It is known that the 28th Kyushu Music Competition is held from March 21 - 28 in Kumamoto, Japan. This is a major international music competition when organizing, searching for and honoring musical talents in the world, including 2 competition categories: instruments and vocals.
Every year, the competition attracts many contestants from all over the world to participate. The judging panel in the competitions gathers prestigious professors in the field of international music. The prize system of the competition in each subject includes: 1 First Prize (the biggest prize of the competition), 1 Special Prize (the judge's prize), 1 Gold Prize, 2 Silver Prizes, 2 Bronze Prizes and 5 Consolation Prizes.
This year, the Vietnamese delegation has the participation of 10 excellent students from the Vietnam National Academy of Music, aged from elementary school to postgraduate level, competing in 2 subjects of Vocal Music and Piano with the categories: Classical Vocal Music, Film Vocal Music; Classical Piano and Jazz Piano.
Accordingly, contestant Duong Ngoc Anh won the First Prize for vocal music (the most outstanding and largest prize of the competition); contestant Tran Thi Van Anh won the Special Prize (the second largest prize after the First Prize); 1 Bronze prize belonged to contestant Le Khanh Chi and 1 Consolation prize belonged to contestant Nguyen Minh Phuong.
Causing special attention is the contestant who won the First Prize in the Artist category, Duong Ngoc Anh. She is currently a first-year graduate student at the Vietnam National Academy of Music under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meritorious Artist Tan Nhan.
Duong Ngoc Anh competed with the work "Les oiseaux dans la charmille - Jacques Offenbach" which received enthusiastic cheers from international audiences and was highly appreciated by the judges.
Moved when winning the highest prize in the Vocal category, Duong Ngoc Anh expressed that this is not only her own achievement but also the result of a journey of learning and guiding from Master of Arts Dao To Loan and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meritorious Artist Tan Nhan.
“To win this award, in addition to my daily training efforts, I am really lucky to always have Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Nhan accompanying and guiding me very enthusiastically. She not only helps me edit techniques but also orients how to handle music more deeply and professionally.
Her guidance is an important foundation to help me be more confident and steadfast when entering the competition. Besides, I also received a lot of support, advice and encouragement from close brothers, sisters, and teachers around me throughout the preparation process" - Duong Ngoc Anh said.
Prizes in the student category such as the Special Prize of Tran Thi Van Anh, a first-year student of the University of Vocal Music of the Vietnam National Academy of Music, currently a student under the guidance of Meritorious Artist Lan Anh; 2 contestants Le Khanh Chi (University of Vocal Music 1) won the Bronze prize, and Nguyen Minh Phuong (University of Vocal Music 3) won the Consolation prize as students under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meritorious Artist Tan Nhan.
Success at the competition has shown the continuous efforts to "go to the big sea" of generations of students of the Vietnam National Academy of Music. However, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meritorious Artist Tan Nhan - Head of the Vocal Department of the Vietnam National Academy of Music assessed that, although students have won high prizes, the overall results this time are still not really as expected and the set goals.
Even so, I am still proud and honored of my students as well as the students in the Vocal Faculty who performed excellently at the competition, surpassing the large number of contestants from other countries. They are very talented and strive to bring glory to the country. The moment of hearing the two words Vietnam being announced on the stage of a major music competition like Kyushu Music Competition was truly touching and happy.
I hope that with the initial successes in this artistic journey, you will constantly strive harder to become true artists in the field of classical chamber music of Vietnam, stand shoulder to shoulder with international friends, and approach world academic music" - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meritorious Artist Tan Nhan expressed.
