Piano teacher, artist Thai Thi Lien passes away at age of 106

  • People’s Teacher and People’s Artist Thai Thi Lien performs on the piano on her 100th birthday in a Hanoi's music night on November 23, 2017. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    People’s Teacher and People’s Artist Thai Thi Lien performs on the piano on her 100th birthday in a Hanoi's music night on November 23, 2017. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
  • NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Party, State leaders congratulate People’s Artist Thai Thi Lien on her 100th birthday in a music night in Hanoi on November 23, 2017. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
    NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Party, State leaders congratulate People’s Artist Thai Thi Lien on her 100th birthday in a music night in Hanoi on November 23, 2017. VNA Photo: Trọng Đạt
People’s Teacher and People’s Artist Thai Thi Lien, mother of People’s Artist Dang Thai Son, passed away at her home on January 31 at the age of 106. Lien was born in 1918 in Ho Chi Minh City into an intellectual family. Her father was Thai Van Lan, one of the first Vietnamese electrical engineer graduating in France. In 1946, Lien studied in France. She got married to Tran Ngoc Danh, who was then head of the permanent delegation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. After that she and her husband returned to Vietnam and joined the resistance against the French colonialists. She and Danh had two children - Tran Thu Ha and Tran Thanh Binh. After Danh passed away, Lien got married to her second husband Dang Dinh Hung with whom she had a son - Dang Thai Son. VNA Photo

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