Dang Kim Hien
Dang Kim Hien is a composer and virtuoso performer of both traditional and contemporary Vietnamese music. She taught for fourteen years at the Department of Traditional Music of the Conservatory of Music in Saigon.
Dang Kim Hien is a composer and virtuoso performer in both traditional and contemporary music of Vietnam. She holds a National Gold Medal for Excellence in Vietnamese Zither Performance and a National Award for Excellence in Traditional Chants. Alongside her work as an active composer-performer, she taught for fourteen years at the Department of Traditional Music of the Conservatory of Music in Saigon.
Dang Kim Hien is featured on the following titles
Echoes of Ancestral Voices
Le Tuan Hung and Dang Kim Hien present traditional Vietnamese classical and folk music on Echoes of Ancestral Voices, following their earlier Move disc Landscapes of Time.
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Landscapes of Time
Contemporary sound art of Vietnam: evocative images and haunting effects that stay with the listener. New directions in sound art with Vietnamese colour, drawn from poems, ideas and spirituality.
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Compositions by Dang Kim Hien also appear on
Scent of Time
Six Australian composers take Asian instruments and voices beyond their own traditions. From dan tranh and sheng to shakuhachi and erhu, the programme is cross-cultural concert music at its most exploratory.
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