East Asia has long been one of my geographic areas of specialization, but recently personal interests have extended to the southern parts of China (Quanzhou: Nanyin music and the maritime Silk Road) and even into the southernmost part of this region: Vietnam.
It has been a great experience to visit Saigon for the second time this year for an additional period of fieldwork research on both local Mekong Delta traditional music and intercultural experimental music (combining Vietnamese and avant garde western electronic music techniques).
It has been a great experience to visit Saigon for the second time this year for an additional period of fieldwork research on both local Mekong Delta traditional music and intercultural experimental music (combining Vietnamese and avant garde western electronic music techniques).
Vietnam is
experiencing rapid social and economic changes across recent years and is a nation
with rich and unique cultural heritage, including a fascinating array of
musical instruments. I have also been learning much from serving as a reviewer for the new PhD dissertation “The Choreography
of Gender in Traditional Vietnamese Music” by Nguyễn, Thanh Thủy, a master performer of the dan tranh
who later studied artistic research in music at Lund University, Sweden.
The outstanding Swedish research team that I am working with in Vietnam is making
high-quality sound recordings and will be releasing a full professional album and producing various publications from this project.
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