Mr. Duc Trinh - Chairman of the Vietnam Musicians Association - said that the artist's son informed him of her death on May 11. The funeral will take place at 7:00 a.m. on May 14 at the Funeral Home of Military Hospital 17, No. 3 Nguyen Phi Khanh, Da Nang City. The memorial service will take place at 12:00 p.m. the same day, and the coffin will be buried at the Military Zone 5 Cemetery.
On her personal page, from the US, singer Ngoc Anh (Trio 3A) - Tuong Vi's ex-daughter-in-law - posted a photo in memory of her: "Goodbye, dear mother. Thank you for always missing me and my grandchildren. We can't come back in time to say goodbye, but we will come back to visit you often as we have always visited you in the past months. We love you so much."
Musician Duc Trinh said that for a long time, he had considered the artist as a classic voice of the revolutionary movement, a master of vocal music. According to him, songs like Co gai vot thorn, Noi lua len em, Tieng zither Ta Lu, when she performed them, many singers later would find it difficult to keep up. "What I admire most about the artist is her heart when opening music classes for children in difficult circumstances, as well as many teaching works left for future generations," he said.
People's Artist Tuong Vi was born in Tam Ky, Quang Nam . From a young age, she showed her talent and passion for singing. At the age of 16, after the shock of her grandmother's death due to bombs, she enlisted in the army and became a nurse at the 108 Military Hospital to treat soldiers.
In 1956, she transferred to the General Political Department's song and dance troupe and began studying vocal music. Here, she revealed her talent with a clear, resonant soprano voice, with a clear, bird-like tone. She graduated from the Vocal Department of the Hanoi Conservatory of Music (now the Vietnam National Academy of Music) in 1967. In 1974, she studied at the Sofia Conservatory of Music, Bulgaria. During the war years, Tuong Vi followed the troupe to perform in many places on the battlefields.
She recorded many famous songs such as: The Ta Lu zither, The girl sharpening bamboo poles, You are the Po Lang flower, The girl of the La river. Among them, the song The girl sharpening bamboo poles (Hoang Hiep) marked her name, becoming the standard for many generations to come. Tuong Vi once said that when reading the lyrics, she imagined the scene of the Central Highlands mountains and forests with a vast variety of animals and plants. From there, she created by adding a staccato note with her head voice imitating the sound of birds chirping into the song.
She possesses a lirico coloratura soprano voice - a voice type that is not common in Vietnam, different from many female voices of revolutionary music who are lirico soprano. With a wide, flexible range, she can sing at a fast speed, reaching high notes outside the normal female vocal range.
In 1992, she opened a music class for orphans, then founded the Center for Compassionate Arts, with the aim of nurturing and providing art training for disabled and orphaned children. The Center was once visited by General Vo Nguyen Giap.
She also participated in composing songs: Our squadron took off, My homeland is the sea, I listen to the sound of life, Life gives me happy notes, Don't be sad, My heart is peace . She was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist in 1984 and People's Artist in 1993. She was also honored as a rare artist to be listed in the Vietnam Military Encyclopedia, published in 1996.
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