With the theme of Music Convergence and Spread , the festival is a celebration of musicians, artists and music lovers nationwide. The event aims to honor and promote new musical works, encourage creativity in composing, performing and training music; at the same time, create opportunities for exchange and discussion between musicians and artists at home and abroad, meeting the increasing demand for art enjoyment of the audience.

The works participating in the festival focus on reflecting the themes of the Party, Uncle Ho, the cause of national construction and protection, love for the homeland, country and Vietnamese people in the integration period, along with cultural values ​​and international friendship.

The 2025 National Expanded Music Festival consists of two parts: the Music Works Festival and the Vietnamese Voice and Instrumental Soloist Festival. The participating works are new compositions in 2024-2025 by members of the Vietnam Musicians Association, never entered in any other competition, in the genre of songs, ensembles or solo instruments with a duration of no more than 7 minutes.

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Artists from Hoa Binh participate in the 2024 National Music Festival. Photo: Document

For the performance, the artists and singers selected to perform Vietnamese works of high artistic and technical value. The festival was attended by more than 600 musicians and artists from 38 branches of the Vietnam Musicians Association across the country with more than 185 performances in 7 competition programs.

The festival brings together many famous names in the Vietnamese music industry such as: Meritorious Artist To Nga, Meritorious Artist Tien Lam, Meritorious Artist Que Thuong, Meritorious Artist Thanh Nhan, Meritorious Artist Hong Tam, Meritorious Artist Y Joel K'nul, Meritorious Artist A Duh - A Xin; along with singers Tung Duong, Tran Hong Nhung, Pham Khanh Ngoc, Trang Nhung, Quoc Tri, Hien Xuan, Nhat Huyen, Y Moan H'Mok...

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Singer Tung Duong

In addition, there will be the participation of solo instrumental artists such as Nguyen Hung Tam (guitar), Hoang Thanh Tu (zither), Nguyen Duy Thinh (mono bau), Tran Hoang Oanh (moon lute), Luong Viet Hung (Mong flute), Tran Thu Hien (piano), Nguyen Cong Minh (flute)... and the music groups Sol Viet, Black Eyes, and illustrative dance groups.

The festival's award structure includes A and B prizes for musical works and Gold and Silver medals for performances.

One of the notable highlights of the program is the Vietnam - China Friendship Symphony performance performed by the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) in collaboration with Vietnamese and Chinese artists and singers.

Typical works will be performed in the program such as the symphony Fantasy Hong Ha - Truong Giang flowing together to the ocean (Do Hong Quan), Harmony of colors (People's Artist Xuan Bac), the song River of friendship (music by Duc Trinh, Vietnamese lyrics by Le Tu Minh, Chinese lyrics by Luong Thieu Vu) performed by singers Khanh Ngoc and Wu Wei (China), duet of Dan Bau - Nguyet Khuc Tuong Tri (Duc Trinh), Day Hoi (People's Artist Pham Ngoc Khoi)...

Introducing more than 120 new works at the National Music Festival The 2024 National Music Festival will introduce more than 140 musical performances, including 120 newly composed works and more than 20 artists competing in vocal and instrumental solo performances.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tung-duong-cung-600-nghe-si-tham-gia-lien-hoan-am-nhac-toan-quoc-mo-rong-2457181.html