Ms. Trinh – Professor To Ngoc Thanh’s wife, confirmed to VietNamNet that he had just passed away at 8:32 a.m. on April 24. Upon hearing the news, many students expressed their condolences for a rare talent like him.
Professor and Doctor of Science To Ngoc Thanh is the son of famous painter To Ngoc Van – a talented master of Vietnamese contemporary painting. Mr. To Ngoc Thanh received his PhD in 1978, and his Doctor of Science in 1987. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1984 and became a Professor in 1991. Professor To Ngoc Thanh was awarded the State Prize for Literature. art in 2001.
Professor To Ngoc Thanh is credited with founding, writing the curriculum, and directly teaching the subject of Preserving Vietnamese Traditional Music. He held many positions at the Institute for Cultural and Arts Research and the Vietnam Folk Arts Association.
For more than half a century of traveling throughout the mountains, forests, villages and hamlets of the Northwest, Viet Bac and Central Highlands to conduct fieldwork, collect and research folk culture, folk culture researcher To Ngoc Thanh has produced many excellent research projects, widely published domestically and internationally.
That is: Construction Northwest Thai folk music (1969); Work Muong folk music (1971); Folk music of South Asian ethnic groups in Vietnam (1979); Learn traditional music – co-written with musician Hong Thao (1982); Fonclo Bahnar (1988); Musical instruments of Vietnamese ethnic minorities (1995); Data Vietnamese royal music (2000); Notes on culture and music…
Professor To Ngoc Thanh researched, collected, revised, enhanced, and incorporated into community cultural life 12 typical folk songs of ethnic minorities and 30 thematic folk songs of each ethnic group. These are scientific works that demonstrate his deep understanding and extensive practical life experience.
Preserving Vi and Giam is not difficult“Conserving Vi and Giam is not difficult compared to other types because it is still alive and strongly existing in the community. Vi and Giam have freed themselves from the working environment”, Associate Professor. Dr. Dang Hoanh Loan.
