Launching the UNESCO Center for Conservation and Development of Southern Vietnamese Traditional Music

On the evening of June 20, in Ho Chi Minh City, the UNESCO Center for Conservation and Development of Southern Traditional Music was launched and put into operation.

The Board of Directors of the UNESCO Center for Conservation and Development of Southern Amateur Music was introduced at the ceremony.

With the aim of researching, preserving and developing the nation's unique intangible cultural heritage, specifically Southern amateur music, the Vietnam Federation of UNESCO Associations decided to establish the UNESCO Center for Preservation and Development of Southern Amateur Music.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tan Anh, Executive Committee Member of the Vietnam Federation of UNESCO Associations, is the Director of the Center.

Activities to preserve and develop amateur music need to be comprehensive.

Formed in the late 19th century, Southern amateur music is a traditional art form of Vietnam, carrying within it unique cultural values ​​passed down through many generations.

Nearly 12 years ago, on December 5, 2013, Southern folk music was recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Opening performance of traditional music - Video : HO LAM

According to Mr. Pham Hoang Thinh, head of the representative office of the Vietnam Federation of UNESCO Associations, in order to truly contribute to the preservation and development of traditional music, activities must be comprehensive and truly integrated.

"Therefore, not only the performing instruments and performing techniques, but also related aspects always need to be focused on in parallel. These are space, time, performers, performance scope, audience, and the subject of teaching the profession...

The balance between professionalization and appropriate popularization is also a factor that needs to be calculated with the love for Southern amateur music" - Mr. Thinh said.

Artists performing traditional music at the press conference - Photo: HO LAM

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tan Anh said that the plan and direction of activities of the UNESCO Center for Preservation and Development of Southern Amateur Music in the next 5-year term (2025 - 2030) will implement a number of main activities such as:

Continue to improve the Center's organizational structure and member development work;

Coordinate with amateur music clubs, cultural centers of Southern provinces and cities, cultural and art schools... to organize training courses on UNESCO and the work of preserving and developing Southern amateur music, Southern amateur music festivals, and sign cooperation agreements on training and creating a source of amateur music artists;

Coordinate with accompanying units to organize the international festival of Southern amateur music at least every 2 years on the occasion of UNESCO's recognition of Southern amateur music as a representative intangible heritage of humanity;

Coordinate with accompanying units to organize Southern amateur music performance programs in countries with large Vietnamese communities; mobilize domestic and foreign sponsors to establish investment projects and build a Southern amateur music performance center, a place for exchange, research, training and performance of Southern amateur music.

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