BandFest focuses on music without lyricsThe BandFest 2018 will gather internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Nguyen Le and his band along with four other young Vietnamese bands. Initiated by Vietnam’s famous composer and music producer Anh Quan and his wife, diva My Linh, BandFest is expected to be Vietnam’s first international indoor music festival dedicated solely to instrumental-only bands and not just singers. My team and I have nurtured the idea for a long time because I have long wanted to create a “real” stage for music bands to play and present themselves. There was the “golden time” for music bands in the past, when the bands played a key role in establishing new trends in music. For most of the young people, listening to music means listening to singing, and very few of them listen to instrumental music.

Source: VietNamNet News April 26, 2018 04:07 UTC