Part I:

1.  Highland Love -  T'rung, danbau, flute, bass t'rung
2.  The scent of the forest  -  T'rung, vocal, bass t'rung
3.  Fisherman's Song -  vocal, flute, dinhpa
4.  Cong chieng Festival -  klongput, bass t'rung, dinhpa
5.  Wood cutter song -  klongput, flute, dinhpa
6.  Native Land -  dan bau
7.  Ancient Folk Songs -  vocal, dan bau
8.  Waiting my lover -  Moo's flute, giong, chuong
9.  Farmer song -  vocal, dinhpa, dap


Part II:

1.  Full moon dance -  t'rung, dinhpa, giong, chieng
2.  Expressing love -  vocal, senh tien
3.  On the mountain top -  Koni, dan moi, ve ve
4.  Riding Hose - flute, percussion
5.  Village Festival - dan bau, giong, dinhpa
6.  Cham dance -  dan bau, dinhpa
7.  Forest Love -  vocal, t'rung, bau, dinhpa


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THE KHAC CHI ENSEMBLEÊ features premiere performers of the exquisitely beautiful music of Vietnam. Their virtuosity and superb musicianship have won them numerous awards, as well as many invitations to perform internationally.

All instruments of the ensemble are made by bamboo. The Ensemble makes extensive use of rare and unique musical instruments and performances specific to the mountain people of Vietnam, paired or interspersed with the haunting melodies of the DAN BAU,a one-string zither from northern Vietnam. Extremely versatile, the Khac Chi Ensemble takes you on an adventure in sound. Their concerts may include a combination of styles or feature any one style of Vietnamese classical, folk or contemporary music, to Western classical or popular music. They are as equally comfortable performing solo chamber concerts, as they are on folk festival stages, or as guest soloist for symphony orchestras.

The Ensemble's performances offer an intriguing glimpse into the incredibly rich and sophisticated musical traditions of Vietnam. Vietnam is home to more than fifty different ethnic peoples and hundreds of styles of music. The Khac Chi Ensemble features numerous traditional instruments representing the country's rich diversity. These include the dan bau (one-string zither played in harmonic overtones), the ko ni (stick fiddle with a resonating disc held in the player's mouth), and the t'run (suspended bamboo xylophone). The ensemble is led by Khac Chi and Ngoc Bich, two of Vietnam's most innovative and influential musicians. Now based in Vancouver, Canada, they have toured internationally for fifteen years. Their virtuoso performances and unique arrangements have fostered new awarenesses of traditional instruments and styles, both inside and outside Vietnam.

KHAC CHI is Vietnam's premiere virtuoso on the Dan Bau. His skill and mastery of the Dan Bau is unparalleled and his innovative developments on the instrument have led to numerous invitation to perform internationally. As a result, Khac Chi has appeared in solo concert, with his ensemble, and as a guest soloist with symphony orchestras, on tours to Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore and Canada.

A graduate of Vietnam Conservatory of Music, in Hanoi, the most prestigious music school in the country, Chi remained at the institution as an instructor and became the conductor for its acclaimed Traditional Music Orchestra, as well as the assistant head of the Traditional Music Department.

He has been presented many awards both compositions performances, including : First Prize in the 1982 Vietnam Competition of Professional Instrumentalists, Golden Award at the 1985 International Folk Festival of World Youth in Moscow, and First Prize in Improvement of Traditional Instruments of Vietnam in 1988. A member of Vietnam Music Academy, as well as a composer and music researcher, Chi has had numerous appearances on radio and television throughout the world - he recently became a Canadian citizen.

NGOC BICH is an exceptional vocalist, arranger and multi-instrumentalist. She specializes in the dan bau and a number of very rare instruments from Vietnam's rural and mountainous regions including the dan t'rung, dan k'longput, and dan ko ni. Bich has toured internationally both as a solo artist and with the Khac Chi Ensemble with performances in Japan,Thai Lan, North Korea and Canada.

She began studying music at an early age attending the Hanoi School of Arts, after which she graduated with honors from the Vietnam Conservatory of Music, and returned to the Hanoi School of Arts as an instructor.

Bich received the Golden Award at the 1989 International Folk Festival of World Youth in North Korea, and First Prize in the 1988 Vietnam Competition of Professional Instrumentalists. Many of her performances and arrangements of traditional and folk music have been featured on television and radio, both in Vietnam and internationally. She now resides in Vancouver since 1992.