Australian guitarist performs for visually-impaired children

(CPV) – Leading Australian guitarist Slava Grigoryan met with students from Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for visually-impaired children on October 23 on the occasion of his invitation to act as judge at the first Hanoi Open Classical Guitar Competition.

This is the first time the famous Australian guitarist has visited Vietnam. Having studied guitar since he was 7 years old, he has now won major prizes at international classical guitar competitions and has played with some of the world's leading orchestras and legendary jazz guitarists.

At the event, he played some famous works to encourage these students to feel music and use music to express themselves. Students of Nguyen Dinh Chieu School also performed to introduce Vietnamese culture to him.

Slava shared his feeling: “Music is the global language; it not only provides a link between different cultures, but also a bridge to connect normal people and disabled ones. Visually-impaired students can still become excellent musicians and I come here to encourage children to study music.”

Guitarist Slava Grigoryan talked about his experience playing music in an exchange with students at Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for visually-impaired children, and told them how to play guitar

The artist played some famous works to encourage the students

The music band of Nguyen Dinh Chieu School performed Vietnamese traditional music to introduce Vietnamese culture to Slava, and they were high appreciated by him

The shoolgirls performed "I have a dream" song

The famous Australian artist took photos with children in the school’s music band

Slava Grigoryan took photos with many children in the audience

Student Nguyen Duc Thien usually plays music at the break time. He considers music a part of his life

Mrs. Do Thi Thuy, Deputy Head of Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for visually-impaired students said she was pleased to welcome artist Slava Grigoryan