Musician Xuan Phuong, author of "Old Memories" passed away due to serious illness.

Musician Nguyen Xuan Phuong passed away on the morning of November 29 after a long battle with cancer. He was the author of many film soundtracks that have been familiar to the public since the 1990s, notably“Longing for Old Memories,” “Unspoken Words,” “Lullaby for Children”…

Musician Xuan Phuong was born in 1973, from Hung Yen. He graduated from the Vietnam National Academy of Music. Since 2000, he has been a lecturer at the Military College of Culture and Arts, now the Military University of Culture and Arts, and later continued his postgraduate studies in folklore research. Xuan Phuong once participated in the Golden Key Band with singer Bang Kieu.

He passed away at the age of 50, when he was still full of passion for his work and writing and teaching.

Musician Xuan Phuong's close friend, singer Minh Quan, posted a black and white photo of the musician with the caption: "Farewell! Musician Xuan Phuong. Musician, teacher of many generations of students! Author of many famous songs: "Wishing for old memories," "If we have to be apart," "You"...”

Minh Quan expressed his grief and shock upon hearing the news of his close brother's sudden passing. Singer“If we have to be apart”also grateful for what the musician taught during his artistic career.

Director, Meritorious Artist Do Thanh Hai also posted the music"Longing for old memories"as a farewell to musician Xuan Phuong. They were once considered a “perfect pair” because Xuan Phuong not only composed film music but was also in charge of the music in television dramas directed by Do Thanh Hai.

Journalist and media expert Ngo Ba Luc said he was shocked when he received the news of musician Xuan Phuong's death: "Hearing that he was seriously ill, the group of artists including Minh Quan, Thu Thuy, Bao Tram, and Duc Trung discussed organizing a Xuan Phuong music night... But before they could do it, he passed away, truly a great pity."

Sharing with reporters, journalist Ngo Ba Luc affirmed that Xuan Phuong is one of the most successful musicians of the 7x generation, especially in the field of film music.

"Movie Time"Sunday Afternoon Arts"In the late 90s, the song ""Wish for old memories"in the hottest movie of that time - "Please believe me"(Director Do Thanh Hai) brought Xuan Phuong's name to the public. Even until now, this song is still often played in most schools. This is also the song that won the Green Wave Award, Xuan Phuong's first professional music award," journalist Ngo Ba Luc shared.

Next to"Longing for old memories,"Many other film soundtrack songs by Xuan Phuong also became "hits" of singers and were loved by audiences everywhere, such as the songLullaby for children(movie"Savings"),"Unspoken words"(movie“Ahead is the sky”) or"Older brother"- one of the most famous songs of singer Ho Quynh Huong is also a movie soundtrack"Listen to tea"directed by Danh Dung.

2022,"Longing for old memories"The copyright was purchased to be used as the soundtrack for the Vietnam-Thailand co-production film called"The book beauty."

“In real life, Xuan Phuong was a gentle, simple, emotional man who valued family values. He was also a man of few words but was delicate and profound, so his musical works were always full of emotions, especially friendship, maternal love, and family love. His sudden passing is truly a great loss to Vietnamese pop music,” journalist Ngo Ba Luc said sadly.

Talking about his career, musician Xuan Phuong admits that he is discreet and quiet in the media. He only pays attention and tries to do his job well, which is to write the best musical works and songs that he is assigned to write. As a teacher, he has a more positive and open attitude because he wants to convey what he knows to his students.