honor his mother, who has spent her whole life caring for him and his sister. In 2005, she received the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award. Another important person behind the success of Thanh Tùng is his grandfather - Nguyen Te Do. He brought him up and introduced him to music. Finding his grandson interested in monochord melodies, but not affording a monochord at that time, he made a monochord for Thanh Tùng by himself. Simple as it is, this monochord is a part of Thanh Tùng's childhood and afterwards involves in his entire life and career. Career An honor graduate, Thanh Tùng receives many invitations to perform in= and outside Vietnam. Particularly, he had the chance to perform in the 2006 APEC Summit held in Hanoi. In 2005, the organization Vietnam les enfants de la dioxin invited him to perform in France in a campaign for Agent Orange victims. Thanh Tùng performed in several French cities, including Paris, Marseille, Roan, and then Belgium. He received standing ovations wherever he performed. The French media took notice of him. When he performed in a Christian church, people cried and said, "Thank God for sending you here!" In Belgium, Thanh Tùng had the honor to perform with Prof. Phi Deli of the Brussels Academy of Music. She let him sit in a higher place, claiming, "I love Vietnam very much. You are a special musician from Vietnam, so I want everyone to see you more clearly and honor your will and determination." Thanh Tùng usually performs three music genres, viz. Vietnamese folk music, monochord compositions by Vietnamese composers, and classical pieces by Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, and Beethoven transcribed for the monochord. To date, Nguyễn Thanh Tùng continues to compose music, teach and perform the monochord, and mix music. Many documentary movies about his life and career have been shot, such as The little Taxaceae (1991), Overcome the Fate (2008), The message of hope and belief (2010) - one series of "The Hanoians", broadcast on the National Television of Vietnam, and so on. Works Performance Nguyễn Thanh Tùng performs successfully many of Vietnam's noted pieces such as Lullaby from South Vietnam, To the woods, Please stay, etc. The song "Hanoi's season without rain" transcribed by Nguyễn Thanh Tùng for piano solo became the theme song of the documentary movie Overcome the Fate about his life and career. Composition "Narrative" (composed for violin) and "Spring's color" (for