Musician Chu Minh - Author of "People who believe in victory" has just passed away: Honored to meet Uncle Ho 5 times

According to information from People's Artist Pham Ngoc Khoi, Vice President of the Vietnam Musicians Association, Professor and musician Chu Minh passed away at around 2:00 a.m. on October 17 at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Hospital. He was 92 years old.

On his personal page, People's Artist Quoc Hung wrote: "A huge loss for the Family and the Vietnamese music industry. Musician Chu Minh - a musical giant has left us forever."

Singer Viet Hoan also shared: "The musician I love and respect! Every time I meet him or be near him, I feel extremely warm. After many years, no one feels old because his soul and intelligence are like those of a young man. My dear. Thank you very much, musician Chu Minh".

Sharing with the press, musician Nguyen Quang Long said that the reason musician Chu Minh was honored by the profession as a "great tree" of Vietnam's Revolutionary music is because he made so many contributions to music. music. He composed successfully in both vocal and instrumental genres.

Musician Giang Son also shared that, at 11:30 p.m. last night, when musician Duc Tan texted her to let her know that musician Chu Minh was in critical condition and his indicators were very low, she immediately rushed to the Viet Soviet hospital. visit teacher.

"Upon arriving, I was told by Tu My (daughter of musician Chu Minh - PV) that a few hours before, everyone thought the teacher had left, his hands were hanging down... but then the instructions The number increased again, the life reactions appeared strongly again, the pink hand returned. When I leaned in and said: "Hello teacher, I am Giang Son, this is Hoang Kieu's father!", I saw a reaction. The reaction was on the teacher's finger. Everyone kept teasing him, but the teacher wrinkled his eyebrows in discomfort and moved his arms and legs a little. At about 1:00 a.m., musician Duc Tan and I left. Yet at 3:30, Tan texted: " Teacher Chu Minh has passed away, Son!".

I did not learn directly from Master Chu Minh, but through his vocal and instrumental works, I was able to learn many things. In the past, teacher Chu Minh and Hoang Kieu's father were old friends, so they respected him even more! I always remember the words he said to me a few years ago: "I know you have sadness in life, but try your best, your father's music career is now given to you."

Musician Mai Kien expressed that he is honored to be the penultimate generation of Professor's students. Musician Chu Minh. Previously, he heard from his seniors that musician Chu Minh was willing to cross out entire songs or throw books out the window if he couldn't write them properly. But when he learned to be a musician, he found his teacher very close, considerate, gentle and dedicated.

"I admire him very much. I have learned many valuable things from him that I will always remember," said musician Mai Kien.

Professor and musician Chu Minh's birth name is Trieu Dat Hien, born on January 5, 1931 in Hanoi. Mr. Truong grew up in a well-off civil servant family. Since childhood, musician Chu Minh has shown his passion for music.

At the age of 11, Chu Minh started learning the violin and spent most of his time playing this instrument in addition to studying culture.

The August Revolution took place successfully in Vietnam, but soon after the Indochina war broke out in the country, Chu Minh volunteered to join the revolution (from 1947 - 1950). Also during this period, he began using the pen name Chu Minh to compose songs, including Vietnam, China, Soviet Union and Border Victory.

After that, he was sent to study a short-term intermediate music program in Wuhan (China). From 1961 - 1965, he continued to study Composition at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music.

After graduating from university, he returned to the Vietnam School of Music (now the Vietnam National Academy of Music) to teach composition, and at the same time served as Chairman of the Department of Theory and Composition. Collaboration - Commander of the school.

He continued to compose vocal and instrumental music, thereby gradually creating his own compositional style. He is one of the few contemporary Vietnamese musicians who is successful in both vocal and instrumental music.

As someone who had the honor of meeting Uncle Ho 5 times and was awarded the highest literary and artistic award named after him, musician Chu Minh is the one who has successfully composed about Uncle Ho. Among them, especially the song "The One Who Believes in Victory" was released 54 years ago.

When he was still alive, musician Chu Minh admitted that composing about Uncle Ho was not easy, because the music and lyrics had to portray the image of a great leader but also very simple.

The song "He is the belief in victory" meets that requirement and has been deeply engraved in the minds of the Vietnamese people and peace-loving people around the world for more than half a century.

In his compositions, musician Chu Minh always promotes the national spirit to make listeners more proud of their homeland and country. He composed many songs about Uncle Ho with respect and admiration from his heart and mind, such as His name is the mountain water, That day he walked a century long mile, Remembering Uncle at night, Ben Tre's name is forever beautiful. Then the great work Fatherland Symphony (including 3 chapters), in which he selected 6 poems from Uncle Ho's Prison Diary to write 4 songs.

He is successful in all three roles: composing, teaching, and scientific research; is the teacher of many musicians such as Pho Duc Phuong, Truong Ngoc Ninh, Ton That Lap, Ngoc Dai, Duc Trinh, Do Bao, Minh Dao...

During his lifetime, musician Pho Duc Phuong commented that with only two works, You are the belief of victory and We are proud to rise, oh Vietnam! (poem by Hoang Trung Thong), musician Chu Minh is worthy of being a bright face in the history of Vietnamese music.

Musician Chu Minh was awarded the State Award in 2001 by the State of Vietnam, the Third-class Resistance Medal against the French, the Second-class Resistance Medal against the US, and the Second-class Labor Medal. In 2017, he was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize in the field of Literature and Arts.