"Flood from a Street Intersection" is a song with lyrics from the original song "From a Street Intersection" by musician Pham Tuyen. Up to now, this lyrical song has been ranked in the list of the most famous songs of the Tao Quan program after more than 20 years of broadcasting.
"Flood from the crossroads of the streets" was written in response to the historic flood of Hanoi in 2008. The song appeared in Tao Quan 2009, performed under the collaboration of veteran artists such as People's Artist Tu Long, People's Artist Xuan Bac, People's Artist Cong Ly and People's Artist Quoc Khanh.
After 17 years, the lives of the 4 artists have changed a lot, People's Artist Cong Ly, due to health conditions, stopped participating in Tao Quan in recent years. In 2021, People's Artist Cong Ly died of a stroke at her home. Since then, he has limited his participation in many art programs. People's Artist Cong Ly has stopped holding the position of Deputy Director at the Hanoi Drama Theater to focus on recovering his health.
People's Artist Quoc Khanh still plays the role of the Jade Emperor in Tao Quan after more than 20 years on air. In 2022, People's Artist Quoc Khanh retired under the regime at the Vietnam Drama Theater.
People's Artist Tu Long - who took on the impressive role of Tao Thoat Nuoc at Tao Quan 2009 - had major turning points in his career. In 2024, People's Artist Tu Long participated in Anh trai vu ngan cong gai season 1 and created a resounding influence. He received a storm of compliments for his creativity, hard work, and efforts to preserve the traditional culture of the nation when participating in the music reality show.
Also in 2024, People's Artist Tu Long was appointed as Director of the Army Cheo Theater.
Holding the management position, People's Artist Tu Long showed his versatility, participating in large-scale concerts of Anh trai vu ngan cong gai, and still contributing to the Tao Quan program at the end of the year.
People's Artist Xuan Bac has now resigned from the position of Director of the Vietnam Drama Theater to take on the position of Director of the Department of Performing Arts. People's Artist Xuan Bac's career in theater has changed and expanded when he took a management position in the performing arts industry.
When promoted to the position of Director, People's Artist Xuan Bac participated in many conferences, seminars, and programs to build a strategy for the development of the cultural industry with 12 key sectors of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
People's Artist Xuan Bac has not appeared in Tao Quan for the past 2 years due to a busy schedule.
After 17 years, Tao Quan has changed its cast and performance methods under the pressure of innovation.
The annual performance of "Flood from the Street Intersection" by 4 veteran artists, now there are 2 artists absent from Tao Quan.
The audience commented that life has changed a lot, the artists participating in the impressive performance "Flood from the intersection of streets" have also changed after 17 years, only Hanoi is flooded and has not changed at all.
