ABOUT ME

SHORT BIO

Growing up in a family where music was a part of our daily life, I started my interest with music when I was 4. Beginning with Vietnamese zheng as my first major instrument, I also play “đàn đá” (stone instrument), “t-rưng” (bamboo instrument), … and other Vietnamese traditional music instruments. After graduating from the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, I went to China in 2012 to study Guzheng, a beautiful Chinese instrument, at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, under supervision of Professor Wenyan Sun. Currently, I am studying and working in Lausanne, Switzerland. I am taking a master course in Ethnomusicology at the Haute école de musique de Genève.

EDUCATION

Haute école de musique de Genève, Switzerland

[present]

Master, Ethnomusicology.

Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China

[2012 – 2016]

Bachelor, Guzheng and Traditional Music performance.

Vietnam National Academy of Music, Vietnam

[2000 – 2011]

Traditional Music performance.

CONTACT

E-mail: trangnm9128 [-at-] gmail.com

Experience

2015

Aug. 2015: Designed program and performed at Chinese-Vietnamese friendship concert, held in Hanoi, Vietnam. [in the news at: china.org.cn, CCTV.com]
Jul. 2015: Acted as invited judge at the First National Guzheng Contest- Nanjing Bank Cup
Jul. 2015: Recorded and arranged curriculum for Vietnamese zheng music course for the Shanghai Conservatory of Music for education purpose.

2013

Performed at the First Guzheng Week Festival at Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

2012

Collaborated with professor Wenyan Sun to give online lectures about Vietnamese zheng on the Chinese Guzheng network Guzheng.cn. The lectures are available at http://www.guzheng.cn/tv/video/120/1256.shtml.

2010

Dec. 2010: Performed at the Asian Music Festival in Seoul, South Korea
Oct. 2010: Invited performances from Japanese Government in the Promotion of Mutual understanding and Cultural exchange between Vietnam and Japan, in Tokyo, Osaca, Okinawa
May. 2010: Japan concert tour with the Vietnamese-bamboo music band.
Apr. 2010: Performed at the “Music Improvisation” program with a Sweden music band.
Mar.2010: Performed at the Philippines ASEAN Cultural Festival

2009

Oct. 2009: Invited performances on Vietnamese zheng introduction seminar at Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Sep. 2009: Concert tour with the Orchestra of traditional music of Hanoi Conservatory of Music in Laos

2006

Performed at the Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Vietnam and Switzerland.

2003-present

Member of the Vietnamese-bamboo – a professional music band who plays traditional and self-invented instruments made of bamboo, stone and other natural materials.

Honors and Awards

Awards

2015. Bronze medal for team performance in Professional category at the International Jiangnan Sizhu Music Competition (“”). We were the only foreign team in this category.
2009. Top 1 in the entrance examination to Hanoi Conservatory of Music, major in Vietnamese Zheng.
2009. Bronze medal for Ching’ram music instrument performance in the Hanoi Festival of folk songs and traditional music instrument performance (“Liên hoan hát dân ca và biểu diễn nhạc cụ dân tộc thành phố Hà Nội”)
2008. First prize in Vietnamese Zheng solo performance in the National Contest in solo and ensemble of traditional music instruments
2008. Third prize in ensemble performance in the National Contest in solo and ensemble of traditional music instruments
2005. Gold medal for stone music instrument performance in the Hanoi Festival of folk songs and traditional music instrument performance

Scholarships

2011-2015. Vietnamese Government scholarship for study aboard at Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
2012, 2013, 2014. Shanghai scholarhips for excellent foreign students.
2008, 2009. Kumho Asiana, Toyota scholarships for excellent students.

Concerts and tours

Turkish March – Vietnamese Bamboo band

VideoClips

Biển (The sea) – performed at the Hanoi Festival of folk songs and traditional music instrument performance

VideoClips