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“Sorrows of the war” to be expressed by music
  • | dtinews.vn | October 13, 2010 03:17 PM

Vietnamese and Danish artists will join together in a special concert titled “Sunny Days and Rainy Nights” due to take place on October 16th at the Youth Theatre, Hanoi.

The five Danish artists

The artists, five Vietnamese (Ha Dinh Huy, Truong Thi Thu Ha, Bui Thi Phuong Nhung, Do Ba Duyet and Le Hai Phuong) and five Danish (Nicolai Abrahamsen-guitar, Michael Moller-singer, Tav Klitgaard- trumpet, Jeppe Skjold - clarinet, saxophone and Jakob Millung- drums), will perform 12 compositions, 9 of them newly composed, by Danish musicians Nicolai Abrahamsen and Michael Moller.

During the concert, Danish artists will play Western musical instruments while Vietnamese artists will play a zither with 36 bass strings, monochord, a 16-chord zither and percussion.

Michael Moller, who is also a lead singer, said that most compositions got inspiration from a collection of poems by President Ho Chi Minh in the Danish language and the novel “Sorrow of the War” by writer Bao Ninh in English.

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