Le Tuan Hung

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Name Le Hung		Role Composer

Lê Tuấn Hùng () is an Australian-Vietnamese composer, performer, and musicologist. He is a multi-instrumentalist with a strong background in Vietnamese traditional music and Western classical music. Known as a skilled performer of the đàn tranh, a Vietnamese zither, he plays traditional Vietnamese music as well as cross-cultural and experimental music. His compositions have been created for a wide range of instruments, ensembles and media. A number of his compositions combine Vietnamese instruments with Indonesian and European Renaissance and Medieval instruments.

He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Melbourne and a Ph.D. in Music from Monash University. He is married to Dang Kim Hien (Ðặng Kim Hiền).

Discography

On the Wings of a Butterfly : Cross-cultural Music by Australian Composers (Move Records, MD3297, 2005) ARIA nomination for Best World Music Album, Fine Arts Award 2005.

Scent of time : Australian Compositions for Asian Instruments and Voices (Move Records, MD 3263, 2002)

Echoes of Ancestral Voices : Traditional Music of Vietnam (Move Records, MD 3199, 1997))

Landscapes of Time: Contemporary Sound Art of Vietnam (Move Records, MD 3197, 1996))

Musical Transfiguration : a Journey across Vietnamese Soundscapes(Move Records, MD 3128, 1993))

Quivering String. 1992 (Move Records, MD 3141, 1992))

Best Seats in the House! (NMA, 1992))

References

Le Tuan Hung Wikipedia

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