According to information shared by the younger brother of monochord artist Pham Duc Thanh, Thanh Le, the late artist passed away on August 22 due to a recurrent heart disease.
In addition to heart disease, artist Pham Duc Thanh also had to undergo dialysis and many other underlying diseases. The family is taking care of his funeral.
Gourmet artist Pham Duc Thanh (1956-2025) is a famous Vietnamese gourmet artist, originally from Ninh Binh, known for his unique talent, who was the valedictorian of the Vietnam Traditional Music Research Department in 1983 and won the first prize in the national gourmet in 1985.
He has made an important contribution to the development and preservation of traditional Vietnamese music overseas, established monochord clubs in many countries and was honored as an artist with special contributions to promoting traditional Vietnamese music.
In 2006, he settled in Canada, continued his career performing and teaching traditional music, and established monochord clubs in many countries such as Switzerland, France and Japan.
Artist Pham Duc Thanh is famous for his ability to turn the monochord into "the voice of the Vietnamese soul", conveying profound emotions through each note of music.
In 2018, artist Pham Duc Thanh had his first and emotional live show at the Hanoi Opera House, realizing his dream of having a live show in his hometown.
