Opening a class to teach Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam Folk Song Club in 2022

Attending the training course were comrade Tran Thi My Hanh - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; representatives of departments, offices, leaders of the Provincial Traditional Arts Center and more than 100 trainees who are artisans and cultural officers of 4 districts: Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen, Do Luong, Thanh Chuong.

The training course will take place over 3 days (from July 11-13), through which, students will be instructed by lecturers who are experienced musicians, artists, and officials who are knowledgeable about Vi and Giam folk songs such as People's Artist Pham Tien Dung, People's Artist Trinh Hong Luu, Meritorious Artist An Ninh, Meritorious Artist Dinh Dac, Musician Phan Thanh, Master Nguyen Xuan Thuy, teaching basic melodies, as well as practical skills and methods of composing new lyrics for Ho, Vi and Giam folk songs.

The training course is one of the important contents in the project plan "Protecting and promoting the heritage values ​​of Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk songs". Photo: Luong Van

Speaking at the Opening Ceremony, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports Tran Thi My Hanh shared: “After Vi and Giam folk songs were recognized by UNESCO, their value has been raised to a higher level. Our goal is to create the strongest spread, not only in the province, in the country but also internationally. Therefore, the provincial leaders are very interested and have many projects to preserve and spread the value of Vi and Giam folk songs. I hope that the lecturers will teach with their responsibility and enthusiasm, and the students will try to absorb the content of the lectures, and more importantly, after the club members and artisans absorb the lectures, there will be a transmission and spread to establish more Vi and Giam folk song clubs.”

The Director of the Department of Culture and Sports also hopes that in the next training sessions, the teaching classes will be organized in localities, and the members will be expanded to the maximum so that after each training session, more and more people will participate.

It is known that the training course is one of the important contents in the project plan "Protecting and promoting the value of Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam folk song heritage in Nghe An province, period 2021 - 2025", approved by the People's Committee of Nghe An province.