People's Artist Quoc Hung is the new Director of the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

Previously, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to appoint Dr. - People's Artist Do Quoc Hung, Deputy Director in charge, to the position of Director of the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong presents the decision to People's Artist Quoc Hung

In his performing career, in 2000, People's Artist Quoc Hung won first prize in the 2nd National Chamber Singing - Musical Competition. In 2004, he continued to win the Gold Cup at the Pyongyang Spring International Music Festival (North Korea). Originally a Cheo artist, he also brought grace, softness and flexibility in his singing and character performance. This contributed to creating a performance style rich in emotion and depth when he entered the path of professional vocal art, especially opera.

Foreign works associated with his name include: aria The Wedding of Figaro , operas The Magic Bullet , The Magic Flute and modern opera The Love Case . With Vietnamese music , People's Artist Quoc Hung successfully performed many main songs with heroic colors mixed with emotions such as We are proud to go up, oh Vietnam , The Fatherland calls my name ...

The Board of Directors of the Vietnam National Academy of Music congratulates People's Artist Quoc Hung on his new assignment.

In addition to performing, People's Artist Quoc Hung is also a dedicated lecturer. During his teaching career, he always focuses on researching and exploring traditional singing arts, especially Cheo, to integrate into the vocal training program. This is to find ways to overcome the limitations of the Vietnamese voice when performing Western opera, while improving the performance of main songs.

Under the guidance of People's Artist Quoc Hung, many of his students have become famous artists such as: Meritorious Artist Hoang Tung (First Prize of Sao Mai 2003), Meritorious Artist Truong Bac (Deputy Director of Vietnam Music and Dance Theater), singer Quang Ha, singer Nguyen Tran Trung Quan... In 2017, Quoc Hung successfully defended his doctoral thesis and was awarded the title of People's Artist in 2019.

Mr. Cao Le Tuan Anh (white shirt) was appointed Chief of Office of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

* Also at the ceremony, Deputy Minister Ta Quang Dong presented the appointment decision to Mr. Cao Le Tuan Anh. According to Decision No. 1719/QD-BVHTTDL, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to appoint Mr. Cao Le Tuan Anh, Deputy Chief of the Ministry's Office, to hold the position of Chief of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Office, for a term of 5 years, starting from June 6, 2025.

MAI AN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/nsnd-quoc-hung-la-tan-giam-doc-hoc-vien-am-nhac-quoc-gia-viet-nam-post798765.html