Musician Tran Tien received the "Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi"

VHO - The 18th “Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi” in 2025, organized by the Sports and Culture Newspaper (Vietnam News Agency), took place on the evening of October 3 at the Exhibition House 45 Trang Tien, Hanoi. The organizing committee presented 5 awards, of which the most important category - “Grand Prize” - was awarded to musician Tran Tien.

Mr. Le Quoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association , Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper and Ms. Vu Viet Trang, General Director of Vietnam News Agency (VNA) attended the ceremony.

The Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi was established in 2008 by the Sports and Culture Newspaper (VNA) and the family of the late painter Bui Xuan Phai, to award authors, works, ideas, and activities of high scientific and artistic value, imbued with love for Hanoi.

Mr. Le Quoc Minh and Ms. Vu Viet Trang presented the "Grand Prize" to musician Tran Tien.

From 54 initial nominations, through the preliminary and final rounds, the Jury unanimously awarded the most important prize, the Grand Prize , to musician Tran Tien.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Editor-in-Chief of Sports and Culture Newspaper Nguyen Thien Thuat affirmed: Over the past 18 years, the Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi has become a bridge connecting the past - present - future, affirming the endless vitality of the love for Hanoi.

From elaborate research on history and culture; touching artistic creations; to practical actions to preserve living spaces, conserve heritage and develop sustainable urban areas... all have contributed to creating a Hanoi that is "both ancient and modern, both traditional and innovative".

“In the context of the country facing new opportunities and challenges, the Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi continues to be a place to honor the hearts, minds and hands that have, are and will contribute to the Capital. Each work, each project, each initiative honored today is a testament to the eternal love for Hanoi, to the aspiration to build a civilized and modern Capital, but still preserving its core and identity,” the Editor-in-Chief of the Sports and Culture Newspaper emphasized.

This year's Grand Prize honors musician Tran Tien, for contributing to Hanoi songs imbued with the cultural heritage of the Red River, the Old Quarter, and the Doai region...

Deputy General Director of VNA Nguyen Thi Su and poet Bang Viet, Chairman of the Jury Council, presented the "Work Prize - For the Love of Hanoi" to "A series of paintings about Hanoi by artist Pham Binh Chuong in 20 years of Going to the Street"

Tran Tien is one of the musicians who left a special mark in the contemporary Vietnamese music scene, not only because of his liberal creative personality, rich in “improvisation”, but also because of his cultural and memory touches. In Tran Tien’s compositions, Hanoi stands out as a strong “source”.

There, Hanoi is not only a place name, the capital, but also a space of childhood memories, a flow of Northern folk culture, everyday streets, and even the countryside of the Doai region.

According to music researcher Nguyen Quang Long, looking at the outstanding songs written about Hanoi by Tran Tien, including: Red River Improvisation , Red River Traveler , Hanoi in those days , Hanoi in the 2000s , Street Improvisation , Poor Street , Little Sun , My Mother , Homeland ... one can see that the creative source of musician Tran Tien has a connection created from the "cultural triangle": Red River - Old Quarter - Xu Doai.

These are not only 3 geographical spaces, but also 3 cultural layers, 3 sources of inspiration combined, shaping the appearance of Hanoi in his music.

The crew of the musical "Fire from the Earth" received the "Work Award - For the love of Hanoi"

The Red River is the mother river, the origin of the culture of the Northern Delta. With Red River Improvisation or Red River Traveler , Tran Tien not only depicts a river flowing through the city, but also revives historical memories, folk songs, folk songs, stories about alluvial deposits and the flow of life of the Vietnamese people.

There, Hanoi emerges as a cultural center, where the river is both geographical and symbolic.

Tran Tien depicts Hanoi not only through place names, but also through a wide-open cultural space, full of vitality and imbued with Vietnamese soul.

For musician Tran Tien, even though he has been away from Hanoi for many decades and Hanoi has changed every day, in his heart there is still a special affection.

Deputy General Director of VNA Doan Thi Tuyet Nhung and Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Hoai Son, full-time member of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Society, presented the "Job Award - For the Love of Hanoi" to a representative of the Vietnam Exhibition Center.

“Hanoi has changed a lot, with tall buildings and wide doors. There are many new streets that I have never known. That is a good thing. We must change with the times, the whole world has changed. But in me, the image of old Hanoi like Bui Xuan Phai's paintings remains. Wherever I touch, I tremble with the beloved years, the happy and sad memories like negatives of a distant time,” musician Tran Tien shared.

In addition to the Grand Prize , the Organizing Committee also awarded 4 prizes in 3 other categories.

Accordingly, the Work Award category - For the love of Hanoi was awarded 2 prizes, including: Series of paintings about Hanoi by artist Pham Binh Chuong in 20 years of "Going to the Street" and the musical Fire from the Earth (Vietnam Youth Theater).

Journalist Nguyen Tuan Hung, Deputy General Director of VNA (left) and Historian Duong Trung Quoc (right), Vice President of the Vietnam Historical Association, member of the Jury Council, presented the "Idea Prize - For the Love of Hanoi"

In category Job Award - For the love of Hanoi honor Vietnam Exhibition Center (VEC) - a new "wonder" in Hanoi, a construction "miracle" in Vietnam. After only nearly 10 months of construction, the project was completed, 15 months ahead of schedule - a rare construction feat.

The Idea Award category – For the love of Hanoi was awarded to: Hanoi Opera House Construction Project and Cultural and art park in Quang An (Tay Ho ward) . Hanoi Opera House and Cultural and Arts Park Project in Quang An (Tay Ho ward) belongs to the detailed planning project of the central spatial axis of Quang An peninsula, scale 1/500, approved by the Hanoi People's Committee in November 2024.

Hanoi Opera House and Cultural and Arts Park in Quang An (Tay Ho ward) is considered a key project contributing to raising the status of the capital.

Located in the center of this complex, the Theater on Dam Tri Lake, right next to West Lake, is a major cultural project, aiming to attract tourists from all over the world to Hanoi and become a symbol of Hanoi's beauty.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/van-hoa/nhac-si-tran-tien-duoc-giai-thuong-bui-xuan-phai-vi-tinh-yeu-ha-noi-172245.html