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Vietnamese songwriter (1937–2020)

Musical artist

Lam Phương, real name Lâm Đình Phùng (March 20, 1937 – December 22, 2020), was a Vietnamese popular music songwriter.^[1]

Biography

Background, military career and struggles

Lam Phương was born in Vĩnh Thanh Vân village, now a part of Rạch Giá, Kiên Giang Province.

In the front of his house was a river, and across the river was Thập Phương Temple. As a result, his childhood memories and imagery prominently featured small rowing boats (con đò) ferrying people across the river, the sound of ringing temple bells, and vast rice paddies, which were etched in his mind throughout his life from childhood and later influenced his musical works.

As a very young child, he was fascinated by the sound of ringing temple bells.

When he was 10 years old, his mother sent him to Saigon to study, living at his uncle's house. He began to study music on his own, and was fortunate to be instructed by musician Hoang Lan