Meritorious Artist Duong Thuy Anh released the album "Lang" and the MV "Bang Qua Canh Rung"

To celebrate 40 years of passion for the erhu, Meritorious Artist Duong Thuy Anh has just released her second album titled "Lang" with the collaboration of musician Vo Thien Thanh in the roles of composition, production and arrangement.

The album includes 6 works: Crossing the Forest, The First Ray of Sunshine, The Temple in the Mist, The Prayer, The House on the Prairie, The Dance of the Fireflies. The works in the album "Silence" tell the story of a majestic forest, where through music, listeners can discover the intense, eternal life that is taking place.

Sharing about the album's idea, Duong Thuy Anh said that she hopes that when listening to music, the audience will also be able to calm down, to feel life with different levels of emotions. The good and strange quality of artist Thuy Anh in this album is shown in the very different color changes. With the erhu, she makes the audience surprised with her skillful techniques and unique performance style. The music color is more calm, more quality and blends better with the vocal of artist Bao Lan.

Musician Vo Thien Thanh and Duong Thuy Anh chose the New Age & World music genre, an expansive and global music genre, in a musical space that includes modern musical instruments as well as traditional Vietnamese instruments, giving listeners a more diverse experience, adding to their favorite music collection.

In addition, with the support of friends Creative Director Lan Huong Nguyen, Director Hai Le Cao, Duong Thuy Anh and Vo Thien Thanh decided to choose the song "Crossing the Forest" to make the MV.

"Crossing the Forest" was filmed by Duong Thuy Anh in a primeval forest in the Northwest region; creating a mysterious and magical atmosphere on the background of traditional music. This is considered a story about a trip to explore the wild forest, similar to the journey that the artist has experienced since being inspired by her father. She wants to send a message about positive energy from love, healing the inner world and beautifying the value of life.

With Duong Thuy Anh, she proposed the combination of many folk colors in compositions such as Cheo, Xam or the colors of Hue music, the Northern mountains... are interwoven. Duong Thuy Anh's erhu is the sound that runs throughout the entire album, sometimes hidden, sometimes visible. Different sound waves, layer upon layer, are transformed in the quiet through the female artist's creative erhu sound.

The voice of singer Bao Lan - a member of the group Nam Dong Ke, occasionally vibrates, embellishing the album, adding to the mysterious and magical quality. Accompanying Duong Thuy Anh from the early days of making the album, Bao Lan said she admired her senior's spirit in conquering difficult notes. According to Duong Thuy Anh, musician Vo Thien Thanh used many difficult intervals and notes that were originally only for the violin. When she conquered them, she was happy to see that the Vietnamese erhu could also touch the essence of Western music.

With her own unique performance style, Duong Thuy Anh captivates listeners with her skillful sound processing, aiming for healing music, bringing positive emotions to listeners.

Meritorious Artist, Master Duong Thuy Anh was born in 1977 in Hanoi. She is a lecturer of the Erhu, Faculty of Traditional Instruments, Hanoi College of Art, and is also a main member of the Co La music group. Duong Thuy Anh won the Gold Medal at the National Festival of Solo and Ensemble of Traditional Instruments in 2017 and was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist by the State in 2019.

MV "Crossing the forest" - Duong Thuy Anh:

Phuong Thao is the Editor of Travellive Magazine. She is passionate about traveling and loves to capture moments with her camera in every land she visits. Travel, art, and lifestyle are her favorite writing topics.

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