BEAUTIFUL ASIAN VOICE, FABULOUS AFRICAN INSTRUMENT

Huong Thanh: musical palette in universal colors

A whole new adventure through the crystalline voice and the delicate and precise ornamentation of Huong Thanh

Diapason d'Or, several times winner of the World Clash music, Huong Thanh received in 2007 the Price France Music of World Music.

Huong Thanh is a Vietnamese traditional singer. She discovered jazz and world music by Nguyen Le, a French jazz composer of Vietnamese origin, in 1995. This meeting allows her to turn a new page in her career. Therefore, Huong Thanh develops very fast an authentic style mixing Vietnam's traditional music with jazz. This is the moment where her music asserts itself and finds its first originality.

The evolution of her music is strongly linked to her openness, her willingness to reconcile her traditional music with that of other countries. It is also through the opportunities of collaboration with artists from around the world that her musical palette evolves in a markedly distinct way.

Music is her soul, singing is her life. And creating mixed original musical works has always been her passion.

She follows the project "Musical palette in universal colors" by crossing the path of international artists.

Mini project CAMKYTIWA

Camkytiwa consists of four women artists who came from four different nations of East Asia. Combining the voice of Huong Thanh with sounds from the shamisen and koto of Fumie Hihara, the erhu of Yan Li and the gômoungo of E'Joung-ju, Camkytiwa passed through the three regions of Vietnam to reach the shores of the Country of the Rising Sun through the Middle Kingdom and the Land of the Morning Calm.

Mini project Spectacle "A monkey king on the Buddha road"

This show was born from the research on common traditions of Asian countries in the field of song and dance theater, drawing in particular in the heart of Hindu and Buddhist roots of their cultures. In Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Nepal, songs and dances are inspired by similar tales, the same ordinary adventures, the same amorous passions... Drawing the heart of common traditions, it is a contemporary creation nourished by musical languages and immemorial gestural.

Mini project Huong Thanh & Franck Tortiller (in progress)

In 2016, Huong Thanh and Franck Tortiller (a French vibraphonist, arranger and a jazz band's director) combine for a new project. Their album will be released at the end of this year. A concert of the project will be held on January 25, 2017 in Paris. This is a great opportunity to meet the artists and discover through the rhythm of jazz, the beautiful birth of Tan Nhac ( "new music") of the 30s-40s.

The purpose of this campaign: Mini project with Ballaké Sissoko
Wishing to build bridges between cultures through music, Huong Thanh continues her ambitious project in 2017-2018 with Ballaké Sissoko, a Malian kora player. For the first time, African and Vietnamese musics will be mixed.

This one is the beginning of a series of projects that exceed all boundaries of language, culture and generation.

"Each album, each arranger, each project is completely different. It's amazing! I'm on a way where I can learn my whole life and I'm still learning." (Huong Thanh - September 22, 2016)

HUONG THANH - Album "Sài Gòn, Saïgon"

HUONG THANH - Album "Sài Gòn, Saïgon"