Bui Cong Duy | |
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Birth name | Bui Cong Duy |
Born | February 2, 1981 |
Origin | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
Occupation(s) | Violinist |
Bui Cong Duy (born February 2, 1981), is a well-known Vietnamese violinist. He started to play the violin at the age of four under instruction of his father, Professor Dr. Bui Cong Thanh. He won scores of prizes, including the first prize and golden medal of International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is working in Hanoi now. He spends time to educate students of the Vietnam National Academy of Music and plays at many big concert events.
In 1989, he won the second prize of Young Talent Music Contest and the first prize of Most Talented Violinist Award at the Concours Autumn in 1990. From 1991 to 1998 he was intermediate at Glinka Music College, Novosibirsk city, Russia under instruction of Professor M. Kuzina and Professor A. Gvozdev. He received the Sibiri Young Talent honor scholarship and the Young Talent scholarship from Russian Ministry of culture. He won scores of prizes, thereunder the first prize and golden medal of Tchaikovski International Music Contest in Saint Petersburg, Russia. From 1998 to 2003 he was undergraduate at Tchaikovski National Music College in Mascowva, Russia, under instruction of people's artist, Professor I. V. Bochkova and got the excellent degree. From 2003 to 2006, he was postgraduate of performing at Tchaikovski Music College under instruction of Professor I. V Bochkova and simultaneously was her assistant. In 2006, he worked for Virtuoso Moscow Chamber Orchestra under instruction of Professor V. Spivakov.
Beside being a violinist, Bui Cong Duy is also a teacher of talented students, many of whom have won prizes: