Do you play the zither?

TT: Do you play the zither?

TQH: I have been playing the zither since I first came to France almost 50 years ago. I played the zither in more than 3,500 performances in 70 countries, in 120 international conferences on traditional music of the world, in many French movies in cooperation with French compositors such as Vladimir Cosma, Philip Sarde. Jean Claude Petit. Gabriel Yared. I was the first zither musician using electro-acoustical technology in 1975 when recording the composition “Ve Nguon” written by myself and the late Nguyen Van Tuong, in which I played the zither, the spoons, the Jew’s harp and demonstrated the overtone singing technique . I have produced 15 long-playing records and 8 CDs on the zither since 1971. Having learned how to play the zither with my father, professor Tran Van Khe, I play the instrument according to the tradition and the technique commonly used in the south of Vietnam (in my family, I am the fifth generation of musicians).