Download or read book TRAN QUANG HAI: 50 Years of Research in Vietnamese Traditional Music and Overtone Singing written by Hai Tran and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Hai's road of musicology practice and musicology research goes beyond the confines of his country of origin. It covers Vietnamese/Oriental Music, from traditional Vietnamese Music of all genres, to the musical background of the Montagnards in the Vietnamese Highlands. It went on beyond borders to address the wonderful aspects of the Musical Heritage of different countries spanning from Southeast Asia to Central Asia to reach as far as Israel, Central Europe to Western Europe.Professor Hai has been working for the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France since 1968, and is now retired after working for 41 years at the Department of Ethnomusicology of the Musée de l'Homme (Paris). He was a lecturer on South East Asian music at the University of Paris X - Nanterre (1988-1995).He plays 15 musical instruments from Vietnam, China, India, Iran, Indonesia and Europe. Since 1966, he has given over 3,000 concerts in 70 countries, and has taken part in a hundred or so international traditional music festivals. He has taken part in radio and television broadcasts in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.Professor Hai has perfected and made us understand more the Jew's Harp, the Song of Harmonics, he is the greatest specialist in overtone singing. Dr. Nguyen Vi Son