Nhac si Nguyen Vinh Bao thuy chung voi don ca tai tu

Ong la mot trong so nhung nhac si hiem hoi con lai cua loi dan ung tau, ung tac... O Viet Nam, chua bao gio co mot nhac si vua la giao su giang day am nhac truyen thong vua la nhac si trinh tau, lai kiem ca nghe nhan dong dan nhu Nguyen Vinh Bao.

- De co nhung ngon dan la luot, bay buom nhu the nay, han ong tung la hoc tro cua mot vi danh cam nao do trong lang don ca tai tu. Vay thay day cua ong la ai?

- Toi sinh nam 1918 tai lang My Tra, quan Cao Lanh, tinh Sa Dec trong mot gia dinh nho hoc rat yeu thich don ca tai tu. 5 tuoi toi da biet choi don kim, don co, 10 tuoi biet tat ca cac loai nhac cu dan toc (tru sao, tieu). Toi chinh thuc hoc don voi cac thay Hai Long (Vinh Long), Sau Ty, Nam Nghia (Tra On) nhung lai thu giao de den... 200 ong boi he nghe tieng nguoi nao co ngon dan tuyet hay thi du xa may cung tim toi, truoc la giao luu sau la hoc lom.

- The la ong da co mot thoi om don ngao du son thuy, ky niem nao dang nho nhat voi ong?

- Toi khong chi om don di giang ho o Nam bo ma con phieu luu tan... xu Chua Thap. Co lan khi toi dang keo don co phuc vu ba con Viet kieu thi co mot anh chang dap xich lo cung ghe vao nghe. Lan sau, anh chang chay toi chiec xich lo cua minh loi ra... mot cay don co xin song tau, anh choi cung kha hay. Thi ra anh chang du dap xich lo van ke ke cay don bao boi de giai khuay moi khi cho khach. Hinh anh anh xich lo keo don co noi dat khach que nguoi lam toi nho mai...

- Con nghe day don, ong da bat dau nhu the nao?

- Sau thoi gian o Campuchia, toi ve Sai Gon rong ruoi nghiep don ca. Nam 1955, truong quoc gia am nhac Sai Gon thanh lap, toi duoc moi day mon dan tranh kiem Truong ban nhac co mien Nam cho den nam 1964. Mat khac, cung nho vao von ngoai ngu (Anh, Phap...) ma toi co dip di dien thuyet gioi thieu va trinh tau am nhac dan toc Viet Nam o nhieu noi nhu hoi nghi am nhac chau A (Singapore, 1963) roi cung giao su Tran Van Khe dien tau ghi am dia "Nhac tai tu Nam bo" cho hang Ocara va UNESCO tai Paris (Phap, 1972). Dac biet, Dai hoc Illinois (My) da moi toi day dan tranh cho cac sinh vien cua truong voi tu cach la giao su dac biet thinh giang vao nhung nam 1970-1972. Cung la, da co rat nhieu ong Tay ba dam khong chiu hoc do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si ma tim toi toi de hoc "ho, xu, xang, xe, cong". Nhung nam 1998-1999 du toi da 80 tuoi nhung ban giam hieu truong Collette van moi day nhac co truyen Viet Nam cho cac hoc sinh con em nguoi Phap. Den bay gio toi van con lam gia su day nhac. Ngoai ra, toi con viet mot so bai huong dan phuong phap day nhac truyen thong bang cac thu tieng Viet, Anh, Phap de day hoc tro. So Van hoa Thong tin tinh Long An cung dang tien hanh in tac pham Thu tu hoc dan tranh cua toi.

- Ong nghi sao khi cai tien cay dan tranh tu 16 day len 19 roi bay gio la 21 day?

- Toi quan niem rang cai tien la mot cach nang cao, lam cho hay hon, tien loi hon, con neu sau khi cai tien ma tinh nang cua cay dan van nhu cu, tham chi con do hon ban goc thi... cai tien lam gi. Cac nhac cu truyen thong cua chung ta thuong la ban nao, day do (danh ban nao cung phai chinh phim, so day) rat bat tien. Cay dan tranh cai tien cua toi rat tien loi cho viec the hien cac hoi, dieu trong don ca tai tu ma khong can phai sua day, keo nhan. Tu cho may mo cai tien cay dan tranh ma toi co them nghe dong dan (tranh, bau, kim, gao...) va ngay cang tich luy them nhieu kinh nghiem trong nghe nay. Trung tam nghien cuu am nhac Dong phuong (Phap) cung da moi toi qua lam viec, trao doi kinh nghiem voi tien si vat ly Emile Leipp, mot chuyen gia ve ky thuat dong dan piano va guitar.

(Theo Thanh Nien)