Violinist Anh Tu in a music video called “The melody of the homeland”.

In this video, Anh Tu accompanies shadow dancing combined with 3D mapping. The project, Tu says, is intended to show gratitude to those who made great contributions to Vietnam’s revolution.

“The melody of the homeland” is one of hundreds of pieces livestreamed by Anh Tu this year to deliver his music safely to fans during the COVID-19 epidemic.

“On New Year’s Eve, I livestreamed my first concert in the hope of cheering people up during the period of social distancing. After I received a positive response for that first concert from many people inside and outside Vietnam, I continued to release more online shows. I want to promote my music to overseas Vietnamese and foreign friends,” said Tu.

Anh Tu learned to play the violin when he was 4 years old. He eventually enrolled in the String Department of the Vietnam National Academy of Music and received a master’s degree in violin performance in 2011. Tu later studied at the Moscow Conservatory. He is now a lecturer at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. So far, Anh Tu has performed 150 concerts online and in hundreds of cities around the world.

Anh Tu is one of the few artists in Vietnam who is comfortable across multiple genres of music - pop, rock, dance music, love ballads, and classical.

Tu spends 15 to 16 hours a day playing music. He’s one of the few artists in Vietnam who is comfortable across multiple genres of music - pop, rock, dance music, love ballads, and classical. Tu told us the road to success is hard, but practice makes perfect.

“I chose the violin which is not a widely popular instrument. The violin used to be thought of as mainly a classical instrument, but I’ve been trying to bring it closer to non-classical audiences with bolero and folk music, whose melodies are simple and sympathetic to most listeners,” said Tu.