People's Artist Thanh Huyen: "Radio wave star", honored to sing in front of Uncle Ho, voice reaching international level

People's Artist Thanh Huyen is not only a singer, but also reaches the stature of history by being present and contributing to many important historical events of the country. She was the first female singer to be conferred the title of People's Artist in 1984.

People's Artist Thanh Huyen's real name is Truong Thi Thanh Huyen. She was born on October 10, 1942, originally from Hanoi. From a young age, with a natural talent for singing, she won many high prizes in children's music competitions, and even sang and performed for Uncle Ho many times on the occasion of Uncle Ho's visit to the Mid-Autumn Festival. in Au Tri Vien. In 1963, after graduating from the Vocal Department of the Vietnam School of Music (now NVHN), she worked at the Vietnam Music and Dance Theater.

During the 60s and 70s, Thanh Huyen's voice captivated many audiences at home and abroad. With her innately beautiful voice imbued with Vietnamese folk songs and persistent artistic labor, Thanh Huyen's name has emerged as one of the brightest stars of the performing artist world. She was one of the first four artists to be awarded the title of People's Artist in the field of music in 1984 along with artists Quoc Huong (male revolutionary singer), Chau Loan (poet recitation artist) and Dang Thai Son (artist) pianist). At that time, the title of people's artist was still new, so only artists with great influence, talent and dedication could be conferred.

People's Artist Thanh Huyen is not a rare voice. Her pure metallic light lirico soprano voice is popular in almost all female voices in Vietnam. But she possesses a beautiful and resonant voice innate, so she sounds very gorgeous, attractive, worthy of the reputation of singing gold, appearing only once every few decades.

This voice helps People's Artist Thanh Huyen achieve all 4 elements of Quan Ho folk songs: reverberation, rumbling, background, and bouncing. When she sang loudly, she spread all over the four directions, singing softly, softly and sweetly like a lullaby.

People's Artist Thanh Huyen's grandfather was a Confucian who often invited literary troupes to sing on the 1st and anniversaries. Therefore, from a young age, Thanh Huyen was nurtured by folk songs and soon showed her natural talent, singing like an adult. The soul of the folk songs has followed her throughout her life, directly affecting her singing style, always bearing the sound of quan ho folk songs.

At a young age, People's Artist Thanh Huyen mastered the singing techniques of traditional folk songs. In it, there are many difficult techniques such as pouring seeds, gluing, and soaking. All these techniques are self-taught and self-perceived by her ability to feel music, she knows how to sing Van, Quan Ho, Hue Ca...

After a few years of studying at the Conservatory of Music, People's Artist Thanh Huyen quickly absorbed Western classical vocal techniques such as concord, legato, using sound position, head voice...

Famous on the radio, but artist Thanh Huyen does not work at the Voice of Vietnam as many people mistakenly believe, but belongs to the first generation of the Vietnam Music and Dance Theater. She was mentored by artist Thuy Huyen, artist Mai Khanh..., also the first generation of students at the school. Thanh Huyen's singing is very special because of the skillful combination between folk singing techniques and classical Western vocal techniques.

Her singing path has since been wide open, allowing her to step into the glories of the singing profession. After graduating from school, he immediately became a solitaire of the Central People's Dance Troupe. And from here, she is the nightingale always present on the front lines of the country. Thanh Huyen's singing served the resistance war, serving the resilient but indomitable struggle of the nation.

Her female group in the Central People's Dance Troupe was named by journalist Nguyen Huu Chinh: "Long-range rocket", because the group always toured abroad to serve the country's diplomatic work. water. In particular, the most impressive tour of Thanh Huyen's actor life was the trip with the Vietnamese diplomatic delegation to attend the Paris Conference in Xoa-Zi, performing in three countries: France, Algeria, Italy in 1969 to promote promote culture, increase Vietnam's prestige and position in the international arena.

And wherever he went, People's Artist Thanh Huyen also made everyone admire his unique and brilliant voice. The concert was a resounding success, after returning home, she was invited to the Presidential Palace to report the results of the business trip to Uncle Ho. In the last years of his life, Uncle Ho presented People's Artist Thanh Huyen with the Uncle Ho Badge. This precious memento is not available to all singers.

People's Artist Thanh Huyen is also one of the singers with the most recorded recordings on Voice of Vietnam. In the 70s and 80s, her singing always resonated throughout the country and went deep into the memory of many generations of the public.

To this day, many people recount that at that time they did not know who Thanh Huyen was, but whenever they heard her voice or the songs she sang, they recognized her. In particular, soldiers in the army loved listening to Thanh Huyen sing to get more motivation to fight. Someone once said:

"Walking in the hot sun, suddenly listening to Thanh Huyen's singing is like drinking a cool glass of lemonade to quench the burning thirst in the neck."

Compared to other artists of the same generation, artist Thanh Huyen's life is quite calm. She married director - People's Artist Thanh An. Their life is warm and happy with two children, a boy and a girl. Her son currently lives and works abroad, and her daughter is also pursuing a singing career like her mother.

Artist Thanh Huyen said that she now receives 2.5 million dong per month, the state benefits for the people's budget and pension, so her material life is quite adequate. "But I feel sad and lonely," her voice deepened. The small house has been absent from director Thanh An for many years, only she is left.

Ho Ngoc Trinh: Shining with a cross-legged role, the young generation fuels the art of Cheo Mặc Lan12:52:13 23/01/2025With a natural singing voice, People's Artist Ho Ngoc Trinh started singing at the age of 14 when she worked with the Cultural Center of Moc Hoa district at that time. To help her family, she went to school and sang to earn income.