"Today's Country" is a song composed by musician Nguyen Thanh Trung, arranged by musician Duong Duc Thuy, performed by People's Artist Quoc Hung and singer Thu Hang, with the participation of the Choir of the Vietnam National Academy of Music. The music video was directed by Anh Quan. The work has a chamber music feel, treated in a semi-classical-pop style to broaden its appeal to contemporary audiences.
Sharing about his songwriting process, composer Nguyen Thanh Trung said that he had written many singles about the country, but the familiar melodic framework was still insufficient to fully express the scale and depth of history. From that concern, he chose the epic form with its large structure, multiple chapters, and layers of emotion, considering it "a sufficiently broad musical space for the theme of the country to speak."
The work, "The Country Today," is divided into six chapters, combining various forms such as lyrical, heroic, marching, and celebratory songs. From the perspective of an experienced performing artist, People's Artist Quoc Hung, Director of the Vietnam National Academy of Music, assesses the work as a beautiful encounter between music and contemporary issues.
People's Artist Quoc Hung emotionally shared that "Today's country is like a historical stream told through music, from its formation through blood and tears, through the years when our ancestors bravely fought against foreign invaders, to the period of innovation, construction, and learning to rise strongly as it is today." For him, music in his works is no longer a personal expression, but a form of contribution.
The fact that the music video was released just in time to celebrate the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam made that feeling even more complete, like a beautiful encounter between music and the times, where the singing is placed within the grand context of the nation.
The music video utilizes many valuable historical documents combined with majestic landscapes of the country from all three regions. The music video "Today's Country" is considered a valuable effort, contributing a voice of political commentary through the language of art, connecting history with contemporary life.
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/nsnd-quoc-hung-hat-truong-ca-ve-dat-nuoc-post834781.html
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