Compose Tran Long An will be portrayed in a monthly television series, Music Road, on March 7 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The show, entitled “Mot Rung Cay, Mot Doi Nguoi” (A Forest of Trees, aLifetime), after one of his songs, will review the composer’s life, whois a member of the standing committee of the Vietnam Musicians’Association.
An is known as the musician of the students’ anti-war movement. Theanti-war song “Hat Cho Dong Bao Toi Nghe” (Singing for My FellowCitizens) was written in the 1970s when he was a student at the Sai GonLiterature University. His song “Nguoi Me Ban Co” (Ban Co’s Mother) andothers were highly favoured by students at that time.
The song was composed accidentally. He witnessed an old mother passingfood and water through a barbed wire fence to students who wereimprisoned. The image of the old mother inspired him to set a poem downto music.
An was born in 1944 in the central province of Binh Dinh. His mothergave him a radio when he entered high school, which inspired him tolisten to music and write songs.
Finishing university, he moved to the north and studied compositions at the Hanoi National Academy of Music.
He is not a southern native, but he was nurtured by southern cultureand lifestyles. His songs tell stories and send optimistic messages topeople.
The song “Tinh Dat Do Mien Dong” (Love for Red Soil) is the mostfavourite of the composer. It won first prize at a song writing contestabout the country’s unification in 1976. “At that time, I had my firstson and I wanted to tell him that he needed to overcome thedifficulties of life,” An reveals.
Another song “Cay Hai Ngan La” (Two-Thousand-Leaf Tree) was awarded aprize from the musician’s association in 1994. In 2007, he received thenational award for arts and literature.
Recently, An has also engaged in writing symphonies. His latest work isthe poem symphony “Mat Troi Va Anh Lua” (Sun and Fire). “I hope it willhelp people to better enjoy the symphony,” he said.
“Mot Rung Cay, Mot Doi Nguoi” will kick off at the Military Theatre,140 Con Hoa street, HCM City at 8pm on March 7. It is invite only./.
The show, entitled “Mot Rung Cay, Mot Doi Nguoi” (A Forest of Trees, aLifetime), after one of his songs, will review the composer’s life, whois a member of the standing committee of the Vietnam Musicians’Association.
An is known as the musician of the students’ anti-war movement. Theanti-war song “Hat Cho Dong Bao Toi Nghe” (Singing for My FellowCitizens) was written in the 1970s when he was a student at the Sai GonLiterature University. His song “Nguoi Me Ban Co” (Ban Co’s Mother) andothers were highly favoured by students at that time.
The song was composed accidentally. He witnessed an old mother passingfood and water through a barbed wire fence to students who wereimprisoned. The image of the old mother inspired him to set a poem downto music.
An was born in 1944 in the central province of Binh Dinh. His mothergave him a radio when he entered high school, which inspired him tolisten to music and write songs.
Finishing university, he moved to the north and studied compositions at the Hanoi National Academy of Music.
He is not a southern native, but he was nurtured by southern cultureand lifestyles. His songs tell stories and send optimistic messages topeople.
The song “Tinh Dat Do Mien Dong” (Love for Red Soil) is the mostfavourite of the composer. It won first prize at a song writing contestabout the country’s unification in 1976. “At that time, I had my firstson and I wanted to tell him that he needed to overcome thedifficulties of life,” An reveals.
Another song “Cay Hai Ngan La” (Two-Thousand-Leaf Tree) was awarded aprize from the musician’s association in 1994. In 2007, he received thenational award for arts and literature.
Recently, An has also engaged in writing symphonies. His latest work isthe poem symphony “Mat Troi Va Anh Lua” (Sun and Fire). “I hope it willhelp people to better enjoy the symphony,” he said.
“Mot Rung Cay, Mot Doi Nguoi” will kick off at the Military Theatre,140 Con Hoa street, HCM City at 8pm on March 7. It is invite only./.
