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Vanessa Vo

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Vanessa Vo
Võ Vân Ánh
Võ Vân Ánh wearing a tight-fitting orange dress and large, black stone necklace, seated onstage and playing a đàn tranh while looking right, with a bamboo pipe instrument behind her and a snare drum in front.
Vanessa Vo performing in 2017
Background information
Also known asVân Ánh Võ
OriginHanoi, Vietnam
OccupationMusician
InstrumentĐàn tranh

Võ Vân Ánh, also known by the English name order Vân Ánh Võ and the stage name Vanessa Vo, is a California-based Vietnamese musician best known for her work on the đàn tranh.[1]

In 1995, Vo won the Vietnam National Đàn Tranh Championship.[1][2] She has written music for the soundtracks to the films Daughter from Danang (2002),[1] Bolinao 52 (2007),[1] The People vs. Agent Orange (2021), as well as the opera Mỹ Lai (2022).

Her debut studio album, She's Not She, was released in 2010. She followed it with Three-Mountain Pass in 2013, a collaboration with Kronos Quartet.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Paul Zetter – Hands of Time". hanoigrapevine.com. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Vo Van Anh inserts zither into New Age". vietnamnet.vn. 23 September 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
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