Đỗ Nhuận (December 10, 1922 in

Hải Dương Hải Dương () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hải Dương, an industrialized province in the Hanoi Capital Region and the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. The city is at the midpoint between the capital Hanoi and major port H ...

– May 18, 1991 in

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

) was a Vietnamese classical composer. He is known for the first homegrown Vietnamese opera - ''Cô Sao'' "Miss Sao." This and other more-or-less revolutionary themed musicals were premiered by th
Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB)
at the Grand Opera House. During the late 1960s he was highly critical of the "pop" music of songwriters in the South such as

Phạm Duy Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned more than seven decades through some of the most turbulent periods of Vietnamese history and with more than one ...

. Đỗ Nhuận was the General Secretary of the Vietnam Musicians' Association in two continuous terms (1957-1963, and 1963-1983). Đỗ Nhuận is also the only musician in the first generation of Vietnamese neo-musicians who is well-trained (others mostly self-taught). He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory from 1960 to 1963. In 1996, he received the

Hồ Chí Minh Prize The Hồ Chí Minh Prize ( vi, Giải thưởng Hồ Chí Minh) is an honorary award given by the government of Vietnam in recognition of cultural and/or scientific achievement. The prize was established by decree in 1981, and has been awarded in ...

for music. Don't confuse with an earlier Đỗ Nhuận (born 1440), a high ranking politician, a noted poet, member of - a famous association of 28 poets under the command of King

Lê Thánh Tông Lê Thánh Tông (黎聖宗; 25 August 1442 – 3 March 1497), personal name Lê Hạo, temple name Thánh Tông, courtesy name Tư Thành, was an emperor of Đại Việt, reigning from 1460 to 1497, the fifth and the longest-reigning empe ...

Works

Operas *

Cô Sao ''Cô Sao'' ("Miss Sao") is a 1965 Vietnamese-language western-style opera by the composer Đỗ Nhuận Đỗ Nhuận (December 10, 1922 in Hải Dương – May 18, 1991 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese classical composer. He is known for the firs ...

("Miss Sao") Hanoi 1965, restaged as ''A Sao'' 1976. * Người tạc tượng ("The Sculptor") Hanoi 1971 * Nguyễn Trãi ("life of

Nguyễn Trãi Nguyễn Trãi (阮廌), pen name Ức Trai (抑齋); (1380–1442) was an illustrious Vietnamese Confucian scholar, a noted poet, a skilled politician and a master strategist. He was at times attributed with being capable of almost miraculous o ...

") Hanoi 1980. Songs * Du kích ca ("Guerrilla song") 1945. * Du kích Sông Thao ("Guerrillas of Thao River") - composed in 1949, a typical song of

Nhạc đỏ Nhạc đỏ or literally "Red Music" is the common name of the revolutionary music (nhạc cách mạng) genre in Vietnam. This genre of music began soon after the beginning of the 20th century during the French colonial period, advocating for i ...

, performed by many famous singers, one of them is Đào Tố Loan in Toyota Concert 2017. * Hành quân xa ("Far marching") 1954. * Giải phóng Điện Biên ("Liberate Điện Biên") - composed on May 7th 1954, day of

Điện Biên Phủ Điện Biên Phủ (, meaning: ''Established Frontier Prefecture''), is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occ ...

victory, was chosen as one of the official daily theme tunes of the

Voice of Vietnam The Voice of Vietnam or VOV (also Radio the Voice of Vietnam, Vietnamese: ''Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam'') is the Vietnamese national radio broadcaster. Directly controlled by the government of Vietnam, it is tasked with propagating the pol ...

. * Việt Nam - Trung Hoa ("越南—中华 , Vietnam - China") - 1966 * Hát mừng các cụ dân quân ("Congratulation to the elderly militiamen") 1969 - song about the elderly militiamen who shot two planes of United States Navy down in

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