Cambodian traditional musician and master of the chapei (1944–2024)
Kong Nay playing the chapei dang veng, Phnom Penh, 2007
Kong Nay (Khmer: គង់ ណៃ), also known as Kong Nai (15 March 1944 – 28 June 2024), was a Cambodian musician from Kampot Province in southwestern Cambodia who played a traditional long-necked fretted plucked lute called chapei dang veng.
Commonly referred to as Master Kong Nay, he was a master of the chrieng chapei genre (Khmer: ច្រៀងចាប៉ី) in which a solo vocalist performs semi-improvised topical material within traditional epics self-accompanied with the chapei.[1]
He was one of relatively few great masters to have survived the Khmer Rouge era, and was known as the "Ray Charles of Cambodia".[2] Though his music was very different to Charles, the similarity they hold is that Kong Nay was also blind. The fact that most of the remaining chapei masters, such as Prach Chhoun and Neth Pe, are blind was a rather remarkable coincidence.[3]
He received the 2017 Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize.[4][5]
On 28 June 2024, Kong died at his home in Kampong Trach District in Kampot province at the age of 80.[6]
^Norton, Sean. "Yearbook for Traditional Music Volume 35". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 35. Cambridge University Press: 228. doi:10.2307/4149356. JSTOR 4149356. S2CID 192988871. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^Naren, K & Michelle, V. "Cambodian Arts Legend Kong Nay Receives Asian Art Prize". The Cambodia Daily. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Wiser, Danny (30 September 2021). "CAMBODIA: Un Barde Cambodgien - Kong Nay". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^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.
^"Legendary musician Kong Nay dies". Khmer Times. 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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