Musician Phu Quang passed away

Musician Phu Quang has suffered from a number of illnesses over the years and has been in intensive care since early 2020. He was born in 1949 and is from Trang Bung commune, Thach That district, Hanoi.

After graduating from the Intermediate level of the horn, in 1967-1978, musician Phu Quang worked at the Symphony - Choir - Ballet Theater. In 1987, he studied at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, majoring in Orchestra Conducting. In 1982, after graduating, the musician worked at the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra. In 1986, he worked at the Music and Dance Department of the Department of Culture and Information of Ho Chi Minh City.

Musician Phu Quang composed many songs about Hanoi such as: Dear Hanoi Street (poem by Phan Vu), Silent Night of Hanoi, Afternoon in West Lake, Wandering Winter Afternoon in Hanoi, Not Because of Autumn (adapted from poem by Giang Van), Nostalgia for Winter (poem by Thao Phuong), In the Memory Domain, Simple Things...

Musician Phu Quang passed away.

With beautiful, lyrical melodies that linger in the listener's soul, Phu Quang is a composer whose compositions are very popular with young people. He has organized many music nights and led artist groups to perform in Vietnamese communities abroad.

In addition, musician Phu Quang also wrote a lot of music for theater, cinema, chamber music, symphonies, dance music, and background music for reformed opera. He also published the song collection "Not Because of Autumn" (1990), and Phu Quang's Selected Love Songs (46 songs, 1995). Musician Phu Quang was honored as "Outstanding Citizen of the Capital in 2014" at the rally celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2014).

During his lifetime, musician Phu Quang once shared that at the age of 50, he had 3 egg-sized tumors growing in his neck. At that time, doctors diagnosed him with cancer and asked him to have immediate surgery, and radiotherapy might be in time. But he hesitated because he thought: "At this stage of cancer, surgery might make the disease worse." He accepted death but remained optimistic, he changed his lifestyle and exercise regimen, always keeping in mind and liking Esenhin's saying: "Death is nothing new, but that doesn't mean living is newer."