Up and rising Venezuelan/Spanish songwriter and singer Grant Torres, after having Googled Tri Nguyen, contacted him to propose a collaboration for his next single. Six months after their first contact, VIENTO came to life. It is the story of travel, of love, of hope, of peace. IA story of communion between people from South America to Europe and to Asia. The Vietnamese dan tranh intertwines with the Spanish guitar, with harmonies from Europe and rhythms from Africa. A story that is sung both in Spanish and Vietnamese!
News
Single “The Fourth Hour” nominated at the IMA
For the second time in a row, Tri Nguyen’s music is nominated at the prestigious Independent Music Awards 2019 – NYC, USA. This year, the single “The Fourth Hour”, in collaboration with Italian Weissenborn specialist Roberto Diana is nominated in the “Best Instrumental Song” category.
“The Art of the Vietnamese Zither” released worldwide
ARC Music Productions, a branch of Naxos International, has just released a compilation of Tri Nguyen’s first 3 albums.
This compilation has since received encouraging reviews from around the globe and has been aired on international radios: BBC 3-UK, Concerzender FM-Netherlands, M21-Spain… and entered # 10 CFBX FM-Canada chart in World Music category.
Links:
BBC 3
Concertzender
M21
CFBX-FM
Elsewhere magazine
Moor Magazine
More to come for other projects in the making!
Masterclass at X4M Torino-Italy with Roberto Diana
Great moment last October 2018 with students from the prestigious music school X4M in Torino-Italy. We presented 2 rare instruments: the dan-tranh (Vietnamese zither) and the weissenborn. Some memorable excerpts here.here.
THE FOURTH HOUR, new single with Roberto Diana
Last year, Roberto, an outstanding Sardinian/Italian musician, and I had our albums selected for the first round of the 60th Grammys. We ran into each other’s music, listened, and decided that after the voting season, we would begin working together. It was “music at first sight” for both of us. We’ve just released our first single together, and full album will be out before the end of the year. More to come, more to share with you! Click to listen here!
The dan-tranh in Italy
May 2018. The “Perosi Project”. Tri Nguyen’s dan tranh begins collaboration with famous italian musician Roberto Diana on the weissenborn, another rare instrument in the musical world. Album release expected end of 2018.
Tri Nguyen – Judge for the prestigious Global Music Awards – USA
April 2018. Tri Nguyen is invited to be one of the celebrated judges at the GMA-USA. Tri had previously won two gold medals for Consonnances and Beyond Borders.
Beyond Borders nominated to the IMA – NYC
February 2018. The Independant Music Awards, one of the world’s most prestigious awards in the music industry. Beyond Borders, Tri Nguyen’s third album, is in World Beat category with four other major international albums. This should be the first time that a Vietnamese artist is in the finals of an international competition.