Tùng Dương (birth name Nguyễn Tùng Dương, born September 18, 1983)
is a Vietnamese singer. He came to fame after the 2004 music contest Sao Mai điểm hẹn, in which he won first place as ranked by the judges. Songs he performed in the contest, most of which are contemporary folk songs written by
Lê Minh Sơn, were included in his first studio album called ''
Chạy trốn'' (2004). After ceasing from performing Lê Minh Sơn's compositions, Tùng Dương started to sing songs by other songwriters such as
Ngọc Đại,
Như Huy,
Giáng Son,
Lưu Hà An, and performed in two music shows, ''Vọng Nguyệt'' by songwriter
Quốc Trung and ''Gió bình minh'' by songwriter
Đỗ Bảo.
Biography
Early life and childhood
Tùng Dương was born on September 18
th, 1983, in
Hà Nội
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. His father's homeland is
Quảng Trị
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History
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He is the eldest child in his family. His father is a businessman, his mother was once the owner of a make-up and photo shop ~ later she became the costume designer for Tùng Dương.
While his parents weren't singers, Dương had been exposed to music early in life, especially under the influence of his grandfather, songwriter
Trần Hoàn.
Other than that, poet
Phạm Hổ and songwriter
Phạm Thế Mỹ were his grandmother's younger brothers.
When Tùng Dương was in grade 3, his parents went to Russia for business, and Dương was brought up by his uncles. In Russia, his parents often sent him new CDs. He had been exposed to jazz since he was very young, which helped shape his musical style later on.
In 1995, Tùng Dương received his first award, a silver medal at the 1995 Vietnam National Radio and Television Broadcast Talented Vocalist (Huy chương bạc Giọng hát hay Phát thanh Truyền hình Toàn quốc).
Soon after that, when he was 12, Dương was delegated as the youngest member of Vietnam Singing and Dancing Team (Đoàn Ca múa nhạc Việt Nam) to perform in Moscow.
In 1999, Tùng Dương passed the entrance test of
Hanoi Conservatory of Music (currently the Vietnam National Academy of Music),
and studied under the guidance of
Quang Thọ.
Tùng Dương continued to win numerous awards, namely the third prize of Hanoi Music Contest for Young Singers in 1999, third prize and first prize of Hanoi Music Contest for Talented Singers in 2001 and 2003, respectively.
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References
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1983 births
Living people
21st-century Vietnamese male singers