The southern Vietnamese folk song “Ru con” (Lullaby) composed forguitars by Dang Ngoc Long generated a storm of applause at therecently-concluded International Guitar Contest in Berlin .
The piece of music was a compulsory contribution during the final round of performances.
Jakob Bangso from Denmark won the first prize. The 26-year-oldbrought the soul of the Vietnamese folk song to life, performing it withconfidence in front of an international live audience.
This year’s competition had 16 competitors from 11 countries.Classical guitarist Dang Ngoc Long performed some of his folk-song-basedcompositions, such as “Beo dat may troi” ( Floating water-fern andwandering clouds) and “Nui rung Tay Nguyen” ( Central HighlandsMountains and Forests).
After graduating from theHanoi Conservatory of Music in 1979, Dang Ngoc Long worked as a lecturerfor the Central Highlands Literature and Art School and the HanoiConservatory of Music. He went to Germany in 1984 to pursue graduateand post-graduate studies at the Hanns-Eisler Academy of Music inBerlin . After graduation, he was invited to lecture at the academy.
During his time in Germany , he successfullyreworked several famous Vietnamese folk songs in the style of modernEuropean music, including “Morning Mai”, “For Thay” and “Bamboo Ber”. In1987, with his piece “Nui rung Tay Nguyen”, Long became the firstVietnamese to win a special prize at the international “Villa Lobos”guitar competition in Hungary .
The Berlin International Guitar Contest has been held every two years since 2006 for contestants under the age of 32.-VNA
The piece of music was a compulsory contribution during the final round of performances.
Jakob Bangso from Denmark won the first prize. The 26-year-oldbrought the soul of the Vietnamese folk song to life, performing it withconfidence in front of an international live audience.
This year’s competition had 16 competitors from 11 countries.Classical guitarist Dang Ngoc Long performed some of his folk-song-basedcompositions, such as “Beo dat may troi” ( Floating water-fern andwandering clouds) and “Nui rung Tay Nguyen” ( Central HighlandsMountains and Forests).
After graduating from theHanoi Conservatory of Music in 1979, Dang Ngoc Long worked as a lecturerfor the Central Highlands Literature and Art School and the HanoiConservatory of Music. He went to Germany in 1984 to pursue graduateand post-graduate studies at the Hanns-Eisler Academy of Music inBerlin . After graduation, he was invited to lecture at the academy.
During his time in Germany , he successfullyreworked several famous Vietnamese folk songs in the style of modernEuropean music, including “Morning Mai”, “For Thay” and “Bamboo Ber”. In1987, with his piece “Nui rung Tay Nguyen”, Long became the firstVietnamese to win a special prize at the international “Villa Lobos”guitar competition in Hungary .
The Berlin International Guitar Contest has been held every two years since 2006 for contestants under the age of 32.-VNA
