Le Tuan Hung

Lê Tuấn Hùng ( ) is an Australian-Vietnamese composer, performer, and musicologist.^[1] He is a multi-instrumentalist with a strong background in Vietnamese traditional music and Western classical music. Known as a skilled performer of the đàn tranh, a Vietnamese zither,^[2] he plays traditional Vietnamese music as well as cross-cultural and experimental music. His compositions have been created for a wide range of instruments, ensembles and media.^[3] A number of his compositions combine Vietnamese instruments with Indonesian and European Renaissance and Medieval instruments.^[4][5]

He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Melbourne and a Ph.D. in Music from Monash University.^[6] He is married to Dang Kim Hien (Ðặng Kim Hiền).

Bibliography

• Le, Tuan Hung. "Mindfulness of hearing : hearing places from a non-western perspective" in Hearing Places : Sound, Place, Time and Culture. Edited by Ros Bandt, Michelle Duffy and Dolly MacKinnon. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9781847182555
• Le, Tuan Hung. Dan Tranh Music of Vietnam : Traditions and Innovations. Melbourne, Tokyo : Australia Asia Foundation, 1998. ISBN 0958534306 (hard back); ISBN 0958534314 (paperback)
• Le, Tuan Hung. "Vietnamese Traditions" in Currency Companion to Music and Dance in Australia. General editors: John Whiteoak and Aline Scott-Maxwell. Sydney: Currency House in association with Currency Press, 2003. ISBN 0958121311
• Le, Tuan Hung. "Vietnamese Music" in Oxford Companion to Australian Music. Edited by Warren Bebbington. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0195534328
• Le, Tuan Hung. "Popular music of Vietnam" in Music and Popular Culture: Asia and Australia : Unit Study Guide. Clayton, Vic.: Monash Open Learning, 1995.
• Le, Tuan Hung. "The Dynamics of Change in Hue and Tai Tu Music between 1890 and 1990" in Music-cultures in Contact : Convergences and Collisions. Edited by Margaret J. Kartomi and Stephen Blum. Sydney : Currency Press, 1994. ISBN 0868193658
• Le, Tuan Hung."Composition and Performing Process in Hue and Southern Chamber Music" in Nhac Viet Journal of Vietnamese Music, 1992, 1(2):43-60.
• Le, Tuan Hung."Music and Politics: A Socio-Political Interpretation of Significant Aspects of Compositions for the Zither Dan Tranh in South Vietnam since 1975" in New Perspectives on Vietnamese Music. Edited by Phong T. Nguyen. [New Haven, Ct.] : Yale Center for International and Area Studies, 1992.

Discography

• On the Wings of a Butterfly : Cross-cultural Music by Australian Composers (Move Records, MD3297, 2005)^[7] ARIA nomination for Best World Music Album, Fine Arts Award 2005.
• Scent of time : Australian Compositions for Asian Instruments and Voices (Move Records, MD 3263, 2002)^[8]
• Echoes of Ancestral Voices : Traditional Music of Vietnam (Move Records, MD 3199, 1997))^[9]
• Landscapes of Time: Contemporary Sound Art of Vietnam (Move Records, MD 3197, 1996))^[10]
• Musical Transfiguration : a Journey across Vietnamese Soundscapes(Move Records, MD 3128, 1993))^[11]
• Quivering String. 1992 (Move Records, MD 3141, 1992))^[12]
• Best Seats in the House! (NMA, 1992))^[13]

References

1. Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia National Web Archive Pandora.
2. World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific : the Rough Guide, edited by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, volume 2, new edition (2000) ISBN 1858286360. p. 268.
3. Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
4. AAF Projects Composer: Le Tuan Hung. Performer: Australian Chinese Music Ensemble.
5. History of Canberra Youth Theatre Song Ngoc Water Puppetry Troupe and Canberra Youth Wind Ensemble, directed by Roland Manderson, puppetry director Nhu Van Hng, composer Le Tuan Hung.
6. Dan Tranh Music of Vietnam : Traditions and Innovations. Melbourne, Tokyo : Australia Asia Foundation, 1998. Back cover, and dust jacket. ISBN 0958534306 (hard back); ISBN 0958534314 (paperback)
7. ARIA Music Awards of 2005 ARIA nomination for Best World Music Album, Fine Arts Award 2005
8. Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
9. Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
10. Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
11. Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
12. Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.
13. Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora.

External links

• Le Tuan Hung official site
• Le Tuan Hung's archived official site at Australia's National Web Archive Pandora

Listening

• Audio of compositions by Le Tuan Hung, from Le Tuan Hung official site
• List of nominees - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au 14 Sep 2005 Le Tuan Hung et al - On The Wings Of A Butterfly (Move Records).