Nguyen Anh 9

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Nguyen Anh 9
Native nameNguyễn Ánh 9
Birth name Nguyen Dinh Anh
Born(1940-01-01)1 January 1940
Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam
Died 14 April 2016(2016-04-14) (aged 76)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Occupation(s)
  • Songwriter
  • pianist
Instruments Piano
Years active 1958–2016

Nguyen Dinh Anh (1 January 1940 – 14 April 2016), known professionally as Nguyen Anh 9, was a Vietnamese songwriter and pianist.

Pianist musician who plays the piano

A pianist is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, jazz, blues, and all sorts of popular music, including rock and roll. Most pianists can, to an extent, easily play other keyboard-related instruments such as the synthesizer, harpsichord, celesta, and the organ.

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Early life

He was born in Ninh Thuận Province, Vietnam on January 1, 1940 (according to other sources, he was born in 1939) and was the youngest of the three children of a well-off family. Nguyen Dinh Anh's family moved to Nha Trang and when he was 11, they moved to Saigon.

Ninh Thuận Province Province in South Central Coast, Vietnam

Ninh Thuận is a province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam.

Vietnam Country in Southeast Asia

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula. With an estimated 94.6 million inhabitants as of 2016, it is the 15th most populous country in the world. Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west, part of Thailand to the southwest, and the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia across the South China Sea to the east and southeast. Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976, while its most populous city is Ho Chi Minh City.

Nha Trang City in Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam

Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the north by Ninh Hoà district, on the south by Cam Ranh town and on the west by Diên Khánh District. The city has about 392,000 inhabitants, a number that is projected to increase to 560,000 by 2015 and 630,000 inhabitants by 2025. An area of 12.87 square kilometres (4.97 sq mi) of the western communes of Diên An and Diên Toàn is planned to be merged into Nha Trang which will make its new area 265.47 square kilometres (102.50 sq mi) based on the approval of the Prime Minister of Vietnam in September 2012.

Nguyen Dinh Anh studied at Taberd until 1954 and went to Da Lat to study at Yersin as a boarder until 1958. [1] He left his family when he was 18 to pursue a music career. He practiced the piano as a young boy and while studying in Da Lat, Nguyen Dinh Anh befriended the songwriter Hoang Nguyen and was guided to the music industry by him.

Da Lat City in Lâm Đồng, Vietnam

Đà Lạt, or Dalat, is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province in Vietnam. The city is located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level on the Langbian Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands region. Da Lat is a popular tourist destination in Vietnam.

Career

After passing the Baccalaureate and through Hoang Nguyen's recommendation, Nguyen Anh 9 was able to participate in the program Tuoi Xanh (Youth) by Saigon Radio Station and Da Lat Radio Station. He also collaborated with Duy Trac on the program Tieng hat sinh vien (Students' voice). Since then, Nguyen Anh 9 played the piano here and there at the well-known bars and restaurants and in the young bands.

Baccalauréat French diploma

The baccalauréat, often known in France colloquially as bac, is an academic qualification that French students are required to take to graduate high school. Introduced by Napoleon I in 1808, it is the main diploma that is required to pursue university studies.

Nguyen Anh 9 started his songwriting career in a very accidental way when touring Japan with Khánh Ly. He was waiting at the elevator with Khanh Ly to return to his hotel room after the show at Osaka fair. Seeing the sadness on her friend's face, Khanh Ly asked: "Are you still in love with her?" and meant to ask about Nguyen Anh 9's then girlfriend. Nguyen Anh 9 played the guitar he was holding right away and sang: "Không! Không! Tôi không còn, tôi không còn yêu em nữa..." ("No! No! I'm no longer, I'm no longer in love with you..."). When coming back to Vietnam, Khanh Ly suggested he write this song. At her suggestion, he finished writing his first song in a short time.

Khánh Ly is a Vietnamese singer. She performed many songs written by Vietnamese composer Trịnh Công Sơn and rose to fame in the 1960s.

Osaka Designated city in Kansai, Japan

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Osaka will host Expo 2025. The current mayor of Osaka is Ichiro Matsui.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

The song "Không" (No) was first recorded by Khanh Ly on vinyl with the disc title Tình ca quê hương (Native land love songs). "Không" became one of the signature songs of Elvis Phương's singing career, as well as some other Nguyen Anh 9's songs such as "Ai đưa em về" (Who takes you home), "Chia phôi" (Parting), "Một lời cuối cho em" (One last word for you),... frequently performed by Elvis Phương on the stage of Queen Bee discothèque in Saigon in early 1970s.

Elvis Phương, real name Phạm Ngọc Phương is a popular Vietnamese singer.

In the early 1970s, Nguyen Anh 9 collaborated with many major discothèques in Saigon. He used to play the piano and accompany such famous singers as Khánh Ly, Thái Thanh. Nguyen Anh 9 said in an interview that he liked to accompany these two well-known singers the most. At the same time, he wrote some other famous songs like "Mùa thu cánh nâu" (Brown-winged autumn), "Đêm tình yêu" (Night of love).

After the Fall of Saigon to the northern vietnamese communists in April 1975, at first he toured the provinces with Duy Khánh's troupe and the songwriter Quoc Dung. From 1976 to 1978, he worked as a vehicle traffic controller at the Western Bus Station. [1] Nguyen Anh 9 opened a piano class for a while.

In 1982, Nguyen Anh 9 returned to the music industry. He continued to take part in the concerts and piano shows in many places. Nguyen Anh 9 was also invited to write the soundtracks for some movies such as Mảnh tình nghiệt ngã (Ill-fated love affair), Mênh mông tình buồn (Immensely sad love). In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Nguyen Anh 9 wrote some more songs like "Tình yêu đến trong giã từ" (Comes farewell comes love), "Mênh mông tình buồn" (Immensely sad love), "Cho người tình xa" (For the remote lover), and "Cô đơn" (Lonely).

Nguyen Anh 9 still performed and took part in some of the singer Ánh Tuyết's nights recently. He often played the piano at Sofitel Saigon Plaza every week.

Tribute

On May 27, 2006, Thúy Nga Productions put on the live variety show Paris By Night 83 with the theme Những khúc hát ân tình (Songs of affection) in California, USA to pay tribute to three Vietnamese songwriters during which the singers performed 11 songs by Nguyen Anh 9. On the night of November 21, 2010, the program Con đường âm nhạc (The music path) of November paying tribute to Nguyen Anh 9 took place at the Military Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City and was broadcast live on VTV3. [2]

Personal life

Nguyen Anh 9 was a Roman Catholic with his Christian name being Jerome. His wife's name is Ngoc Han. She was a dancer whom he knew when working at Anh Vu discothèque. They got married in 1965 after he had his mother beg his father to let him return home as well as getting married. Before that, his father had evicted him from their house seeing his determination to pursue his music career. Nguyen Anh 9 and Ngoc Han have two sons, the songwriter Nguyen Quang and Nguyen Dinh Quang Anh, both of whom pursue a music career. [1]

Death

After bearing pneumonia and heart failure for a long time, he went into a coma and died at Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital at 14:00 April 14, 2016, aged 76. [3] [4] Before that, Nguyen Anh 9 was hospitalized as an emergency at Hoan My Hospital on March 20, 2016 when he showed signs of asphyxia and tiredness. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nguyễn Ánh 9: Đừng đổ lỗi cho nhạc xưa, Thể thao & Văn hóa".
  2. ↑ ""Con đường âm nhạc" Nguyễn Ánh 9: Dư âm sâu lắng , Vietnam+".
  3. ↑ "Nhạc sĩ Nguyễn Ánh 9 qua đời".
  4. ↑ "Nhạc sĩ Nguyễn Ánh 9 qua đời".
  5. ↑ "Nhạc sĩ Nguyễn Ánh 9 nhập viện cấp cứu".
  6. ↑ "Đĩa nhựa "made in Vietnam" lên ngôi? - Thể thao & Văn hóa".
  7. ↑ "Live show "Nguyễn Ánh 9 - Nửa thế kỷ âm nhạc", BĐT Đài tiếng nói Việt Nam".
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