Professor Tran Van Khe

 

	Master of traditional Vietnamese music
	Director of Research CNRS
	Professor at the University of the Sorbonne in Paris
	Honorary member of the International Music Council (UNESCO)
	Corresponding Member of the European Academy of

           the Sciences, Letters, and Arts

Former head student of the Truong Vinh Ky High School

          and of Medicine Department of the Hanoi University

	Conductor of the Hanoi University Orchestra
	Doctor in Musicology at the Centre National de la

           Recherche Scientifique (Paris)

	Having been invited to introduce Vietnamese and Asian music to over 42 countries
	Having taken part in over 200 musical conferences
	Having lectured as a special lecturer at 15 Universities worldwide
	Collaborator for 6 music encyclopedias
	The musical prize winner of the UNESCO CIM in 1981
	Great sponsor of the Tieng Hat Que Huong troupe in Vietnam

Professor Tran Van Khe is one of the greatest masters of traditional Vietnamese music. Born into a family with four generations of musicians, he was taught the musical tradition of the family by his paternal Aunt Tran Ngoc Vien and his maternal Uncle Nguyen Tri Khuong, having lost his parents at a very early age. Professor Tran Van Khe is a Doctor in Musicology; he carried out research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), has been a teacher at Paris-Sorbonne University, and is Honorary Member of the Conseil International de la Musique (Unesco). His scientific research along with his activity in traditional music (participation in numerous festivals, several recordings edited with Ocora, l'Unesco and A.C.C.T.) have led to his receiving many distinctions and prizes from prestigious universities, academies and international institutions. He is able to play many Vietnamese Instruments: Dan Kim or Dan Nguyet (moon-shaped lute), Dan Tranh (sixteen stringed zither), Dan Co or Dan Nhi (two-stringed fiddle), Dan Ty Ba (pear-shaped, four stringed lute) and the Trong Nhac, ceremonial drum. He knows how to recite poems and sing in traditional styles of the North and the South.

Professor Tran's expertise includes all Asian music, particularly Indian, Persian, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic musical traditions. Having lived in Paris for about 50 years, and traveled world wide, lecturing and performing, he has played key role in introducing Asian music into the western world. In the past 50 years, He has produced a number of Ph.D.'s and taught several thousand students all over the world.

More Columns about Prof. Tran Van Khe:

• Giáo sư Trần Văn Khê: 'Tôi như chiếc lá được về với cội'

• Ấn tượng về ngày ra đi vẫn còn đọng lại...

• Cần có việc làm thiết thực đối với âm nhạc dân tộc

• GS Trần Văn Khê: 'Tôi gắn bó với âm nhạc nhờ thiên duyên'

• Nói chuyện về Âm nhạc Việt Nam trên Internet

• Answering calls from home

• GS Tran Van Khe ve VN sinh song

• Findings from Prof. Tran Van Khe

• Interview in June 2003

• Prof. Tran activities after his returning to France

• Chuyen tham Algeria cua GSSN Tran Van Khe