From Canada, People's Artist Dang Thai Son returns to perform in Vietnam National Television's programme on New Year's Eve. (Photo VTV)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Aprogramme featuring Vietnamese artists will be broadcast on Lunar New Year'sEve by Vietnam Television (VTV).
The programme, entitled Que Huong - Mua Doan Tu (Homeland- Reunion Season), is being held for the first time on New Year's Eve.
"Four seasons – spring,summer, autumn and winter – are the circulation of the earth and sky,"said journalist Dang Diem Quynh, the programme’s producer.
"And the days of the LunarNew Year are the fifth season – that is a season for love andreunion."
In the first part of theprogramme, viewers will have chance to see the reunion ofthe artists' family.
For the first time, the viewerswill see all family members of People's Teacher pianist Thai Thi Lien.She is one of the founders of the Vietnam Academy of Music (VNAM).
It is the story of the firstVietnamese woman to earn a bachelor's degree from the prestigious PragueConservatory of Music in the then Czechslovakia in 1950.
Madame Lien, who is 102 yearsold, will appear with her three children, including VNAM's former directorprofessor Tran Thu Ha, architect Tran Thanh Binh and the youngest and mostwell-known People's Artist professor Dang Thai Son.
"I rarely appear in programmeslike this," said pianist Son. "This is a very special programme andit is an honour for me and our family. I have performed many times but playinga Vietnamese song at home has a very special feeling.”
Son is thefirst Asian pianist to win the First Prize and Gold Medal at the 10thInternational Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1980. He currently livesand works in Canada.
From France, musician Nguyen Le isalso invited to play during the programme. He was born to Vietnamese parents inParis. He is known as one of the first musicians to combinetraditional Vietnamese music and jazz.
He has worked withjazz singers such as Didier Lockwood, Carla Bley and Quincy Jones. Hisfirst album, Miracles, was recorded in the US in 1990.
In 2011 he was awarded the rankof Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts & des Lettres by the French CulturalMinistry and he received the Django Reinhardt prize by France’s Academie duJazz.
"I am French of Vietnameseorigin and I cannot speak Vietnamese," said Le.
"But when I heard myfather speak Vietnamese with his native tunes, I suddenly realised I amVietnamese. I am very happy to be here to attend the VTV programme on NewYear's Eve."
Attending the programme willalso be veteran singer Tran Hieu and musician Tran Tien with theirdaughter and niece singer Tran Thu Ha, A-list singer Thanh Lam and herchildren Dang Quang and Thien Thanh and couple My Linh and Anh Quan.
The programme will beginat 9.50pm on January 24./.
VNA
