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Vietnamese bands join int’l youth jazz festival

Phu Sa Band and a group comprising of students from the Hanoi Arts College and the National Conservatory of Music are participating in the 5 th World Youth Jazz Festival.
Vietnamese bands join int’l youth jazz festival ảnh 1A show at the festival (Source:VNA)

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Phu Sa Band and a group comprising of students from the Hanoi Arts College and the National Conservatory of Music are participating in the 5 th World Youth Jazz Festival which opened in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on May 6.

As many as 22 bands from 8 countries are attending the three-day event.

According to head of the organising board Nik A. Azmi, the festival offers a chance for the participating bands to show off their passion towards jazz as well as demonstrating how jazz can mix with other genres of music.

He also said Vietnamese singers always have interesting performances.

Besides students, he invited the Phu Sa band because he appreciates their talent and passion for jazz when he watched them perform in Malaysia previously.-VNA

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