- He Survived the Khmer Rouge and Built a Musical Legacy
Kong Nay, a blind lute player who endured the horrors of a totalitarian regime, exposed a new generation of Cambodians to their country’s traditional music
- Arn Chorn-Pond: the musician who survived the Khmer Rouge
Arn Chorn-Pond survived unimaginable violence and trauma with music, and is now using his voice to campaign for human rights and the importance of the arts
- The Khmer Rouge survivor fighting to revive Cambodias . . .
It was a knife-edge decision that helped to save Arn Chorn-Pond’s life Overworked, underfed and a witness to mass slaughter, he volunteered to play a musical instrument while living in a brutal Khmer Rouge camp in Battambang province in the 1970s “They said: ‘We’re going to start music, who’s interested in playing?’ Sometimes, they killed you if you raised a hand in a wrong
- A Cambodian musician on how he survived the Khmer Rouge
Today is a somber anniversary: It’s been 50 years since the systematic killing of roughly 1 7 million Cambodians began under the Khmer Rouge The genocide included the slaughter of intellectuals and artists Music, in particular, was targeted by the regime Sovann Khon, who survived the brutality, now teaches and plays Cambodian music in Lowell, Massachusetts […]
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Cambodian musician Daran Kravanh survived the "killing fields" and genocide under the Khmer Rouge regime, with the help of an unlikely ally: an accordion Being a musician kept him alive during
- In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge exterminated the artists, but . . .
A Musical Legacy Despite Everything Despite the planned extermination of artists, it is telling to note that Cambodian music survived Although many musicians lost their lives or were imprisoned, the sounds and traditions persisted through various means
- Musicians Who Survived the Khmer Rouge | Vandaluna Media
Musicians Who Survived the Khmer Rouge By maria bakkalapulo, June 14, 2017 Kong Nay turning his chapel dong veng Photo by Maria Bakkalapulo Words by Maria Bakkalapulo from the archive – first published in 2007 Sitting on a veranda overlooking the Mekong River, Arn Chorn-Pond need only close his eyes and he’s back playing his bamboo flute on the bloodstained floor of a labor camp he
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