Kong Nay
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Kong Nay (b. March 15, 1944 in Kampot Province, Cambodia) is a Cambodian musician from Kampot Province in southwestern Cambodia who plays a traditional long-necked fretted plucked lute called chapei dang veng. He is one of relatively few great masters to have survived the Khmer Rouge era, and is known as the "Ray Charles of Cambodia".[1]
He received the 2017 Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Naren, K & Michelle, V. "Cambodian Arts Legend Kong Nay Receives Asian Art Prize". The Cambodia Daily. Retrieved 10 May 2018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Sotheary, Pech. "Music legend Kong Nay wins Japan arts prize". Khmer Times. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Arts and Culture Prize 2017 - 28th - KONG Nay". Fukuoka Prize. Retrieved 10 Jan 2021.
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- Cambodian musicians
- Living people
- 1944 births
- Asian musician stubs
- Cambodian people stubs