Trần Văn Khê, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Trần Văn Khê

musicologist

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1921

Place of Birth: French Indochina

Date of Death: 24-Jun-2015

Profession: writer, musician, university teacher, school teacher, musicologist, ethnomusicologist

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Tr?n Van Khê (24 July 1921 - 24 June 2015) was a Vietnamese musicologist, academic, writer, teacher and performer of traditional music.
He was father of the musician ethnomusicologist Tr?n Quang H?i.
His La musique viêtnamienne traditionnelle (Paris, 1962) was for many years a standard text of Vietnamese musicology.He was director of research at CNRS and professor at the Sorbonne, and in 2008 named a Honorary Member of the International Music Council of UNESCO where he is coordinator of the project "The Universe of Music, A History".