Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen kunye noR. Couri Hay Umdlali wepiyano owaziwayo kwihlabathi liphela kunye nomzobi Chau-Giang Thi Nguyen , owaziwa ngabahlobo bakhe njengoCoco, uchithe ngentseni yangoLwesithathu ephelileyo ebaleka kwigumbi lakhe elikhulu elinemigangatho emibini eSoho elungiselela umzobi obonisa ukuba uzobanjwa ngembeko yakhe ngorhatya kwivenkile yaseBoConcept kwisitrato iGreene. Apho, iindonga zazogqunywe ngemizobo yomzobi owazalelwa eVietnam: ii-watercolor eziqaqambileyo ezibengezelayo, ezinye zazo zazisele zithengiwe yi-litany yamagama aphawulekayo aseNew York enza isangqa sangaphakathi sentlalo eneminyaka engama-37.
Ndenza ukuba bonke abahlobo bam banxibe iilokhwe zesintu zaseVietnam ezenziwe ngumhlobo wam UDuc Hung , UCoco uxelele iTransom, ebhekisa kwiindonga zakhe, apho iingubo ezingaqhelekanga zixhomekeke kubugcisa. Mr. UHung ngokwakhe wayehleli ethe cwaka kufutshane, umhlobo wakudala osuka kwisikolo i-Hanoi School of Music kunye nezoBugcisa, apho uCoco wafunda khona eneminyaka eyi-8. (Kwakusekuseni, ke ngoko uCoco wayeseMissoni emini.)
Sisebenzisana ne-opera yangaphantsi kwamanzi ngokunjalo, utshilo, ngelixa uMnu. Hung encumile. Olu hlobo lwentsebenziswano aluqhelekanga kuCoco, oqhuba ikhaya lakhe njenge-salon yenkcubeko yazo zonke iintlobo zobuchule, ukusuka kubanini begalari kunye noosomashishini bezobuchwephesha ukuya kosaziwayo kunye namagcisa.
NgesiVietnam, igama likaNks Nguyen liguqulela kumlambo wedayimane, inkcazo efanelekileyo yendawo yeCoco kwindawo yezentlalo yaseNew York. Epasejini yakhe, kukho iifoto zomdlalo weqonga kunye UAngelina Jolie kwaye UBrad Pitt kwikhaphethi ebomvu, umva xa wayezibandakanya nomvelisi ophumelele u-Oscar kunye nomvelisi weemovie UBrian Grazer . (Ulwalamano lwabo lwaluhlala iminyaka emihlanu; kwafuneka ayigcine iringi, kwaye bahlala benobuhlobo.) Unjalo nomfanekiso UPaul Allen ehleli kwifoyer kwipiyano yakhe enkulu. YeModica , igcisa lase-Italiya elenze umfanekiso oqingqiweyo we-Wall Street Bull, lundwendwe oluqhelekileyo, njengabafoti UPeter Beard kwaye UArthur elgort , athe waqikelela ukuba uthathe iifoto zakhe ezingama-800 nezingama-400 ngokwahlukeneyo.
Sidibene eSoho, utshilo malunga noMnumzana Elgort, emva ngela xesha ndandifunda eJuilliard kwezomculo kwaye ndifunda ekuseni nasebusuku eFordham. Sasikwenye indawo apho kwakukho ipiyano enelanga likhanya kuyo, kwaye ndaqala ukudlala. Ngosuku olulandelayo wathumela ngathi iifoto ezingama-20 awayezithathile kum njengesipho.
Bendingamazi ukuba ungubani, ke ndiza kubanika njengezipho ebantwini kwindawo yokwenza iinwele, uqhubeke watsho.
Ukufika kwethu kwigumbi awayehlala kulo, wayesandula ukuphazanyiswa ikopi yakhe UEric Schmidt Incwadi Ixesha elitsha ledijithali , ebiphume ngezolo. Iphepha lesithandathu libe nosuku lwentsimi oludibanisa ezothando kuGoogle kunye negcisa elihle laseVietnam, nangona eshiya umxholo.
Sazana kangangeminyaka emihlanu, utshilo. Ungumcebisi wam kwaye uthenge nepeyinti. Wacelwa ukuba achaze ubudlelwane okanye amandla akhe njengomcebisi, wema eqinile: Singabahlobo abalungileyo.
Umthombo osondeleyo kwesi sibini uxelele iTransom, u-Eric uhlala exelela uCoco ukuba ngoyena mntu wakrelekrele amaziyo, ngokuchaseneyo. Ukwamnceda ukuba enze ijelo le-YouTube ukuze abonise umsebenzi wakhe kunye nabahlobo bakhe kubantwana abancinci baseVietnam. (Ujonge ukuba neDigital Age iguqulelwe kwisiVietnam.)
Ukuba uCoco unokusebenza njengolondolozo lwezinto ezingacacanga ezinamagama anesibindi, unetalente yakhe yokuhamba nayo. NgoSeptemba ophelileyo wayedlala ikonsathi eyedwa eCarnegie Hall, kwaye kweli hlobo uzakube esiya eMonaco URobert Redford kunye namagcisa aliqela ukubonisa umsebenzi wabo kwimyuziyam enkulu yommandla, eOcéanographique. UCoco oqeqeshiweyo uya kuba kuphela komdlali weqela, kwaye ukusebenza kwakhe kuya kukhatshwa yincwadi enkulu yetafile yekofu yomsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa, epapashwe nguRizzoli. Uninzi lwabantu lunika iiCD, ndikhupha iincwadi zobugcisa, uxelele iTransom.
Ewe, ndikwanika neeCD zam, wongeze watsho.
Wanika okuninzi kakhulu ngala mini kunama-CDs kuphela: phambi kodliwanondlebe, uCoco ngesisa akasinikanga kuphela enye yeelokhwe zaseVietnam, kodwa nesiqwenga somsebenzi wobugcisa wokuqala. Kwaye ukuba sifuna ikopi esayiniweyo yeDigital Age?
Ayifanelanga ukuba yingxaki, utshilo.
