Revolutionary singer passes away
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People’s Artist Quy Duong who spent his adult life singing patriotic songs passed away on Tuesday at the age of 75 in Hanoi after 10 years fighting against a kidney disease.
Born in 1936 in Hai Duong, Pham Quy Duong devoted his whole life to Vietnamese revolutionary music, a genre that helps inspire soldiers to fight against invaders.
He was the first Vietnamese to sing at the Hanoi Opera House in 1960.
Without a professional music education background, the singer was chosen by Russian music experts to perform the classic opera “Epghenhi Onhegin” by Tchaikovsky at the Opera House thanks to his talented voice.
During wartime, everlasting revolutionary songs such as “Tinh Ca (Love Song)” by Hoang Viet, “Tinh Em (My Love)” by Huy Du and “Bai Ca Ben Canh Vong (The Song by the Hammock)” by Nguyen Nhung through his voice gave motivation to soldiers on the battlefield.
After the war ended, Quy Duong was selected to study vocal music in Bulgaria from 1979 to 1983 then became the first vocal instructor at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music.
Well-known artists including Bich Viet, Trung Duc and Hoang Quy are among his students.
He received the title “People’s Artist” in 1993 and continued to sing until the illness prevented him from being able to stand.
Memorial services will be held at the funeral house of the Ministry of Defense.
Born in 1936 in Hai Duong, Pham Quy Duong devoted his whole life to Vietnamese revolutionary music, a genre that helps inspire soldiers to fight against invaders.
He was the first Vietnamese to sing at the Hanoi Opera House in 1960.
Without a professional music education background, the singer was chosen by Russian music experts to perform the classic opera “Epghenhi Onhegin” by Tchaikovsky at the Opera House thanks to his talented voice.
During wartime, everlasting revolutionary songs such as “Tinh Ca (Love Song)” by Hoang Viet, “Tinh Em (My Love)” by Huy Du and “Bai Ca Ben Canh Vong (The Song by the Hammock)” by Nguyen Nhung through his voice gave motivation to soldiers on the battlefield.
After the war ended, Quy Duong was selected to study vocal music in Bulgaria from 1979 to 1983 then became the first vocal instructor at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music.
Well-known artists including Bich Viet, Trung Duc and Hoang Quy are among his students.
He received the title “People’s Artist” in 1993 and continued to sing until the illness prevented him from being able to stand.
Memorial services will be held at the funeral house of the Ministry of Defense.
