Musician Nguyen Tai Tue passed away

Musician Nguyen Tai Tue passed away at 9:07 a.m. on February 11, 2022.

Musician Nguyen Tai Tue was born on May 15, 1936 in Thanh Van commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province. Since childhood, folk songs and Vi Dam songs have been ingrained in Nguyen Tai Tue's blood. At the age of 17, Nguyen Tai Tue left his hometown with the hope of pursuing an artistic career.

Initially, under the guidance of musician Trong Bang, Nguyen Tai Tue became a tenor participating in a choir with artists Chu Minh, Quoc Huong, La Thang, Mai Khanh... Some time later, Nguyen Tai Tue was assigned to work in Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Yen Bai. It was these years that gave him life experience and valuable understanding of the culture of the ethnic minorities in the highlands - valuable material that he later incorporated into many of his songs.

Musician Nguyen Tai Tue and the dream of 'Homeland Dream'

(Baonghean.vn) - The musician has a small stature, a voice still full of Nghe An accent, almost all white hair, and a pair of warm eyes and a smile. His slow, clear way of speaking, his caring tone, and all his polite gestures strangely attracted me. He talked about his composing work, his hometown Thanh Chuong, the singers who sang his compositions... And then he talked about the most beautiful dream in his life, "also the most beautiful dream of every person", which is childhood. He had dreamed that dream all his life in exile, and then one day, when he felt he had been away from home for too long and needed to return or he would be "a broken promise", the musician painted that dream with each note and called it "Homeland Dream".

Musician Nguyen Tai Tue. Photo courtesy of Nghe An Newspaper

He has many famous songs such as:"Far out", "Singing in the Pac Po forest". Besides, there are many songs with the sounds of the lands and people of the Viet Bac region such as "Song of Songs to Noong", "Spring Calls to Friends", "Muong Hum Stream Still Flows Forever"… Musician Nguyen Tai Tue also admitted: "I really love Viet Bac folk songs".

Share about the song"Singing in the middle of Pac Po forest", musician Nguyen Tai Tue once said, he wrote when he was only 23 years old and had never set foot in Cao Bang or Pac Po. "Up until the time I wrote, I had not been to Cao Bang but"Singing in the middle of Pac Bo forest"written with a great love for Uncle Ho, so the emotions are overflowing. All the love, respect for Uncle Ho and the capital accumulated during the days living in the mountains were "mobilized" by me when I put pen to paper"Singing in the middle of Pac Po forest", he shared.

With his contributions to Vietnamese music, musician Nguyen Tai Tue was awarded the State Prize for Literature and Arts, Phase I (2001), the Second Class Labor Medal; the Medal for the Cause of Vietnamese Music and a number of awards from the Vietnam Musicians' Association, the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism).

Musician Nguyen Tai Tue - the man who carved his portrait onto the face of the century

(Baonghean.vn) - The skillful creative combination of folk and modern, the stature and lyrical musical art in many works of Nguyen Tai Tue are affirmed as one of the most beautiful images of contemporary Vietnamese music.

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