Overview of the 29th Mai Vang Awards Ceremony

Ahead of the 29th Golden Apricot Awards Ceremony - 2023, the rehearsal took place at the City Theater on the afternoon of January 17 under the command of the general director: journalist - director Thanh Hiep. This year's art program promises to bring a youthful and vibrant atmosphere.

Highlights of the unique painting

With the stage design in the shape of a traditional national Tet painting - one side is a bright yellow apricot blossom by the art design company of artist Van Tong and the graphic images from the hands considered "magicians" in the field of stage art, LED screen and Gauze Thai Du - promises to bring a colorful space to welcome the new spring.

Artists and actors rehearse the 29th Mai Vang Awards ceremony - 2023 at Ho Chi Minh City Theater on the afternoon of January 17. (Photo: TAN THANH)

The opening performance of the program will be the trio "Nang Xuan" by musician Nguyen Hien, composed from the poem by Kim Tuan. Musician Phuc Truong harmonizes the youthful rhythm with rap to wish spring through the performance of actor Thanh Duy, artist Binh Tinh and actor Huynh Quy. This is the harmony and arrangement that musician Phuc Truong wrote specifically for the 29th Mai Vang Awards ceremony - 2023.

For the first time, the program gathered 3 dance troupes: Moc, Blue Sky, Si Si and the participation of 15 actors from Lac Long Quan Stage.

Choreographer Duong Nam Long will paint a vivid picture honoring artists and singers who have made a beautiful mark in artistic work through music and dance performances. "I want to look forward to 2024 through the message that each artist of the Mai Vang Award joins hands to build a cultural ecosystem of the city named after Uncle Ho, in which each role, each work will create a truly sustainable spring bridge, connecting readers, audiences and the team of artists of an award about to turn 30" - choreographer Duong Nam Long shared.

Singers Dam Vinh Hung, Anh Tu, Orange, and Ha Thuy Anh all expressed their excitement and honor to participate in this meaningful program, marking a turning point in the fields of culture and art, contributing to bringing a fresh spring breeze to the entertainment life of Ho Chi Minh City residents.

The second highlight is the cai luong opera "Kindness around us" (composed and staged by director Thanh Hiep) - honoring two old people who are real characters in the entry for the first "Kindness around us" writing contest organized by Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper in June 2023 - connecting artists who share the same wish to do good deeds, contributing to society to care for the poor such as: People's Artist Le Thuy (once honored as "Artist for life for the community"), People's Artist Minh Vuong, People's Artist Phuong Loan, Meritorious Artist Cong Ninh, Meritorious Artist Trinh Trinh, Meritorious Artist Tu Suong, Meritorious Artist Vo Minh Lam, artist Tu Trinh...

This is the first time they have performed a scene honoring two seniors, Mr. Tran Van Hong and Mrs. Nguyen Thi My - who, despite being over 80 years old, still set up a free vegetarian kitchen, giving out 200 portions every day to the poor in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City.

Spread the love

According to general director Thanh Hiep, embedded in a youthful picture of spring with luxurious design, this year's Golden Apricot Awards ceremony will aim to continue spreading love in the community.

The actors of Lac Long Quan Stage and Moc Dance Group will bring to the program a lively and exciting space from community responsibility, joining hands with the free vegetarian kitchen of Ms. Hong - Ms. My with a heroic and energetic choir performance in an emotional scene.

The artists participating in the opera "Kindness around us" will express their gratitude to the public and readers for the generosity of people across the country, typically Mr. Hong and Ms. My, in line with the national proverb "The whole leaf covers the torn leaf".

Singer Dam Vinh Hung brings to the 29th Golden Apricot Awards ceremony an atmosphere welcoming the new spring with the song "Spring by your side" (composed by Ricky Martin and Maluma, Vietnamese lyrics by Thanh Hung) and the illustrative performance of the dance group "Step Dance" will bring an artistic space about faith and love in life, optimism in good feelings in the new year. Singer Orange (runner-up of the program "Masked Singer" 2023) will sing the song she composed - "We met in the year 60" full of emotion. Singer "Voi Ban Don" Anh Tu will perform with the dance group OH Dance Team and OgeNus will rap the song "One part two". The Si Si dance group will renew the familiar melody written about Golden Apricot in the hearts of workers by musician Vu Hoang.

More than 100 singers, actors, artists, musicians, and dancers present at the 29th Mai Vang Awards Ceremony - 2023 all wish to have the opportunity to express their gratitude for artistic values, their desire to contribute, and their gratitude to readers and audiences who have always cared, encouraged, and given responsible comments on the artists' artistic career path.

A meaningful activity last year was the "Mai Vang Tri An" program, which further strengthened the lasting value between artists and readers. In 2023, 73 artists, intellectuals, and scientists with many achievements and contributions to society were honored. This year, the Mai Vang Awards ceremony will honor "Artist for the Community in 2023" for singer Den Vau with the MV "Cooking for You".

For all actors, singers, directors, and art producers in the 14 categories of the voting round, the work of the artists honored "For the community" has and will create more positive energy for them to continue to fulfill their responsibilities as artists, in addition to their talent to contribute to life, they also use their virtue to do good deeds, worthy of being public figures.

The award-giving guests were star artists.

As has become a tradition of the Mai Vang Awards ceremony, the award announcement is also an attractive performance because of the participation of many famous artists in charge of the announcement and the winner is kept secret until the last minute.

This year's Mai Vang Awards Ceremony is no exception, the guest artists presenting the awards are People's Artist Dao Ba Son, People's Artist Viet Anh, People's Artist Ta Minh Tam, People's Artist Hong Van, People's Artist Kim Xuan, People's Artist Trinh Kim Chi, Meritorious Artist Minh Nhi, singer Dam Vinh Hung, actress Minh Hang, singer Noo Phuoc Thinh. Notably, also coming from Hanoi to present the awards is People's Artist Trinh Thuy Mui - Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations, President of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association.

In addition, the emotional confessions of the guest artists presenting the 29th Golden Apricot Awards - 2023 will bring to the art picture special spring stories as a gift for the audience preparing to welcome the Year of the Dragon full of optimism and trust.

The Mai Vang Award, which has been in existence for 28 seasons, is an annual award, an official and prestigious playground to honor outstanding and talented artists, quality works and art programs of the country. It is from that foundation that all artists are united to do their best in participating in the Mai Vang Award ceremony this year.

The 29th Mai Vang Awards Ceremony - 2023 held at Ho Chi Minh City Theater will take place at 8:00 p.m. on January 18 and will be broadcast live on VTV9 channel, on the VieON Super Entertainment App channel and digital platforms (website, Fanpage, YouTube: Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper).

This year's festival at the City Theater lobby is still a red carpet event, where all artists from many fields will gather and send their gratitude to the audience for receiving enthusiastic support from the public and readers for a year of hard work in the arts. Two talented actors from Hong Van Drama Theater, Sao Mai and Dang Tai, will be the red carpet MCs connecting the New Year's confidences between guest artists and a large number of readers and audiences.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/toan-canh-le-trao-giai-mai-vang-lan-thu-29-2023-dai-tiec-hua-hen-nhieu-cam-xuc-196240117205402643.htm