Nguyên Lê defines what lies at the heart of this collaboration: “Ngô Hồng Quang and I are two Vietnamese musicians whose upbringing and musical education and evolution could not have followed more different paths. And yet we have found that we both share common goals: to express and to share the soul of Vietnam with the wider world, to bring together the roots and the future of Vietnamese music.
Nguyên Lê's new album, which will be released on ACT on January 2017 features a new collaboration - Hà Nôi Duo - with Ngô Hồng Quang.Nguyên Lê defines what lies at the heart of this collaboration: “Ngô Hồng Quang and I are two Vietnamese musicians whose upbringing and musical education and evolution could not have followed more different paths. And yet we have found that we both share common goals: to express and to share the soul of Vietnam with the wider world, to bring together the roots and the future of Vietnamese music. Vietnam as a country is evolving so fast and so brilliantly, its population is full of so much youthful vigour, curiosity, and a deep hunger to learn everything possible from the West. But at the same time, many people feel a vital need never to forget the past.”“In this album we - as musicians - live through thos...
line upNguyên Lê / guitars & programming
Ngô Hồng Quang / vocals, Vietnamese fiddle, monocorde, lute & jew’s harp
Paolo Fresu / trumpet & flugelhorn
Mieko Miyazaki / koto
Prabhu Edouard / tablas, kanjira & pocket shaker
Produced, recorded & mixed by Nguyên Lê at studio Louxor,
Paris Barbès from April to August 2016
Mastered by Bruno Gruel at Elektra Mastering
Executive Producer: Siggi Loch
