Vietnamese-American guitarist Le Hoang Minh returns to Vietnam to perform at Danang International Guitar Festival 2024 - the first international guitar festival held in Da Nang City.
The Dream Oasis Guitar Ensemble group of young people performed the opening performance of Danang International Guitar Festival 2024 - Photo: Organizing Committee
The event opened on the evening of December 27 and will last until December 28 in Da Nang City.
Danang International Guitar Festival 2024 is an "upgrade" of Danang International Guitar Concert, which received support from Danang People's Committee, Danang Department of Culture - Sports and guitarists and classical guitar lovers, organized by artist Phan Xuan Tri since 2012.
At the opening ceremony, artist Le Hoang Minh performed Suite Cavatina (5 movements) - a Neoclassical work by talented Polish musician Alexandre Tansman.
Le Hoang Minh is a veteran member of the Guitar Trek Quartet and a judge of many international guitar competitions, including the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) in the US.
He won first prize at the Adelaide Spring Guitar Competition 2001 and first prize at the prestigious 50th Tokyo International Guitar Competition 2017.
Le Hoang Minh shared: "Vietnamese people love guitars very much; in Vietnam, we can easily see groups of young people holding guitars in the park playing and singing, guitars appear in many different spaces."
Artist Le Hoang Minh performs at the opening ceremony - Photo: Organizing Committee
That is the reason why he returned to Vietnam to organize many free guitar performances in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi , Da Nang and spent time organizing masterclasses for students of music conservatories as well as classical guitar lovers for many years.
Danang International Guitar Festival 2024 was opened by Dream Oasis Guitar Ensemble with the piece El Gato Montes (meaning The Stray Cat ), a pasodoble, from the 3-act opera by Manuel Panella (Spain).
The opening night also featured Tango en skai performed by artist Padet Netpakdee (Thailand).
This is the most famous free-spirited tango by French composer and guitarist Roland Dyens.
At the festival, artist Le Hoang Minh, along with artists Campbell Diamond (Austria), Padet, Phan Xuan Tri, Nguyen Ngoc San and the Dream Oasis Guitar Ensemble (Vietnam), will not only perform but also teach and share experiences about this subject.
In addition, the organizers also organize other activities such as guitar competitions, music camps...
Artist Padet Netpakdee performs - Photo: BTC
With 2 main concerts, the audience will enjoy a rich and diverse repertoire of music, spanning different musical periods, from Baroque music, Romantic music, Neoclassical music, Modern music and Latin - American music...
Artist Phan Xuan Tri believes that in Vietnam, classical guitar is quite selective in its audience. Even in his hometown of Da Nang, although it has developed in many aspects, classical guitar and chamber music still have many limitations.
"When initiating this festival, I really wanted to build and develop classical guitar art into a cultural point, a new feature of the city," he said.
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