Đặng Hữu Phúc

Then he subsequently won the Best Music prize in 2005 at the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival for his work on Hồ Quang Minh's film Thời xa vắng ("A Far Time Past") based on the novel of the same name by Lê Lựu. Đặng is best known as a composer of symphonies and orchestral music, combining this traditional European style of music with elements of traditional Vietnamese music, such as Nhạc dân tộc cải biên. He is also noted in Vietnam for his instrumental music such as piano sonatas.

• Name — Đặng Hữu Phúc • Born — 4 June 1953 • Origin — Vietnam • Genre — classical • Occupation — musician, composer • Instrument — Piano • Education — Hanoi Conservatory

• Illustration — Đặng Hữu Phúc conducting HPT Concert 2009, "Hồn thiêng sông núi" "Holy Land Spirit"

Đặng Hữu Phúc has written several works for choir and orchestra. His choral symphony to poems of Nguyễn Đình Thi (1973) was performed at the Hanoi Opera House when the composer was only 20 years old. In 2004 10 pieces for a cappella choir ("10 bài cho hợp xướng không nhạc đệm") premiered, again at the Hanoi Opera House. Phúc is also known for classical songs. In 1974 he wrote Ba bức tranh ("Three Paintings") for soprano and 2 pianos, which was premiered at the Vietnam School of Music by soprano Ái Vân. In 2006 he published the fruit of 30 years work, 60 selected romances for voice and piano (“Tuyển chọn 60 bài Romances và Ca khúc cho giọng hát với Piano”) - the first major Lieder collection by a Vietnamese composer. Several of these songs have been widely performed and broadcast including "Cơn mưa sang đò" ("Rain upon the boat"), "Trăng chiều" ("Moonlit"), “Ru con mùa đông” ("Lullaby of winter"), “Tôi vẫn hát” ("I still sing"). 14 of the songs were submitted for and won the Vietnam composers' award.