Artist Trong Huu - "Friend" of NS Vu Linh: Active in the craft village, hiding happiness with his wife

Artist Trong Huu real name is Dang Trong Huu, born in 1952 in Phung Hiep, Can Tho. At the age of 10, he followed his grandfather to sing songs at weddings, family gatherings, after-harvest parties, and then studied the piano. Since then, his life has been associated with the stage.

After 1975, artist Trong Huu became a famous vocalist on the Voice of the People's Radio of Ho Chi Minh City when he sang the same classical songs with artists: Le Thuy, My Chau, Thanh Kim Hue, Minh Vuong, Thanh Tuan, Vu Linh... He was called "The farmer singing cai luong" because most of his roles were barefoot, from the Southern river region.

Trong Huu successfully performed the reformed plays "Love and Bandit", Tran Quoc Toan's army, General Bach Hai Duong... With his simple and emotional voice, he also made a special mark in the new field. Ancient and ancient like: Ca Mau New Ao Dai, Tram Bau Range, Love of the countryside... He was conferred the title of Meritorious Artist by the Vietnamese Government in 1997 and People's Artist in 2016.

NS Trong Huu was awarded the title of Distinguished Artist by the Vietnamese Government in 1997 and People's Artist in 2015.

Since 1975, on the Cai Luong stage (SKCL) in the Southwest region, many peaches and doubles have emerged with beautiful echoing voices. But perhaps, outstanding artist Trong Huu is one of the brightest stars, with a unique breath and voice that stands out and is considered a typical ancient singer for the Mekong Delta region. Long.

First, he was born into a family with a tradition of amateur music - cai luong (Long Thanh commune, Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province); Trong Huu's grandfather is the musician Bay Co Dien, famous in the region since the French period; His father is the reformed musician Tu Sang. At the age of 10, he followed his grandfather to a shift to serve a party, at the age of 16 he joined the literary troupe and became a soldier of the Information Battalion.

When he entered professional SKCL, the singing style was different; that is not singing the foot soak as before, but singing, having joy and sadness, anger, disgust, love,... Entering professional SKCL, Trong Huu achieved many successes and left an impression in the hearts of the audience. impersonating the whole country with many roles.

Meritorious Artist Trong Huu's path into art and growth in a professional environment since 1975, he has never experienced a formal, professional school. He studied indirectly through many other professional artists, especially the directors he invited to stage for the People's Cai Luong Doan in Kien Giang (the time when Meritorious Artist Trong Huu was deputy in charge of the arts), learned a lot from other artists. perform: People's Artist Huynh Nga, People's Artist Diep Lang, Meritorious Artist Doan Ba, People's Artist Tran Ngoc Giau, Meritorious Artist Thanh Dien,...

Once, Meritorious Artist Trong Huu said that the directors did not teach him anything about singing techniques, but through the roles analyzed by the director, he learned how to sing, how to let go of breath, release words, and pronounce words. to suit the character's psychology and the situation at that time.

Meritorious artists have had many memorable roles on this stage: General Thanh in Love and Bandit, Minh in To Anh Nguyet, Han Mac Tu in Han Mac Tu's Love Story, Diep in Lan and Diep, Ha Man Xuyen in Love border ca...

In 1995, Meritorious Artist Trong Huu collaborated for Tay Do - Can Tho Cai Luong Doan, he affirmed his talent through the role of Phuong in Nameless Flowers (won the Gold Medal of the National Professional Theater Festival in 1995). .

Meritorious Artist Trong Huu not only conquered the world of graves in steam technique - the voice was immersed in the heart of the old song, but also handled it in a very unique way.

Create a trend

In the world of amateurs - cai luong, there were quite a few young vocalists at that time who were influenced by the technique - the voice of Meritorious Artist Trong Huu; Even someone with a slightly higher voice also trains himself, lowering his voice to sing along with "e" Trong Huu for the same.

On professional SKCL, there was the late NS Hoang Tuan, he used to sing for many reformed groups in the province. When he was still alive, NS Hoang Tuan often went to the show to sing ancient chants in Lan and Diep, Han Mac Tu's love story and was praised by the audience. Next, there was NS Thanh Tam who also sang the main double for many reformed troupes; but Thanh Tam sometimes follows Chi Tam's style, sometimes follows Trong Huu's style and is one of SKCL's best-selling vocalists in the West in the 80s and 90s of the twentieth century.

Artist Thanh Binh, who is currently Deputy of the Military Region 9 Art Troupe, has a slightly "co-hybrid" voice, but because of the idol of Meritorious Artist Trong Huu, he also sings in the Trong Huu style. Thanh Binh Ca Chan Phuong is not the same, only the way down to "ho" echoes and the sounds bearing the "xuan" mark. Particularly, Thanh Binh was instructed by Meritorious Artist Trong Huu a few "tricks" to catch his breath and lower his voice, so he had certain successes.

In the field of amateurs - cai luong in the past, each breath - voice is considered a separate school of chanting; Each of these schools has a successor and is never disappointed when the old artists no longer have the strength to dominate their school.

The steam school - NS Chi Tam's voice appeared later than other schools, but he settled abroad for a long time; The successor can be considered Meritorious Artist Trong Huu who has maintained, created and developed until today and also created many disciples that we have not had the opportunity to discover.

The general feeling is that professional or amateur artists have been bringing breath - their voices contribute to this school becoming richer and more luxurious, good singing with air - beautiful voices are precious.

Lucky to have a good wife

Trong Huu on stage is energetic and enthusiastic, but in real life is very private. In addition to singing, he spends most of his time at home and occasionally meets with friends in his spare time. The male artist said that he has the name of an artist, but his life is as simple as a gardener.

Trong Huu believes that his life is lucky because he has a good wife. He and his wife met during the time of fire, when both worked in the army during the resistance war. They built a home with two children, a boy and a girl, who are now married.

The marriage of decades with Trong Huu is very proud, but he and his wife never want to "show off" to the public. After all these years together, the couple has not stopped lighting the fire of love, giving each other respect and devotion for each other.

The concept of happiness of an artist couple is also very simple: husband and wife need to understand, respect each other and look in the same direction. "Not many viewers and reformed colleagues know about my wife, because she is still as simple as the military medic in the war zone. Kitchen, children, and my wife take care of everything. Great happiness. My wife's best thing is to cook delicious food for the family," Trong Huu revealed.

The male artist proudly tells his career that he has played hundreds of roles, but only one is his favorite wife - that is Han Mac Tu. He thinks that maybe that's why he loves the role because the character has the love of his wife in it.