The American Youth Musician Union recently announced that Anh Le received the Honorable Award of the 2021 American Music Talent Competition for an extraordinary and inspiring performance.
Le is an undergraduate student in Music Education major in the Glenn Korff School of Music with an emphasis in voice, studying with Associate Professor of Voice Kevin Hanrahan. She earned the Voice Education Diploma in 2014 at Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music in Vietnam. In order to continue pursuing her journey in a new country, she took the opportunity to come to America six years ago to expand her ambition and desire in the world of music.
She had music teaching experience when she was 18 years old as she began her career as a piano teacher for a private studio. She received many different types of scholarships during her academic years in Vietnam. In her freshman year at UNL, she received the Evelyn Peterson Scholarship.
The 2021 American Music Talent Competition is an international music competition and open to all school students and adult solo performers, ensembles, and small orchestras of all nationalities and countries. All instruments, including piano, strings, woodwinds, brass and voice were welcome to participate in the audition. Participants were required to submit a video recording as a part of their application materials to enter into the audition.
The American Youth Musician Union is a non-profit organization founded by a group of American professional musicians, pianists, singers. The role of AYMU is to promote traditional and contemporary classical music art for the benefit of enriching the musical and artistic experience of its members and fostering the mutual understanding and appreciation of cultural diversification in the communities we live and share. Since its inception, AYMU has been working in alliance and corporation with many classical professional groups and organizations, such as arts center, associations, instrumental groups, vocal ensembles, dance studios, music and art academies, etc. to introduce various entertainment and educational programs and conduct numerous performances for the people in the communities of great Washington and East Coast regions.