A special gift from General To Lam to the family of musician Hoang Van

Minister To Lam also said that the Party and State have determined that culture has the third most important position in the national defense strategy. Currently, cultural and artistic activities in the People’s Public Security force are interested in investment and development. General To Lam also thanked musician Hoang Van for many compositions, contributing to the defense and construction of the country, including a song about the People’s Police force. A song to the soldier of the railway police. General To Lam also presented the family with this artistic embroidery painting of this song, the Minister said, the gift is symbolic, expressing the heart and affection of the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, public officials and soldiers. security for musicians and their families.

Receiving the picture, Mrs. Ngoc Anh and her descendants musician Hoang Van said, the family was extremely moved by the concern of General To Lam, the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security and officers and soldiers. Two children of musician Hoang Van, conductor Le Phi Phi and doctor of music Le Y Linh, expressed their wish that in the future, the musician’s descendants would follow in his footsteps, work hard and create art. , have more contributions to the homeland in general, the People’s Police force in particular.

Conductor Le Phi Phi shared with VietNamNet, on the 75th anniversary of the public security industry, he was invited to be the conductor of that program, but because of Covid-19, he did not return to Vietnam to conduct the orchestra. However, he is the one who builds the program together with the Director of the People’s Public Security Theater, the Director of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. In the program, everyone said that they should play a piece of Hoang Van’s music.

“I know a lot of Dad’s works, but I have a suggestion A song to the soldier of the railway police, this song is very good but haven’t played for many years. The purpose of playing again is to see that the next generation, in the police industry, knew that there was a railway police department in the 1960s-1970s, now there is no more. Everyone agrees to play that piece. After the performance, Minister To Lam touched his sister Y Linh about this work. Then the Minister sent officials of the Ministry to his house to ask for music. Minister To Lam proposed to engrave the music of my father’s song with his portrait into an artistic embroidery picture.

On this occasion, he knew that both Y Linh and I were in Vietnam, so he came to his house to give the painting to the family to keep as a souvenir. He also said he would make many versions of the painting to give away in need of the holiday. My mother was very happy and touched to receive this gift from the Minister’s hand. His mother told him: ”Brother Hoang Van died 4 years ago, but with the attention of the State, the Government, the Ministry of Public Security, and especially Minister To Lam, I feel that Hoang Van’s works have always lived in the world. everyone’s mind’ – conductor Le Phi Phi said.

According to conductor Le Phi Phi, the most encouraging thing is that the Ministry of Public Security is building a symphony theater to serve the people of Hanoi and the whole country with the desire to enrich everyone’s artistic life. “I am honored to have General To Lam in the future work closely with many programs of this theater,” said conductor Le Phi Phi.

Musician Hoang Van (1930-2018) whose real name is Le Van Ngo belongs to the generation of Vietnamese musicians who accompanied the Vietnamese nation’s resistance wars for independence and freedom in the 20th century. During his creative career. In his magnum opus, he devoted a great deal of importance to academic music. Notably, the symphonic poem Citadel of the Fatherland – written by him in 1960 – is one of the first poetic symphonies of Vietnam.

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