People's Artist Trung Kien has passed away.

(NLĐO) - People's Artist Trung Kien, a major figure in Vietnamese music, passed away on the morning of January 27th, at the age of 83.

People's Artist Trung Kien was born in 1939 in Kien Xuong, Thai Binh province . He was the son of revolutionary Nguyen Danh Doi.

People's Artist Nguyen Trung Kien is a major figure in Vietnamese music in general and in the revolutionary and chamber music genres in particular, successfully performing timeless musical works such as: "The Country Full of Joy," "The Train Driver," "Love Song," "Meeting on the Peak of Truong Son," "Greetings to the Heroic Ma River," "Gifts of May Offered to Him," "Song of Truong Son," "Ho Chi Minh, the Most Beautiful Name," etc.

People's Artist Trung Kien is a major figure in Vietnamese music.

People's Artist Trung Kien once held the position of Deputy Minister of Culture and Information. In his teaching career, he was a professor and teacher of many famous singers: People's Artist Quoc Hung, Meritorious Artist Dang Duong, singers Trong Tan, Lan Anh, Phuong Nga...

People's Artist Trung Kien married singer Thanh Nga and they had a son, musician Quoc Trung. For many years, he lived with his second wife, People's Artist and teacher Thu Ha - the daughter of pianist Thai Thi Lien.

The funeral of People's Artist Trung Kien is scheduled to be held this weekend.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/van-nghe/nsnd-trung-kien-qua-doi-20210127130531711.htm