The 35th International Folk Festival has opened in the centre of Montoire Sur Le Loir, nearly 200km from Paris with the participation of 11 folk troupes, including 25 artists from the Hue Court Music Theatre. On the occasion, VOV interviewed Jean Francois Proux, director of the Montoire Festival.
VOV: Can you tell us about initiative to organise the Montoire Folk Festival?
Mr Proux: When I came to Montoire City and joined an association, which organises street festivals I thought of establishing an annual folk music festival. I love folk music. The Montoire Folk Festival has been going for 35 years. I am very happy to see the strong development of the festival and international friends and French people’s love for it during the past three decades. Many folk troupes from countries all around the world, including Vietnam participated in the event. Vietnam has attended the festival three times and artists from the Hue Court Music Theatre have joined the event twice.
VOV: What do you think of Vietnamese artists’ performance at the festival?
Mr Proux: I feel excited each time I listen to Vietnamese traditional music. The festival provides a good chance for all visitors to come and enjoy Vietnamese music. Both audience and organising board highly appreciated the value of Vietnamese traditional music, particularly Hue royal music (nha nhac), and the performance of Vietnamese artists. Programmes played by Hue artists are unique and reflect Vietnamese traditional music. As far as I know, Hue royal music was recognised by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organisation) as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity in November 2003.
VOV: How do you feel after each performance of Hue royal music?
Mr Proux: This is truly a typical music, which needs to be preserved and promoted. It reflects the diversity of Hue culture and arts for many years. Instruments, dances and songs all bear academic characteristics. I hope to welcome more Vietnamese delegations to coming festivals to perform other types of Vietnamese folklore music. Festival Montoire provides a good chance for the French and international public to understand more about the characteristics of Vietnamese culture and arts.
VOV: Thank you.
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