Le Tuan Hung

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Lê Tuấn Hùng (born 1960 in Vietnam) is an Australian-Vietnamese composer, performer, and musicologist.[1] He is a multi-instrumentalist with a strong background in Vietnamese traditional music and Western classical music. Known as a skilled performer of the đàn tranh, a Vietnamese zither,[2] he plays traditional Vietnamese music as well as cross-cultural and experimental music. His compositions have been created for a wide range of instruments, ensembles and media.[3] A number of his compositions combine Vietnamese instruments with Indonesian and European Renaissance and Medieval instruments.[4][5]

He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Melbourne and a Ph.D. in Music from Monash University.[6] He is married to Dang Kim Hien (Ðặng Kim Hiền).

Bibliography[edit]

  • Le, Tuan Hung. "Mindfulness of hearing : hearing places from a non-western perspective" in Hearing Places : Sound, Place, Time and Culture. Edited by Ros Bandt, Michelle Duffy and Dolly MacKinnon. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9781847182555
  • Le, Tuan Hung. Dan Tranh Music of Vietnam : Traditions and Innovations. Melbourne, Tokyo : Australia Asia Foundation, 1998. ISBN 0958534306 (hard back); ISBN 0958534314 (paperback)
  • Le, Tuan Hung. "Vietnamese Traditions" in Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia. General editors: John Whiteoak and Aline Scott-Maxwell. Sydney: Currency House in association with Currency Press, 2003. ISBN 0958121311
  • Le, Tuan Hung. "Vietnamese Music" in Oxford Companion to Australian Music. Edited by Warren Bebbington. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0195534328
  • Le, Tuan Hung. "Popular music of Vietnam" in Music and Popular Culture: Asia and Australia : Unit Study Guide. Clayton, Vic.: Monash Open Learning, 1995.
  • Le, Tuan Hung. "The Dynamics of Change in Hue and Tai Tu Music between 1890 and 1990" in Music-cultures in Contact : Convergences and Collisions. Edited by Margaret J. Kartomi and Stephen Blum. Sydney : Currency Press, 1994. ISBN 0868193658
  • Le, Tuan Hung."Composition and Performing Process in Hue and Southern Chamber Music" in Nhac Viet Journal of Vietnamese Music, 1992, 1(2):43-60.
  • Le, Tuan Hung."Music and Politics: A Socio-Political Interpretation of Significant Aspects of Compositions for the Zither Dan Tranh in South Vietnam since 1975" in New Perspectives on Vietnamese Music. Edited by Phong T. Nguyen. [New Haven, Ct.] : Yale Center for International and Area Studies, 1992.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

List of albums
Title Details
Best Seats in the House!
  • Released: 1992[7]
  • Label: NMA
  • Formats: CD
Quivering String
  • Released: 1992[8]
  • Label: Move Record
  • Formats: CD
Musical Transfiguration : a Journey across Vietnamese Soundscapes
  • Released: 1993[9]
  • Label: Move Record
  • Formats: CD
Landscapes of Time: Contemporary Sound Art of Vietnam
  • Released: 1996[10]
  • Label: Move Record
  • Formats: CD
Echoes of Ancestral Voices : Traditional Music of Vietnam
  • Released: 1997[11]
  • Label: Move Record
  • Formats: CD
Scent of time : Australian Compositions for Asian Instruments and Voices
  • Released: 2002[12]
  • Label: Move Record
  • Formats: CD
On the Wings of a Butterfly
  • Released: 2005 [13]
  • Label: Move Record
  • Formats: CD

Awards and nominations[edit]

ARIA Music Awards[edit]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2005 On the Wings of a Butterfly ARIA Award for Best World Music Album Nominated [14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1] Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia National Web Archive Pandora.
  2. ^ World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific : the Rough Guide, edited by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, volume 2, new edition (2000) ISBN 1858286360. p. 268.
  3. ^ [2] Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
  4. ^ AAF Projects Composer: Le Tuan Hung. Performer: Australian Chinese Music Ensemble.
  5. ^ History of Canberra Youth Theatre Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine Song Ngoc Water Puppetry Troupe and Canberra Youth Wind Ensemble, directed by Roland Manderson, puppetry director Nhu Van Hng, composer Le Tuan Hung.
  6. ^ Dan Tranh Music of Vietnam : Traditions and Innovations. Melbourne, Tokyo : Australia Asia Foundation, 1998. Back cover, and dust jacket. ISBN 0958534306 (hard back); ISBN 0958534314 (paperback)
  7. ^ [3] Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
  8. ^ [4] Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
  9. ^ [5] Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
  10. ^ [6] Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
  11. ^ [7] Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
  12. ^ [8] Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
  13. ^ ARIA Music Awards of 2005 ARIA nomination for Best World Music Album, Fine Arts Award 2005
  14. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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