Vietnam's acclaimed jazz saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will perform at the coming ASEAN One music festival in Thailand.
ASEANOne is part of the ASEAN One Multicultural Festival, held in Chiang Maion July 10-11, featuring music and exhibitions of ASEAN-membercountries.
"I hope to learn more about how to organise amulticultural festival, and then apply it in Vietnam. I've dreamed ofhaving a festival of jazz music or world music for years," Tuan said.
Hewill play his own compositions that combine jazz and Vietnamesetraditional music, including Buom Mo (Dreaming Butterfly), Ru Rung(Jungle Lullaby) and Ngay Mua (Harvest Day).
His 50-minuteperformance will feature the famous northern folk song Qua Cau Gio Bay(Gone with the Wind While Crossing the Bridge).
Tuan will sharethe stage with his friends, drummer Nguyen Hung Cuong, guitarist ThanhTan, French pianist Jean Sebastien Simonoviez and his daughter,saxophonist An Tran.
Tuan will also play traditional Vietnameseflutes and African percussion instruments. Apart from his solo concert,Tuan will also perform with musicians from ASEAN-member countries.
Bornin Hanoi, Tuan began playing the saxophone in 1979. He received ascholarship to study jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston,Massachusetts in the US. He was the first Vietnamese to study there.
In2005, he opened his jazz club, Jazz Sax n' Art, in HCM City, andcontinues to work as a lecturer at the HCM City Music Conservatory.
Tuan formed the 20-member jazz band, Saigon Big Band, which had its debut performance in 2013.
Hehas released eight solo albums and worked with well-known Vietnameseand international singers and musicians. He has toured in Europe,Russia, China, Thailand, Singapore and the US.
Anotherrepresentative of Vietnam at the ASEAN ONE festival will be singer TungDuong, who will sing three songs with Thai jazz band BangkokConnection.-VNA
ASEANOne is part of the ASEAN One Multicultural Festival, held in Chiang Maion July 10-11, featuring music and exhibitions of ASEAN-membercountries.
"I hope to learn more about how to organise amulticultural festival, and then apply it in Vietnam. I've dreamed ofhaving a festival of jazz music or world music for years," Tuan said.
Hewill play his own compositions that combine jazz and Vietnamesetraditional music, including Buom Mo (Dreaming Butterfly), Ru Rung(Jungle Lullaby) and Ngay Mua (Harvest Day).
His 50-minuteperformance will feature the famous northern folk song Qua Cau Gio Bay(Gone with the Wind While Crossing the Bridge).
Tuan will sharethe stage with his friends, drummer Nguyen Hung Cuong, guitarist ThanhTan, French pianist Jean Sebastien Simonoviez and his daughter,saxophonist An Tran.
Tuan will also play traditional Vietnameseflutes and African percussion instruments. Apart from his solo concert,Tuan will also perform with musicians from ASEAN-member countries.
Bornin Hanoi, Tuan began playing the saxophone in 1979. He received ascholarship to study jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston,Massachusetts in the US. He was the first Vietnamese to study there.
In2005, he opened his jazz club, Jazz Sax n' Art, in HCM City, andcontinues to work as a lecturer at the HCM City Music Conservatory.
Tuan formed the 20-member jazz band, Saigon Big Band, which had its debut performance in 2013.
Hehas released eight solo albums and worked with well-known Vietnameseand international singers and musicians. He has toured in Europe,Russia, China, Thailand, Singapore and the US.
Anotherrepresentative of Vietnam at the ASEAN ONE festival will be singer TungDuong, who will sing three songs with Thai jazz band BangkokConnection.-VNA
