Poetry set to music honors 50 years of memories of Ho Chi Minh City

The program was attended by Mr. Le Van Minh - Member of the City Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; Ms. Dinh Thi Thanh Thuy - Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; People's Artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City; Ms. Duong Cam Thuy - Vice President of the Union of Literature and Arts Associations of Ho Chi Minh City; Ms. Trinh Bich Ngan - President of the Ho Chi Minh City Writers Association along with many poets, writers, musicians and students who love art.

Opening performance at the concert

The collection of Poetry set to music - 50 years of Ho Chi Minh City is a compilation of the Ho Chi Minh City Writers Association to honor the connection between poetry and music - two art forms that always go hand in hand in portraying the beauty of the Vietnamese soul. The selected poems, when combined with musical melodies, can contribute to nurturing love for the homeland and country through many generations.

People's Artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City - emphasized: "Putting poetry to music is a wonderful harmony between words and sounds - where the verses take off into melodies, and music breathes life into the words. This is a way for us to honor and spread the cultural values of the City named after Uncle Ho."

NSND Thanh Thuý đề cao sự cộng hưởng giữa thơ ca và âm nhạc

People's Artist Thanh Thuy promotes the resonance between poetry and music

In particular, the poetry night also had the participation and exchange of poet Hoai Vu. He is the author of many famous poems that have been set to music, such as Vam Co Dong , Gui mien ha , Di trong huong tram ...

Sharing about the poems that were set to music, he emotionally said: “Writing poetry is to preserve emotions. And when poetry is sung, those emotions come to life once again in the hearts of the artist and the listeners.”

Nhà thơ Hoài Vũ nhận quà lưu niệm từ ban lãnh đạo

Poet Hoai Vu received souvenirs from the leadership

In a warm artistic space, the audience enjoyed many unique songs adapted from poems by famous authors such as poet Hoai Vu ( Vam Co Dong - music by Truong Quang Luc); writer Trinh Bich Ngan ( Ten Mirrors - music by Truong Tuyet Mai); Le Tu Le ( White Night Memories of Vinh Loc Field - music by Pham Hoang Long); Nam Thien ( Love Confession on Ong Den Island - music by Truong Quang Luc)... recalling profound memories of the city and its people through each historical period.

Khán giả chăm chú thưởng thức các tiết mục

The audience attentively enjoyed the performances.

For Ms. Trinh Bich Ngan, the project Poetry set to music - 50 years of Ho Chi Minh City was carried out as a tribute to generations of artists who have accompanied the city's development history. "Hopefully through this program, especially for the young generation, the public will understand more about the creative beauty of poets and musicians, who have used emotions and words to write noble spiritual values for life" - she shared.

Bà Trịnh Bích Ngân chia sẻ về công trình biên soạn của Hội Nhà văn TPHCM

Ms. Trinh Bich Ngan shares about the compilation work of the Ho Chi Minh City Writers Association

Some photos at the event:

Không gian ánh sáng tại sự kiện tạo chiều sâu thị giác

Lighting space at the event creates visual depth

The performance of the song "Memories of the White Night in Vinh Loc Field" was emotional.

Gần 10 năm sau ngày thống nhất, bài thơ Vàm Cỏ Đông được nhạc sĩ Phạm Quang Lục phổ nhạc

Nearly 10 years after the country's reunification, the poem Vam Co Dong was set to music by musician Pham Quang Luc.
Ca khúc Quán thời gian được trình diễn bởi diễn viên Tuyết Mai (Nhà hát Kịch TPHCM) và nghệ sĩ Guitar Vĩnh Phú