Vietnamese musician Dang Huu Phuc (left) at a rehearsal. (Photo from the Festival's facebook page)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - AVietnamese musical piece, Four Symphonic Pictures from Vietnamese FolkSongs, has been played at the Beijing Modern Music Festival.
It was composed by Dang Huu Phuc,a winner of the Golden Goblet for the best music at the Shanghai International FilmFestival in 2005 for A Distant Past.
This is the first time he hasbeen invited to the music festival. Phuc said he wanted to introduceVietnamese folk music to international audiences, particular folk songs from thenorth-west through this festival.
“The works I create are oftenderived from the music left by our ancestors,” he said.
Phuc trained in both the pianoand composition at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He went on to trainat the National Superior Conservatory of Paris for Music and Dance in France. Healso taught piano and composition there.
His works for piano solo wereplayed by Dang Thai Son, winner of the 1980 International Chopin pianocompetition in Poland.
His most renowned works fororchestra are Pizzicato Vietnam (2009), Suite forstring (2012), and overture Fete (2003). His workshave been performed in many parts of the world including France, the US,Canada, Australia, China, and South Korea and have been recorded in Japan.
The piece Four SymphonicPictures from Vietnamese Folk Songs has been well received byaudiences and experts.
An Italian music teacher, SimonaDe Rosa, said she really likes Vietnamese folk music because it is trulytraditional.
“I also think that Vietnamesetraditional folk music has different characteristics. That is why I like it somuch,” he said.
The Beijing Modern Music Festivalis one of three important Chinese music events along with the ShanghaiContemporary Music Week and China-ASEAN Music Week. It has been held since2002.
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Vietnamese musician Dang Huu Phuc (left) at a rehearsal. (Photo from the Festival's facebook page) 
