Hien Nguyen Soprano brings love songs to the public

Friday, 01/03/2024

Hien Nguyen Soprano brings love songs to the public

At 8:00 p.m. today (March 1), the concert program 'La Passione' takes place at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (77 Hao Nam, Dong Da, Hanoi)

Hien Nguyen Soprano

Since returning to domestic artistic activities, possessing an inspiring soprano voice, Hien Nguyen Soprano has shown her focus in exploiting her strengths through diligence and investment in creating products with classic characteristics. interfering. She enthusiastically participated with two MVs, "Lavie En Rose" (2019) and "Thank God It's Friday" (2020); Popifying opera through the bilingual album "Love & Dreams"; classical singing in jazz style through Concert "Yeu" Live in studio "Rhythm Trip"…

With the concert program "La Passione" taking place on the evening of March 1, Hien Nguyen Soprano said she will sing classic songs of the world and Vietnamese lyricism. In particular, Hien Nguyen Soprano will try singing live for the first time with her teacher - international pianist and Professor Gianni Kriscak.

Hien Nguyen Soprano and Professor Gianni Kriscak.

Hien Nguyen Soprano shared "it is both a great honor, but also a challenge in my performing career".

The program consists of two parts: classical and semi-classical vocal music with 16 pieces of music. Vietnamese love songs performed in the program include works such as "Winter Lullaby" (Dang Huu Phuc), "Dreaming in the City at Night" (Viet Anh), "Spring Palace" (Cao Viet Bach). , “Prairie love story” (Tran Tien)…

"What I want to do with music is how to tell everything from the music story to the image in a new way, spreading the love of academic music to everyone," Hien Nguyen Soprano shared, adding that: "Returning from Italy, I realized that classical music is still "picky" for domestic audiences. From the music theory and vocal techniques I learned, I have a will to change and diversify my style. classical singing style, reaching a new audience.

In that effort, I want my audience to gradually shape Hien Nguyen Soprano as a portrait of a female performer with personality, passion and a focus on semi-classical style, contributing to the overall development of music. classical in Vietnam".

Hien Nguyen Soprano signed the book "History of Italian Opera" for readers.

Hien Nguyen Soprano signed the book "History of Italian Opera" for readers.

Before the concert "La Passione" took place, the book "History of Italian Opera" was edited by Professor Gianni Kriscak and Hien Nguyen Soprano (PhD student at the Central University of Art Education) and Trinh Thi Oanh (audio lecturer). music at the Central University of Art Education) was released.

The book is nearly 200 pages thick. Through the book, the authors give brief but still complete explanations about what happened in society, political developments, and the role of theater in Italian society. Some of this information describes the situation before the birth of opera and the development of the form.

In fact, there have been many books written about opera in the world, but the research book "History of Italian Opera" is a rare work done in Vietnamese.

“I thought about writing a book for audiences who are encountering opera culture for the first time. Many Asian musicians think opera means singing and only singing. That is of course completely wrong. Opera was born in Italy, not Germany, France or Russia," said Mr. Gianni Kriscak.

Speaking more about her passionate project, Hien Nguyen Soprano expressed: "What I want is for the story to be new, to spread the love of academic music to everyone. Returning from Italy, I realized that classical music still has a limited audience in the country. From the foundation of music theory and vocal techniques I have learned, I have the will to change and diversify classical singing styles, reaching new audiences."

It is known that this is only volume 1 of a book series expected to include many volumes. The next episodes will be released by the author team in the near future.

Thu Hoang