Sowing love for homeland through music

With the desire to create opportunities for its students to perform their performance skills and help promote the images of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa, Arista Music Center (Nha Trang City) has produced a remix of the music video "A Round of Vietnam". The remix with cheerful melody and beautiful scenes featured in the music video has been well received and highly appreciated by music lovers.

Students of Arista Music Center recording the remix of the music video "A Round of Vietnam" at Ana Marina

After nearly three months of practice, recording, filming, and post-production, Arista Music Center has recently released the instrumental remix of the music video "A Round of Vietnam". The lively melody of the song by composer Dong Thien Duc was remixed into an instrumental version that blends Eastern and Western musical instruments. The remixed version features the beautiful landscape at many typical locations in Khanh Hoa Province such as like Tram Huong Tower, Ponagar Temple, Ana Marina, Do Theater, and Dien Khanh Citadel, which strengthens viewers’ deep love for the homeland.

As said by Tran Huu Nhat Hoang, piano lecturer (Faculty of Arts, Khanh Hoa University) and director of Arista Music Center, he decided to make the remix to create an opportunity for the students of the center to perform in real-life settings and to express his affection for Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa, the land where he has been living for over 10 years. 

Arista Music Center students wearing national-flag T-shirts performing at Do Theater

From the idea of Tran Huu Nhat Hoang, the members of Arista Music Center and their associates made a lot of effort to carry out the project. All of them hoped that the music video would help foster a sense of national pride and nurture a love for the people and culture of Vietnam among the students at the center in particular and the public in general. Therefore, alongside Western musical instruments such as violin, guitar and drum, the production team gave significant prominence to traditional musical instruments like 16-chord zither, monochord and flute. The music video was also filmed elaborately. They spent 3 days filming at many locations in Nha Trang City, Ninh Hoa Town, Dien Khanh District;  used flying cameras to film the scenes on San Mountain (Vinh Phuoc, Nha Trang), My Giang Island (Ninh Phuoc, Ninh Hoa Town), etc. That effort yielded encouraging results. The impressive and captivating scenes featuring the performance of flute, 16-chord zither and monochord on the peak of San Mountain have been highly appreciated by many viewers. The vast open space and the ethereal sounds like an invitation to explore the beauty of the land of aloeswood.

Tran Huu Nhat Hoang teaching a student the piano at Arista Music Center

As said by Tran Huu Nhat Hoang, the members of Arista Music Center, their associates and parents of the students are happy that through this project, many people joined hands to create an artistic gift for Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa. The remixed music video “A Round of Vietnam” serves as an introduction to people around the world about the beauty of Vietnam. Taking part in this project, the students' confidence has significantly improved. “After participating in the music video, my violin and performances kills have been improved significantly. I am not shy of performing in front of a crowd as before. This helps me to perform more emotionally and smoothly," said Phuong Mai, a student at Arista Music Center.

For student Dang Cat Tien, she hopes that both domestic and international viewers will have a deeper appreciation of the beauty of Vietnam's landscape and its people through the music video. She also wishes to convey a message about national pride to the younger generation of Khanh Hoa and to encourage students to study hard to contribute to the development of Khanh Hoa. 

As said by Tran Huu Nhat Hoang, Arista Music Center will continue to carry out many other projects to instill young generations with love for the homeland through music.

Thanh Nguyen
Translated by H.N