Đặng Hữu Phúc

Đặng Hữu Phúc

Birth : 1953-06-04, Phú Thọ, Vietnam

History

Đặng Hữu Phúc (b. 4 June, 1953 in Phú Thọ province) is a Vietnamese composer and pianist, currently a professor in composition at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He has composed for piano in various styles, from classique to avant garde and also vocal music. Some of his best known works include "Bunches of Flowers of Vietnam" (Chùm hoa Việt Nam, 2009); "Winter Lullaby" (Ru con mùa đông, Ái Vân, 1995); and award-winning film scores for stage plays as well as feature films. He has also written promotional articles for professional Vietnamese music and controversial commentary pieces on the current climate of Vietnamese music. In 2005, Đặng Hữu Phúc won the Jinjue Award for Best Music at the 8th International Film Festival in Shanghai.

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Đặng Hữu Phúc

Movies

Son of Dragon
Music
The childhood of Ly Thai To, a Vietnamese monarch.
The Guava House
Music
A mentally challenged man spends his days working as an artist's model and visiting the now-occupied house of his childhood, where his beloved guava tree sits.
Living as One Should
Music
A Vietnamese documentary on human suffering and the meaning of kindness.
Brothers
Music
A soldier (Hien) survives the war and comes back to live with his brother's family (Tien). He can't seem to adjust to civilian life after the war and feels increasingly alienated from other people, whom he finds calculating, selfish and materialistic.