People's Artist Minh Vuong, People's Artist Le Thuy and many artists honor composer Vien Chau

NSND Minh Vương, NSND Lệ Thủy cùng dàn nghệ sĩ tưởng nhớ soạn giả Viễn Châu - Ảnh 1. — People's Artist Le Thuy will perform the traditional song *Who Are You, and* People's Artist Minh Vuong will bring the traditional song *Sad Moment.*

Honoring and expressing gratitude for the contributions of composer Vien Chau

The art program Introducing the portrait of People's Artist, composer Vien Chau with the theme Vien Chau - Words of love on the piano keys , responding to the Literature and Arts Days of Ho Chi Minh City, directed by the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, produced by the Ho Chi Minh City Art Center - Tran Huu Trang Opera House, broadcast live on Ho Chi Minh City Radio and Television.

The program aims to honor and pay tribute to the great contributions of People's Artist, composer Vien Chau - known as the "king of vọng cổ", a giant of Vietnamese cải lương art; expressing the deep gratitude of artists and art lovers to the talented artist who devoted his entire life to the national stage.

Composer People's Artist Vien Chau (1924 - 2016), real name Huynh Tri Ba, from Tra Vinh , also known as famous musician Bay Ba, is famous for his talent in playing traditional music and composing traditional music and reformed opera. He has made very important contributions to the development of reformed opera, helping the public understand and love the art of amateur singing and reformed opera, contributing greatly to raising awareness of preserving, conserving and promoting the precious heritage of the nation. With more than half a century of dedication, People's Artist and composer Vien Chau has left behind thousands of works, contributing to shaping the language of scriptwriting and modern reformed opera poetics.

NSND Minh Vương, NSND Lệ Thủy cùng dàn nghệ sĩ tưởng nhớ soạn giả Viễn Châu - Ảnh 2. — People's Artist, Playwright Vien Chau

Experts acknowledge composer Vien Chau's important contributions to the development of vọng cổ. He is one of the initiators and successful creators of the genre of Tân Cổ giao duyên - a type of modern music combined with traditional music. This is a new style that took him nearly 10 years to affirm the values of creativity and conquer both experts and audiences; helping artists have room to be creative in their breath and voice. His compositions have met both the needs of enjoying modern music and traditional music in the same Tân Cổ giao duyên song. He has made the discerning music-loving public acknowledge the creative "interplay" of the Tân Cổ version with evidence from his immortal compositions.

7 chapters reenacting Vien Chau - Love on the piano keys

According to the organizers, the program Introducing the portrait of People's Artist and composer Vien Chau with the theme Vien Chau - Words of love on the piano is under the artistic direction of Meritorious Artist Quoc Kiet, Kim Hoa, Quy Binh; directed by People's Artist Huu Quoc and Duong Thao; edited by Hoang Song Viet.

The show recreates classic vọng cổ works, famous cải lương excerpts associated with the name Viễn Châu, through 7 chapters: The Sixteen Stringed Instruments; Immortal vọng cổ songs; Who are you? The Southern Mother; The Transmitted Love Stories; Comedy vọng cổ; Excerpts from cải lương plays.

NSND Minh Vương, NSND Lệ Thủy cùng dàn nghệ sĩ tưởng nhớ soạn giả Viễn Châu - Ảnh 3. — Kim Tu Long and Phuong Hang will perform the show *Vo Dong So - Bach Thu Ha*

NSND Minh Vương, NSND Lệ Thủy cùng dàn nghệ sĩ tưởng nhớ soạn giả Viễn Châu - Ảnh 4. — Artist Thanh Nam will bring a comedy performance of *Ong Truong Tien Buu.*

The works that will be performed in the program include the scene Portrait of Huynh Tri Ba , the traditional song Love of the Mat Seller, Green Betel Leaves, Sad Moment, the modern song Who Are You, Vo Dong So - Bach Thu Ha , the humorous vọng cổ Ông Trường Tiên Bửu , the scene song The Southern Mother, I Go to Huong Pagoda, The Last Night at the Royal Wharf , an excerpt from The Love Story of Han Mac Tu ...

The Night of Introducing the Portrait of People's Artist and Composer Vien Chau featured performances by veteran artists and the next generation such as People's Artist Le Thuy, Minh Vuong, Trong Huu, Thanh Nam, Thoai Mieu, Trong Phuc, Huu Quoc, My Hang, Meritorious Artist Kim Tu Long, Phuong Hang, Van Khanh, Le Tu, Quynh Huong, Lam Tuyen, Le Hong Tham, Thu Van, Diem Thanh, Vo Thanh Phe, artists Ha Nhu, Thu Ngát, Nguyen Thanh Toan, Kim Luan, Nguyen Van Khoi, Dien Trung... In addition, the program also featured the traditional orchestra of People's Artist Ut Ty, Meritorious Artist Duy Kim, Huynh Tuan, Meritorious Artist Van Mon, Hoang Kha, Phu Quy and modern music performed by Meritorious Artist Thanh Liem.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nsnd-minh-vuong-nsnd-le-thuy-cung-nhieu-nghe-si-ton-vinh-soan-gia-vien-chau-185251031092638704.htm