Vue lecture

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.

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Kong Nay teaching the chapei dang veng, a long-necked lute, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2003.
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