Thu Le is a classical guitarist born in Hanoi, Vietnam, now based in Bahrain. She began playing at age four under her father, Le Hanh, gave her first public performance at five, and became the youngest student ever admitted to the National Conservatory of Music in Hanoi at age seven. She later attended masterclasses with Manuel Barrueco, Nikita Koshkin, Hubert Käppel and Pavel Steidl.

Thu Le performed and gave masterclasses at the Guitar Foundation of America Convention in 2018, appeared as a headline artist at Roma Expo Guitar in 2019, and in 2021 took part in Sergio Assad’s collaborative project “The Walls” alongside Yo-Yo Ma and 60 leading classical guitarists. Her YouTube channel, built around teaching and arranging, has grown to more than 130,000 subscribers.

Sources:

• https://www.siccasguitars.com/blogs/guitarists/thu-le
• https://thuleguitarist.com/bio/