Songwriter Le Minh Son will perform at the Ha Noi Opera House on Saturday, in a
New Year’s Day programme entitled Guitar Cho Ta (Guitar for Myself).

Guitar hero: Le Minh Son will perform at the Opera House on Saturday in a programme entitled Guitar for Myself. — File Photo

As part of the show,
Son will perform songs with singer Ha Linh from their upcoming album together
which, he said, “will feature songs about insects, inlcuding the spider, bee,
beetle, ant and grasshopper”.

Singers Thanh Lam and
Tung Duong will also perform, and the show will feature the debut performances
of new pieces by Son entitled Giot Nuoc Mat (Teardrop), Mat Trang To (Big Moon),
and Hay Uong Gio Bien Khoi Mot Lan (Try to Drink the Ocean’s Wind Once).

The night’s programme
will be rounded out with performance of jazz and Latin pieces which have been
re-arranged by Son for his guitar with an ensemble of musicians.

Son, 35, was voted
“Musician of the Year” by The Thao & Van Hoa (Culture & Sport) daily in 2004.
His song A I A won the Song of the Year award in 2005 at the annual Bai Hat Viet
(Vietnamese Songs) competition.

Son’s albums include
Gieng Lang (Village’s Well) and the recent Mot Khuc Song Hong (A Melody of Red
River), as well as Guitar for Myself. His most popular hit was Chuon Chuon Ot
(Red Dragonfly), recorded by singer Ngoc Khue in 2003.

Son, a graduate of the
Viet Nam National Academy of Music, now teaches at the Ha Noi Arts College.

Saturday’s performance
begins at 8pm, with tickets available at the Ha Noi Opera House.

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