Thanh Tùng

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Thanh Tùng (15 September 1948 – 15 March 2016) was a Vietnamese pop music composer and

Khánh Hòa, but moved to Hanoi
at age 6.

Thanh Tùng graduated from the Pyongyang Conservatory in 1971 and worked for Voice of Vietnam from 1971 to 1975. After the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, he returned to Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and contributed to the establishment of Ho Chi Minh City Television's orchestra. He also worked as conductor and art manager of Bông Sen (Lotus) music company. He worked for Ho Chi Minh City Association of Musicians.

Thanh Tùng composed his first pop song, "Cây sầu riêng trổ bông", in 1975. Since then, he has written over 200 songs.

folk song.[3]

Tùng was also a businessman, who had interests in

discotheque[4] and opened a restaurant called The Twins in July 1998 in Ho Chi Minh City.[2] He died on 15 March 2016 at the age of 67.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Famous composer’s live show to resound in Hanoi" Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine. VietNamNet, April 25, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Seeing Double? That's the Intention". The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 1998. Full text (Reuters)
  3. ^ "Music Plagiarism Reveals Lack of Expertise by Vietnamese Composers". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire, April 8, 2004. (subscription access required)
  4. ^ "Musicians growing rich" Archived 2007-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. VietNamNet, January 6, 2006.
  5. FPT
    . Retrieved 15 March 2016.