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She's a rebel: Young singer Thanh Thuy finds inspiration in revolutionary music. — VNS File Photo |
HCM CITY — Peace, love, and soldiers will be the central themes of a festival to be held in HCM City at the end of this month to mark the 35th anniversary of the liberation of South Viet Nam on April 30.
The Professional Music and Dance Festival, organised by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports and others, including the HCM City Dancers' Association, will feature performers from 10 professional art troupes in Ha Noi, HCM City, and provinces of Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The organisers hope to instil a love for patriotic music in people, especially youth, through the festival.
The artists will be encouraged to create their own music and dance.
Young HCM City dancer Linh Nga will perform a mixture of folk and contemporary dances that will highlight valour of Vietnamese mothers who made enormous sacrifices for the sake of the country's independence.
Nga and her colleagues like Ngoc Tuyen, Hoang Thanh, and Thanh Tam will perform works choreographed by People's Artist Dang Hung.
Veteran singers Thanh Thanh Hien and Tan Minh will sing songs by popular composers Pham Tuyen, Phan Huynh Dieu, and Hoang Viet.
The festival will open at 23-9 Park in District 1 on April 28.
Revolutionary tunes appeal to youth While pop and other songs appear and vanish every few months, revolutionary songs endure for long.
Mua Thu va Mai Mai (Eternal Autumn), a performance held at the HCM City Opera House every month, features romantic and folk songs eulogising the country, its people and soldiers.
Broadcast on HCM City Television, the programme attracts thousands of young viewers who are generally patrons of pop and dance music.
"Singing and listening to revolutionary songs improves the love for and knowledge about the country and its history among young generations," Thanh Thuy, a young singer who often performs in the programme, says.
Though Thuy's day trade is that of a pop singer, she finds inspiration in singing revolutionary songs like Tieu Doan 307 (The 307th Battalion) and Bong Cay Ko Nia (The Shadow of Ko Nia Tree) composed by Nguyen Huu Tri and Phan Huynh Dieu.
Along with others like Luong Chi Cuong and Thanh Ngoc, she also travels around the city and surrounding areas to sing for students and migrant workers. — VNS