes" and "Garden of Love," passed away at the age of 67.

Art collector Ly Doi - a close colleague of the author. Sometimes - He expressed his sorrow upon hearing the news from the musician's family. Just a week ago, he had met with the musician to discuss the script for a concert celebrating his career as a composer, as they had known each other for a long time and were from the same hometown. The program was scheduled to take place during the Lunar New Year of the Year of the Snake, to celebrate the musician's 70th birthday. According to Ly Doi, the musician was born in 1954, but his official documents state his birth year as 1957.

Colleagues said that for many years, he had suffered from heart disease, occasionally experiencing angina. "The script was finished; we planned to meet a few more times to add details before handing it over to the director. He was very dedicated to the program, and yet...", Ly Doi said.

The musician, originally from Tam Ky, Quang Nam , began writing music in the 1970s. After 1975, his works became notable, with songs calling for national reconstruction and expressing the youthful yearning for love, such as... On the journey of life - movie soundtrack A gem in the rough .

In the 1990s, he made his mark with a series of love songs. Sometimes, songs like "Garden of Love," "Emerald Green," "Farewell Song," and "Destiny" are mentioned . One of the milestones in the musician's career was when he collaborated with singer Hong Nhung on the album. Suddenly I heard her singing. (10 love songs by La Van Cuong and Tran Quang Loc), which he directly produced and released in 1993.

In there, Sometimes It became a hit with its poetic melody and lyrics: "Oh, if only I were that stream/ Living a wandering life, roaming to every shore/ To hear the birdsong and you forever innocent/ I wouldn't know what it means to wait/ I would stop wandering aimlessly." The song was one of Hong Nhung's first songs to enter the top 10 of the Green Wave chart, helping the songwriter win a commemorative trophy from the program. With this musical piece... Love Garden (Poetry by Minh Nguyệt), he was again honored with this award in 1999.

In his later years, he devoted himself to writing music, leaving his mark with many film soundtracks, such as Female detective in the film of the same name, and The Unmarried Woman's Wharf in the movie The wealthy woman without a husband . Besides writing, he is also the editor-in-chief of the anthology. Vietnamese music, past and present . The composer once stated that he wanted to gather the works of his predecessors and friends – those he admired – to preserve the heritage of Vietnamese music for future generations.

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