GuiHANGtar performs compositions and arrangements inspired by traditional Vietnamese music and culture. Traditional folk songs and melodic and rhythmic idioms from various regions of Vietnam are brought to life with a new voice through Lê-Tuyên Nguyêñ’s guitar. To this, Salil Sachdev adds an array of percussive sounds through instruments from various parts of the world.

The music depicts the mystical landscape of the Vietnamese highlands, tone color of Vietnamese gongs, traditional folk songs, the sounds and activities of the highland harvesters, and the ritual rhythms of a highland festival.

Please visit the following links to see performances:

Call of the Mountain Forest

Highland Dreaming

Moonlight

Nocturne

Water drums (short demo)

Come Together

Gods of the Highlands