Thu Le, a Vietnamese female guitarist, graduated from the Hanoi National Conservatory of Music in the year 2001.

 

She started learning guitar below the age of four with her father, Le Hanh and at the age of five had her first public performance.

 

She passed the entrance examination of the National Conservatory of Music, Hanoi at the age of seven, making

her the youngest student ever being admitted.

 

Thu Le has given many concerts in Europe and Asia and also performed several times at the Hanoi Opera House with the ‘National Symphony Orchestra’ and the ‘National Orchestra of Opera and Ballet’.

 

- 2001 recorded the first CD ‘Vietnamese Young Guitar

  Talents’

- 2002 to 2003 two more CD’s, ‘Vietnamese Songs arranged for Classical Guitar’.

- 2011 she released her first solo CD ‘Classical Guitar Recital’

- 2014 latest CD release ‘Back in Time’.

 

She also was part of many television and radio shows, playing solo and with her band ‘Nuevo Flamenco’. Her repertoire includes Western Classical, as well as New Flamenco, Latino and Spanish music.

The unique and passionate style of playing made Thu Le one of the most influential guitarists in Vietnam.

 

 

 

Classical Guitar competitions:

- ‘Best Vietnamese Composition Performance’, National Guitar Competition, 2000
- ‘Best Guitarist from Asia’, Calcutta International Guitar Festival & Competition 2010
- 3^rd prize, Asia International Guitar Competition, Bangkok 2011
- 3^rd prize, International Guitar Festival and Competition, Sinaia, Romania, 2011
- 3^rd prize, Twens International Guitar Competition, Enschede, Holland, 2013
- 1st prize, Calcutta International Guitar Festival & Competition 2013
- 2nd prize Brussels International Guitar Competition, Belgium 2014
- 3rd prize Jose Tomas International Guitar Competition, Petrer- Spain 2014
- 1^st prize Nilufer International Guitar Competition, Bursa, Turkey 2015
- 3^rd prize Nordhorn International Guitar Competition, Germany 2015

 

 

Program

 

1. Etude 11 (V. Lobos)

2. Prelude from Lute suite No 2 (J.Bach)

3. Serenata Espanola (J. Malats)

4. Fantasia Op 19 (L.Legnani)

5. Sonata Meridional (M. Ponce)

6. Inviero Porteno (A. Piazzolla)

7. Loi Lo (Vietnamese traditional song, arr. Hai Thoai)

8. Invocacion y Danza (J. Rodrigo)

9. Fantasia Dramatique (N. Coste)

10. Tango En Sky (R. Dyens)