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Fresh take on classical music | Vietnam Today
Fresh take on classical music | Vietnam Today
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Vietnam's classical music scene has seen
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a resurgence marked by a wave of
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performances from worldrenowned
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international orchestra. Uh yet despite
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this momentum, the genre remains largely
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confined to former concert halls and a
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niche audience. Why does it struggle to
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reach the mainstream and how can we
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solve that issue? First, let's hear from
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young audiences on how they view the art
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form today.
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I think the biggest barrier is that many
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people believe you need a certain level
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of knowledge to understand classical
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music.
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I think storytelling is the key. When
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people understand the story behind the
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piece, what the composer wanted to
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express, and how the performers connect
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with the music, it becomes much easier
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for young audiences to connect with
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classical music as well.
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>> I think classical music should be
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performed in places where young people
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already spend their time, such as cafes
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and other community spaces. Combined
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with more affordable ticket prices, it
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would give more people the opportunity
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to experience it.
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Cultivating musical literacy is the key
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to expanding classical music's audience.
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For young people, the hurdle is often
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the setting, not the music. To bridge
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this gap, organizers are transforming
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performance spaces and concert formats
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to make the genre truly accessible.
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Let's take a closer look at these modern
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changes.
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This cafe may be small, but today it is
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filled with the melody of Subert Leonard
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D298.
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Now classical music is finding new ways
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to engage with audiences
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with the aim of making classical music
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more accessible. This project is
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reimagining how the genre is
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experienced. Rather than recreating the
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concert hall, the project draws
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inspiration from the way composer France
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Schubert once shared his music with
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friends gathered together in an intimate
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setting.
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We noticed that Vietnam has a great cafe
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culture. Vietnamese Hanoyans like to
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mingle, like to have a intimate space to
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share something together, share story,
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share culture. Yes. So why not classical
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music? The spirit of intimacy, the love
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with classical music. And that's how it
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started.
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When you mention about the idea of
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classical music, you go to bigger space,
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you see the musicians on higher stage,
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much further away from you, you feel a
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little bit distant. Uh but in our
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events, we sit very close with our
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audiences. Uh they can see us clearly,
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they can hear us clearly.
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>> The project presents around 12
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performances approaching thousands of
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audience each year. Behind every concert
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is the work of six core musicians with
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different full-time job joined by guest
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artists who are dedicated throughout the
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year to bring each performance to the
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stage to bridge the gap between
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classical music and wider audiences.
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Each program includes introductions to
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the composer, the historical context and
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the stories behind every piece.
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I think any any people like stories and
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I think just having some kind of story
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help them to resonate more with the
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piece of art and it help them enjoy the
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music more.
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Performing here feels different from
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playing in a concert hall. As a young
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musician, opportunities like this are
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incredibly valuable. They help us gain
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confidence on stage while bringing
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classical music closer to more people.
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Behind each performance is a regular
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rehearsal by a team of dedicated
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musicians. Whether in a cafe or a
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concert hall, they continue introducing
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classical music to young audiences and
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inspiring greater interest in the genre.
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And for more on the changing landscape
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of classical music in Vietnam, we're now
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joined by Mos Mui Hayan, educational
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curator and facilitator. Well, hello Mos
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Hayan. Uh, how's the perception of
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classical music beginning to change in
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Vietnam?
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>> I think um, as an audience and also as
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an organizer, I've been seeing a lot of
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changes. um uh throughout the recent
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years um I think there are a lot of
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changes in the space. We can see that um
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now uh a lot of classical music concerts
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uh have been organized in intimate
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spaces like a cafe space, a tea shop. So
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the all of that adds up to um a more
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much more open and friendly space for
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the audience to come into concerts.
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Yes. Uh so what do you think has been
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the biggest barrier preventing more
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people especially young audiences from
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engaging with classical music?
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So talking about the barriers um that um
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somehow
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um
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like create difficulties for the
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audience especially young audiences to
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come to the classical music. The biggest
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for me is the psychological barriers. Uh
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which means that every time we listen or
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we heard like there is a uh classical
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music is uh happening soon. We feel like
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oh this is something cool maybe
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interesting but we still feel like not
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so ready something that make me feel
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make us feel hesitant to go to. So it's
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not easy for audience to be engaged to
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the music to the classical music because
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of those reason I think.
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>> And now looking ahead uh what is key to
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building a broader audience for
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classical music in Vietnam?
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uh to
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to build uh a more healthy um and
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developed uh scene of classical music in
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Vietnam. Uh we need more channels
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uh more uh spaces in the education
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system. Um and um the things I think
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also important is um talking about the
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community or about the audience. So what
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we can do is just be more open. I think
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at the end of the day there is no rules.
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There is no like a fixed borders to
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listen and to enjoy any kind of forms of
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art and um it is an open space for
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everyone and for the mass audience.
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Well, Mi and once again, thank you for
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joining us and for sharing your
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insights.
