Viet Nam's acclaimed jazz saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will perform at the coming ASEAN One music festival in Thailand.

Saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan and his daughter An Tran, also a saxophonist, will perform at the ASEAN One music festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Saturday (Photo courtesy of Tran Manh Tuan)

ASEAN One is part of the ASEAN One Multicultural Festival, held in Chiang Mai on July 10-11, featuring music and exhibitions of ASEAN-member countries.

"I hope to learn more about how to organise a multicultural festival, and then apply it in Viet Nam. I've dreamed of having a festival of jazz music or world music for years," Tuan said.

He will play his own compositions that combine jazz and Vietnamese traditional music, including Buom Mo (Dreaming Butterfly), Ru Rung (Jungle Lullaby) and Ngay Mua (Harvest Day).

His 50-minute performance will feature the famous northern folk song Qua Cau Gio Bay (Gone with the Wind While Crossing the Bridge).

Tuan will share the stage with his friends, drummer Nguyen Hung Cuong, guitarist Thanh Tan, French pianist Jean Sebastien Simonoviez and his daughter, saxophonist An Tran.

Tuan will also play traditional Vietnamese flutes and African percussion instruments. Apart from his solo concert, Tuan will also perform with musicians from ASEAN-member countries.

(Source: VNA)