Summary of the Southern Amateur Music Art Composition Camp in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024

On the morning of January 15, 2025, at the Ho Chi Minh Museum (HCMC Branch), the HCMC Cultural Center held the closing ceremony of the 2024 Southern Amateur Music Art Composition Camp in HCMC.

Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City Vo Trong Nam and Deputy Director in charge of the City Cultural Center Nguyen Thi Hoai Phuong presented flowers to the Jury of the works participating in the 2024 Southern Amateur Music Art Composition Camp in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: THUY BINH

The Southern Amateur Music Art Composition Camp in Ho Chi Minh City was organized by the City Cultural Center at the end of 2024, with the participation of nearly 30 artisans, authors, composers, researchers... The camp was organized to create conditions for the Southern Amateur Music team to have the opportunity to exchange, improve understanding, demonstrate responsibility, contribute intelligence and efforts to the work of preserving, promoting and developing the intangible cultural heritage of the Southern Amateur Music Art; at the same time, to promote the movement of composing new lyrics for the Southern Amateur Music melodies in Ho Chi Minh City to spread, develop, achieve efficiency, and improve professional quality.

Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City Vo Trong Nam awarded A prizes to 4 authors with excellent works. Photo: THUY BINH

With the theme of Ho Chi Minh City 50 seasons of blooming flowers, amateur music artists, music educators, traditional music composers, authors specializing in composing and compiling new lyrics for amateur music in Ho Chi Minh City... have created new compositions, expressing well the following contents: praising the Communist Party of Vietnam ; President Ho Chi Minh; love for the homeland, country, and people of the City; praising the achievements of the entire Party, army, and people of Ho Chi Minh City after 50 years of national reunification... Among them are many works to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025) and towards the 50th anniversary of the day Saigon - Gia Dinh city was officially honored to be named after President Ho Chi Minh (July 2, 1976 - July 2, 2026).

Deputy Director in charge of the City Cultural Center Nguyen Thi Hoai Phuong and Dr. Mai My Duyen presented the B prize to the winning authors. Photo: THUY BINH

At the closing ceremony, the Organizing Committee awarded certificates of merit and prizes to outstanding new compositions.

There were 4 A prizes awarded to the works: 32 It's Not Simple by author Huynh Tu Uyen (Vo Tu Uyen), To Thanh pho tham niem tin (Tay thi melody) by author Lam Huu Tang, To Nho on nguoi khai truong (Lien nam melody) by Nguyen Thi Tram Anh and Vui ngay dai thang (Bat man tan cong melody) by author Nguyen Van Ho (Dung Ho).

In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded 8 B prizes, 12 C prizes and 1 prize for excellent ca ra bo work to the authors.

THUY BINH

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/tong-ket-trai-sang-tac-nghe-thuat-don-ca-tai-tu-nam-bo-tphcm-nam-2024-post777907.html