Echoes of Lam River - Mother's Story

Rich in national identity

The festival aims to create conditions for creative and performing artists to exchange, learn from each other's experiences in the process of working and creating art, enhance professionalism, innovate working methods, and build a direction suitable for contemporary life. It is an opportunity to praise and honor collectives and individual artists who have made many contributions to Vietnamese performing arts.

The festival also helps management agencies assess the situation of performing arts, orient development and find solutions to overcome limitations, contributing to the implementation of the policy of building an advanced Vietnamese culture with a strong national identity. Each participating unit performs programs or plays with a length of 60 - 110 minutes, with the theme of praising the country and people of Vietnam, reflecting traditional and modern cultural values. In particular, many works performed will be imbued with the cultural identity of ethnic groups, regions and areas, contributing to expressing the diversity and richness of the country's art.

Provincial Traditional Arts CenterNghe An brings to the Festival a program with many special performances, including 3 parts: Part 1: Sacred River; Part 2: Sharing a River; Part 3: Flowing Forever in All Directions. Each part of the program is built with clear connections. The performances and parts are connected by music, light, narration, dance, interactive video images... creating a close, lively connection.

In Part 1, the artists of the center bring to the audience the story of the origin of the Lam River, where many generations of Nghe people who are hard-working, studious, overcome difficulties, courageous and noble were born. With the performances: Singing and dancing ""Sacred River"Using the material of Vi and Giam folk songs to develop; Female solo songs""The Legend of Wan An", developed from the melodies: Xam Cho, Xam Lon, Xam Nam; dance "Red Wave"; sing and dance "Cruise on Lam River"presented very attractively, both visually and aurally.

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All the acts in the program, from the idea to the content and the way of expression, follow a unified system. Therefore, from the beginning to the end, they are all linked together by a story line.

Musician Quoc Chung - Director of the Provincial Traditional Arts Center

"Especially, for a festival that requires depth of expertise, we have to invest the most in the performance. It is also very happy that the artists are very passionate and responsible, so when they take on their tasks, they try their best to perform. Many performances truly touch the sublimation of the artists, they have dedicated to the audience a good work of art rich in national identity."

Brand Affirmation

Also according to artist Quoc Chung, of the 3 parts, part 2 with the name "Chung mot dong song" is considered the backbone, because it carries the main content of the program. The content of part 2 shows the cultural exchange between the upstream and downstream regions. Through the language of music, dance and especially using original melodies, new lyrics create ancient and modern performances, developing while still preserving the folk features of the folk songs of the ethnic groups.

In particular, in part 2 there are climaxes, which are ensembles.Blue Water Song"performed by the center's folk orchestra; Performance of Tho ethnic folk songs""The scent of the land and the forest"performed by the central choir and orchestra. Singing and dancing performance ""The scent of the land and the forest"depicting scenes of daily life in labor and production, along with a love song under the moonlight of the countryside,... The music in this performance was developed from the original folk song "Du du, dieng dieng, Tap tinh tap tang" of the Tho people. This performance received a lot of applause from the audience at the big stage of Binh Duong.

In particular, in part 2, the dance performance developed from the folk melodies and dances of the Mong ethnic group made the judges amazed. Meritorious Artist Thanh Tung, choreographer, said: “The Khen dance is one of the indispensable cultural and artistic activities of the Mong people. It has become a valuable and unique cultural heritage of the Mong people in this land. The movements in the Khen dance will help relieve fatigue in labor and production. From this uniqueness, we have developed the dance performance "The sound of the panpipe on the top of Puxailaileng". Perhaps from the smooth combination of Mong flute dancing and the good performance of the artists, this performance received the prestigious Silver Medal from the Organizing Committee.

In addition to the scientific and unique structure that brings a picture of the region of Vi and Giam imbued with the identity of Nghe An, the dedication and talent of the artists in the performance have made the Organizing Committee award prestigious awards to many performances. Typically, the Gold Medal for the female solo "Flying in the Lam River", composed by People's Artist Pham Phuong Thao, performed by singer Thanh Hai. The Silver Medal for the works "Mother's Dream" performed by Tran Luc - Bao Phuong and the dance group Tu Anh - Van Dong. The dance "The sound of the flute on the top of Puxailaileng" performed by the dance group. The dance "Red Wave" and the ensemble "Khuc Lam Thuy".

Talking about the idea of ​​the program "Song Lam - Mother's words", People's Artist An Ninh - the scriptwriter of the program said: The Lam River culture has been a source of pride for generations; a symbol of the will, determination, spirit, optimism, love and aspiration of the people of Nghe An. The Lam River carries all: the character, chivalry and soul of the Nghe people. Through the fire and bullets of war, storms, rapids, landslides and alluvial deposits... the river is still full of love and affection like the character of the Nghe people. From that idea, we built the program "Song Lam - Mother's words" with all the ups and downs, the clear and the turbid of the Lam River past and present. The program is the voice of the heart, the message about the aspiration to rise of the artists of Nghe An in particular and the people of Nghe An in general.

Although they did not win the highest prize for the program, 7 performances won Gold and Silver Medals, affirming the brand of Nghe An Traditional Arts Center. Although the force was not large, with their talent and burning passion, they left many good impressions at this National Music and Dance Festival.