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Bùi Xuân Phái Awards honour musician Hồng Đăng

 

Bùi Xuân Phái Awards honour musician Hồng Đăng

HÀ NỘI — Popular musician Hồng Đăng won Grand Prize at the annual Bui Xuan Phai Awards yesterday. 

The Grand Prize is among awards announced at the 14th Bui Xuan Phai -- For the Love of Ha Noi Awards by Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Culture & Sports) daily.

The awards were launched in 2008 by the paper and family of the late artist Bui Xuan Phai. 

The awards aim to honour the contributions of individuals and organisations to Ha Noi and their love for the capital city. 

Musician Đăng is honoured for his compositions about Ha Noi including two prominent songs entitled Hoa Sữa (Milkwood Pine Flower) and Kỷ Niem Thanh Phố Tuổi Thơ (Memories of Childhood City). 

The song Hoa Sữa served as the main soundtrack for the movie Ha Noi Mua Chim Lam Tổ (Nesting Season in Ha Noi) in 1978. 

Like many famous songs that were originally from the movie, Hoa Sữa became popular even though the lyrics do not include the word Ha Noi.

Born in Yen Thanh District, the central province of Nghe An, Đăng came to Ha Noi to study at the first generation of Viet Nam National Academy of Music. 

"The jury made a good decision to give the Grand Prize to musician Hồng Đăng," said Đỗ Hồng Quan, chairman of Viet Nam Union of Literary and Arts Associations. 

"In the context of the pandemic, the honour of a musician proves that music has the effect of encouraging the spirit and refreshing the human soul."

At the awards ceremony held in Ha Noi yesterday, three other awards were given, including The Work Prize; The Job Prize and The Idea Prize. 

German photographer Thomas Billhardt took The Work Prize for his photo book and photo exhibition Ha Noi 1967-1975.

His photo exhibition held last October introduced for the first time in Viet Nam some 130 black-and-white and colour photos taken during his trips to the country. The exhibition provides an honest view of the city from 1967 to 1975.

"This wonderful award is not for me and my photos," Billhardt said in a video message.

"It also honours the book designers, the publisher, Goethe Institute in Viet Nam and for all involved to do this project."

Two nominations out of four in total are given The Idea Prize. The winners are the idea of building an underground highway and renovating the To Lịch River into a historical, cultural and spiritual park and the Red River urban subdivision planning project. 

The To Lịch River project was initiated by Nhật Viet Environment Company. It made a proposal to the Ha Noi authorities to recover the river, which was once one of the capital city’s most beautiful.

Meanwhile, the Red River project highlights a fresh environment in the future riverside city. About 70 per cent of the area ideally will be for tree growing and public space. 

Beating two strong contenders in The Job Prize, the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and efforts of Ha Noi City's COVID-19 prevention and control forces was the winner. - VNS

 

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