Saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan has spent more than 30 years playing the saxophone and he now is one of the most successful saxophonists in Vietnam. He has performed at many great events and music festivals both at home and abroad.
mat em”, “Bien khat” and “Ha trang” which had great success. In 2002, Tran Manh Tuan and his family moved to live in Ho Chi Minh City and he taught at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music. In 2005, he established his club called “Jazz Saxn’ Art” in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City to satisfy his passion. It is the place where he, his friends and jazz lovers meet together and float in jazz melodies. “The more you listen to and play jazz, the more you will be close to it. The simple reason is that jazz is an impromptu music that requires the artist’s creativeness. To create sounds that can evoke the feeling of the audience, the artists must be crazy about music, passionate with the flute, stirred by the drum beats, harmonizing with the piano and excited about the saxophone,” said Tuan.
Tuan is capable of combining any music genres and music instrumentals into jazz. He said that there are only a few artists performing jazz in Vietnam because it is a new music genre and not like the sweet and melodious lyrics of pop so the audience feels it is difficult to listen to and understand. Jazz performers must have thorough music knowledge and reveal their soul, feeling, sentiment and passion in an impromptu manner. In turn, the audience also must know how to perceive the artists’ feelings.
 Artist Tran Manh Tuan is not only a famous saxophonist, but also a harmony musician and talent music producer. Photo: File  Tran Manh Tuan and his friends perform at the Sax’n Art Jazz Club. Photo: Nguyen Luan  Artist Tran Manh Tuan performs with Hulusi (cucurbit flute). Photo: Nguyen Luan  Tran Manh Tuan has a great passion to Jazz. Photo: Nguyen Luan  Artist Tran Manh Tuan combines the saxophone with bells to create an interesting and unique jazz concert. Photo: File  Tran Manh Tuan desires to create a genre of jazz imbued with both traditional and contemporary features that require great effort. Photo: Nguyen Luan |
Besides the passion for performing, Tuan is known as a saxophone collector. At present, he has hundreds of saxophones, including 70-80 year old ones with delicate sculptured patterns. In 2
