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– The special music show to commemorate the 10^th anniversary of
composer Trinh Cong Son’s death will be organized in HCM
City on March 18 and in Hanoi on March 25.

Singer Trinh Vinh Trinh, Trinh Cong Son’s younger sister

Trinh Cong Son’s younger sister Trinh Vinh Trinh said that
the program this year will be more special than the previous years because this
year is the 10^th anniversary of his death. The program will be a
series of shows, not a single show.

The show series, called “Bong Nui” (Mountain Shadow) will
start at HCM City Theatre on March 18 with the presence of divas Hong Nhung,
Thanh Lam, My Linh, Cam Van and young stars like Nguyen Thao, Duc Tuan, Anh
Bang and Quang Dung. The shows will come to the Hanoi Opera House on March 25.
Tickets will vary from VND1-3.5 million ($50-175).

Trinh Vinh Trinh said that the series will include three
shows for students in Hue city, Hanoi
and HCM City. Saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan and
director Pham Hoai Nam
will direct the shows.

The shows for students, entitled Hue-Saigon-Hanoi, will
feature performances from famous singers Kasim Hoang Vu, Vietnam Idol 2010 Uyen
Linh, Phuong Linh, Lan Nha, etc. They will be held at the Hanoi
National University
on March 27, Hue on March 30 and HCM City
National University
on April 7. Tickets are free.

Trinh Vinh Trinh may perform a Trinh Cong Son’s song to
thank the audience and artists who have supported her family.

Trinh Cong Son (February 28, 1939 – April 1, 2001) was a
Vietnamese composer, musician, painter and songwriter. He, along with Pham Duy
and Van Cao, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of
modern Vietnamese music.

Trinh Cong Son wrote over 500 songs, and, during the 1960s
and 1970s, Joan Baez dubbed him the Bob Dylan of Vietnam for his moving antiwar
songs. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at his funeral in HCM City,
for a spontaneous ad hoc funeral concert, making such a spectacle the largest
in Vietnamese history. His music remains very popular among both old and young
Vietnamese.

PV