Native name ម៉ៅ សារ៉េត Name Mao Sareth Labels Wat Phnom Production | Years active 1950s–1970 Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer | |
Born January 1, 1944
Battambang, Cambodia ( 1944-01-01 ) Genres traditional Khmer, romvong, saravan, film Associated acts Sinn Sisamouth, Norodom Sihanouk Similar People Pan Ron, Ros Serey Sothea, Sinn Sisamouth, Touch Sunnix, Noy Vanneth | ||
mao sareth collection 18 songs
Mao Sareth (ម៉ៅ សារ៉េត) was a Cambodian musician producing work from 1950-1970's. Mao was born in 1944 in the Battambang District that is currently Thmar Kol. Her birth name was Pol Sarann. Her work is influenced from western music blended with Khmer instrumentation. She has performed with Sin Sisamouth in the Sangkum Reastr Niyum Regime. Along with most of the popular music singers of the era, she was killed by the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian Civil War.
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Her work influenced Ros Sereysothea and a generation of Cambodian musicians before Khmer Rouge era of the late 1970s.
Huoy Meas / Mao Sareth 1974 Radio Interview
Personal life
During an interview with Huy Meas, Mao Sareth stated that she had three sisters and that she comes from a family of musicians. In her free time she liked to read romantic novels.
Work
Mao Sareth recorded approximately 300 songs, including: