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Artist
Camille Huyền
9+ albums
Allfolkvietnamese female vocalvietnamese
about
Camille Huyen is the artist name of Camille Huyền Tôn Nữ, born in Hue, now living in Switzerland. Painting An encounter with the painter Trinh Cung in Switzerland introduced Camille to painting. Trinh Cung gave Camille her first painting lesson, and his encouraging comments are highly appreciated. In the year 2000 Camille met the painter Vinh Phoi, professor at the university Hue of Fine Arts. This encounter has helped Camille a great deal in her creativity. In his atelier Camille learned from Vinh Phoi passion and spontaneity in using lines and colors. Since then, Camille has taught herself with books, with museum visits and especially with hard work. Camille was invited to exhibit her oil paintings several times in France and Switzerland. Music In 1986 Camille Huyen started singing in the dance-hall restaurants and concerts in Paris while a student and continued this activity after completing her studies. Since 1996 Camille has been living in Switzerland and has participated in the musical recitals organized by the Vietnamese communities in France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland for benevolent purposes. Camille's first album “Huyen Cam”, released 2004, was homage to her native town of Hue, performing the lyrical songs of Khuc Duong, a musician from Hue. Khuc Duong composed the songs based on the poems of the nationally well-known poets Han Mac Tu, Bich Khe, Van Cao, Quang Dung and the Hue poets Nguyen Phuoc, Do Hong Ngoc, Le Van Ngan, Le Ngoc Thuan, Khuc Duong. Since 2
