Võ Vân Ánh (born

Hanoi Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

), also known by the English name order Vân Ánh Võ and the stage name Vanessa Vo is a California-based

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

ese musician best known for her work on the ''

đàn tranh The ''đàn tranh'' (, ) or ''đàn thập lục''Le, Tuan Hung. Dan Tranh Music of Vietnam : Traditions and Innovations. Melbourne, Tokyo : Australia Asia Foundation, 1998. (hard back); (paperback), page 1 is a plucked zither of Vietnam, bas ...

zither Zither (; , from the Greek ''cithara'') is a class of stringed instruments. The modern instrument has many strings stretched across a thin, flat body. Zithers are typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers or a ...

. Among her accomplishments is being a session musician for the Sundance best documentary and 2003

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nominee '' Daughter from Danang''.Võ wrote music works and played them by Vietnamese 16-cord zither for the movie ''Daughter from Da Nang'', which won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2002 and a nominee for the Oscar 2003 Võ also co-composed and recorded for the documentary ''A Village Called Versailles'', winner of the New Orleans Film Festival Audience Award.

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Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ's WebsiteBolinao 52Vo Van Anh inserts zither into New Age
American musicians of Vietnamese descent Vietnamese musicians Guzheng players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Asia-musician-stub