Wind Among the Reeds: Analysis of the Vietnamese Oboe Tradition

• Main Authors: Tran, Christian, Giovannetti, Geralyn
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2018
• Subjects: music; Vietnamese; oboe tradition; woodwind; Orca
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2018/iss1/101; https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/jur/article/1301/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

Music has always been an important part of Vietnamese culture. The many traditional music styles dotting the coastal country have remained stamps of cultural authenticity and a source of pride to the natives of each region. As the country was occupied by France, and later Russia, Japan, and the United States, Western classical music became common in Vietnam’s large cities. Each country brought its own traditions of pedagogy, interpretation, and repertoire. With this, Western classical music instruction began. My ORCA project was to analyze the state of Western classical music in Vietnam with regards to oboe instruction, performance, and repertoire. I spent one month in Hanoi, Vietnam at the Vietnam National Academy of Music shadowing professors, gathering music, teaching lessons, and giving performances.