Hanoi native songstress Le Quyen, whose voice has bewitched audiences for years, will once again seduce fans during her live show on January 4 night at the city’s Friendship Palace.
Le Quyen poses next to a photo of herself with songwriter Lam Phương on the day she released her album Khuc Tinh Xua (Old Love Songs): Le Quyen–Lam Phuong on December 24 (Photo: kenh14.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) -Hanoi native songstress Le Quyen, whose voice has bewitched audiences foryears, will once again seduce fans during her live show on January 4 night atthe city’s Friendship Palace.
Dubbed as “Queen of Vietnamese Bolero Music” due to her roaring successwith slow-tempo songs, the 36-year-old singer will perform songs by veteransongwriter Lam Phuong, which are also featured in her latest album KhucTinh Xua (Old Love Songs): Le Quyen – Lam Phuong that wasreleased on December 24.
A big name in light music in the South of Vietnam before the country’s unificationin 1975, most of Phuong’s works are about love. After resettling in the US andFrance, he continued to compose nostalgic songs about his homeland. Hisup-and-down love life has also provided abundant inspiration for many of hissongs.
In the beginning of last year, his songs were introduced for the first time onthe music channel VOV3 of Radio the Voice of Vietnam.
Singer Quyen said she had been lucky to meet the veteran songwriter, who is nowpartly disabled due to a stroke in 1995, during a tour in the US few years ago.
“He uttered my name right after seeing me at his door. He recognised mealthough we’d never met before. It was very moving,” recalled Quyen, whocurrently lives in HCM City.
“Moreover, the 80-year-old songwriter said he often listens to his songs sungby me. That’s why he immediately agreed when I asked him for permission to usehis songs for my album,” she said.
Quyen also said that the composer has about 200 songs that he has neverunveiled.
Quyen’s newest album features 12 songs – some of the best by Phuong, including ThanhPho Buon (Sad City), Bai Tango Cho Em (A Tango forYou), Thu Sau (Melancholy Autumn), Co Ua (WitheredGrass), and Xin Thoi Gian Qua Mau (Time, Please Fly Quickly).
Quyen will perform all these songs in her show, as well as some other hits. Shehas invited male singers – Quoc Thien, Quang Dai and Duong Trieu Vu - who areamong the best of Vietnamese bolero music performers, to share the stage withher tonight.-VNA
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Le Quyen poses next to a photo of herself with songwriter Lam Phương on the day she released her album Khuc Tinh Xua (Old Love Songs): Le Quyen–Lam Phuong on December 24 (Photo: kenh14.vn) 
