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Đặng Hữu Phúc (born June 4, 1953) is a Vietnamese
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Cultural events to celebrate national day
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Orchestra hits half-century mark
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pianist
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and composer best known for his film score
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s. A graduate of the Hanoi
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Conservatory, he has penned over 60 works, primarily for film and theatre.
In 2001 he won the Vietnam National Film Award Best Music for ''The Season of Guavas''. Then he subsequently won the ''Best Music'' prize in 2005 at the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival
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"China's biggest film festival" according to the Hollywood Reporter. Nex ...
for his work on Hồ Quang Minh's film ''Thời xa vắng'' ("A Far Time Past") based on the novel of the same name by Lê Lựu.
Đặng is best known as a composer of symphonies and orchestra
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There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
l music, combining this traditional European style of music with elements of traditional Vietnamese music
Traditional Vietnamese music encompasses a large umbrella of Vietnamese music from antiquity to present times, and can also encompass multiple groups, such as those from Vietnam's ethnic minority tribes.
History
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, such as Nhạc dân tộc cải biên. He is also noted in Vietnam for his instrumental music such as piano sonata
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s.
Works
Vocal works
Đặng Hữu Phúc has written several works for choir and orchestra. His choral symphony to poems of Nguyễn Đình Thi (1973) was performed at theHanoi Opera House
The Hanoi Opera House (french: Opéra de Hanoï), or the Grand Opera House ( vi, Nhà hát lớn Hà Nội, french: Grand Opéra) is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 191 ...
when the composer was only 20 years old. In 2004 ''10 pieces for a cappella choir'' (''"10 bài cho hợp xướng không nhạc đệm"'') premiered, again at the Hanoi Opera House.
Phúc is also known for classical songs. In 1974 he wrote ''Ba bức tranh'' ("Three Paintings") for soprano and 2 pianos, which was premiered at the Vietnam School of Music by soprano Ái Vân. In 2006 he published the fruit of 30 years work, ''60 selected romances for voice and piano'' (''“Tuyển chọn 60 bài Romances và Ca khúc cho giọng hát với Piano”'') - the first major Lieder collection by a Vietnamese composer. Several of these songs have been widely performed and broadcast including "Cơn mưa sang đò" ("Rain upon the boat"), "Trăng chiều" ("Moonlit"), “Ru con mùa đông” ("Lullaby of winter"), “Tôi vẫn hát” ("I still sing"). 14 of the songs were submitted for and won the Vietnam composers' award.
Film music
* ''A woman pickpocket'' (Bỉ vỏ) * ''A far time past'' (Thời xa vắng) * ''The season of guavas'' (Mùa ổi) * ''Người đàn bà nghịch cát'' * ''Tướng về hưu''Discography
* Đặng Hữu Phúc ''Phác Thảo Mùa Thu'' (Vol 1.) CDReferences
External links
* *Cultural events to celebrate national day
, ''Vietnam+'', 27/08/2009 *
Orchestra hits half-century mark
, ''VietNamNet Bridge'', 20/05/2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dang, Huu Phuc 1953 births Living people Vietnamese composers Vietnamese film score composers Vietnamese pianists Vietnamese animators 21st-century pianists 20th-century pianists 21st-century composers 20th-century composers Male pianists Male composers Male film score composers 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians