Korean guitar prodigy to perform in Vietnam
A guitar prodigy from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will come back to Vietnam for performances in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City late next week, Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper reported.
RoK guitar prodigy Sung-ha Jung (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - A guitar prodigy from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will come back to Vietnam for performances in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City late next week, Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper reported.
Sung-ha Jung will perform at the Youth Theatre in the capital on April 14 and at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on April 17.
The guitarist, who started playing at 5 years old, has been known in Vietnam for the past decade for his YouTube videos.
He is renowned for his fingerstyle technique, which involves plucking strings with his fingertips, his nails and finger picks, rather than strumming with a pick.
The star’s YouTube channel had more than 991 million hits and three million subscribers as of April last year. His cover of “Pirates of the Caribbean ” has more than 45 million views.
Sung-ha Jung has released seven albums so far: “Felicity”, “The River Flows in You”, “Irony”, “On a Brisk Day”, “Flaming”, “Haru Haru” and the latest “Two of Me”.-VNA
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