Khanh Ly and the musical reunion after more than 40 years

On the evening of December 2, the first official live concert of famous singer Khanh Ly in Ho Chi Minh City took place with joy and emotion for the artist and her audience, a musical reunion after more than 40 years apart.

Khanh Ly performs the song Do you still remember or have you forgotten?

Therefore, during the nearly 3 hours of performance at the Military Zone 7 Stadium (HCMC), along with the singing, there were joys and tears of the official return to the Saigon stage - where Khanh Ly's voice and name were introduced to the audience, and "stamped" in the history of modern Vietnamese music.

After presenting familiar songs by Trinh Cong Son: Diem Xua, Ha Trang, she opened her greetings to the Saigon audience: “Hello everyone, Saigon. The Saigon that I left more than 40 years ago… I am grateful to you for coming here today to reminisce about memories, and please remember “even though the old shirt is wrinkled, we will still call each other by name with white hair”.

Singer Hong Nhung also participated in the music night.

As a performer and leader of her musical story, Khanh Ly’s fans not only get to hear her voice filled with many colors of memories, but also interspersed with melodies associated with a part of that life are her witty shares: “After 40 years of meeting you, I see clearly that we are old. I am over 70 years old… Let’s keep singing. People say that only at 72 do we begin to know love! I am very excited to confess that, from morning until now, I have not eaten anything, nor have I been able to sleep, but I have just been sitting and waiting for tonight’s meeting. I came early to practice with the band more. And sang as if I had pulled out all my silk…”.

Or when introducing the two singers that musician Trinh Cong Son chose during his lifetime: Hong Nhung and Quang Dung, she said: “Quang Dung is handsome, while Hong Nhung is gentle, sometimes shy and sometimes rebellious. I am happy to know that these two singers love Trinh Cong Son's music. I have to thank these two singers very much. I just ask Dung - Nhung to share with me a little of their youth and a little of their strength (laughs)”.

The music night featured Quang Dung and Hong Nhung.

Or, when narrating the music part of Mother and Homeland Vietnam, Khanh Ly shared her own experiences as someone who had lived through bombs and bullets. And she said that every time she told young people about the war, she only wished that they would remember to love each other more. And she "told" those stories, of The Old Baby, Mother O Ly, Mother's Folk Song, Please Give Me, Waiting to See the Bright Homeland with singer Quang Thanh - her long-time friend.

The youngest person in the music night - singer Ho Ngoc Ha played the piano and sang a duet with singer Khanh Ly with the song "Con tuoi nao cho em", bringing the audience to the music of Love and Humanity. It can be said that the duet between Ho Ngoc Ha and famous singer Khanh Ly was a beautiful highlight in the program, bringing surprises to the audience. Because in addition to the emotional blending and choosing the right song, singer Ho Ngoc Ha can be considered the next generation to bring real freshness (not just creating a different look in the guest role) to the programs of veteran singers, like singer Khanh Ly.

This is also an opportunity for the audience to hear and learn more about the memories of the singers, or the singers' thoughts with the authors of the songs they performed, such as Khanh Ly with the words she had not had time to say with musician Nguyen Anh 9 or Thanh Binh; Y Lan with her feelings when remembering the time she followed her mother Thai Thanh to Khanh Ly's tea room...

Khanh Ly shed tears and moved the audience when she shared: “So many people have left this life like musician Trinh Cong Son, Anh Bang, Nguyen Anh 9, Thanh Binh… or I will also leave… It turns out that life is full of unfulfilled appointments, and those who have passed away are the ones we will miss forever”…

The music night ended with love songs by musician Trinh Cong Son: Like a farewell, Do you still remember or have you forgotten and Let the wind take you away. Even though it was past 11pm, the later the night, the better her voice seemed to be, more inspiring and more captivating to the listener. Therefore, no one wanted to stand up and leave that musical space, where the singing had become a memory.

After Khanh Ly - Live concert in Saigon, the program will continue to take place in Vung Tau (December 9), Quy Nhon (December 15) and Hue (December 18). These are the three cities where singer Khanh Ly performed for the first time since her first return to Vietnam in 2014.

According to TNO