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Sai Kham Leik

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Genres
  
Role
  
Composer


Name
  
Sai Leik

Years active
  
1969–present

Associated acts
  
Born
  
April 27, 1949 (age 74) Thenni Township, Shan State, Burma (
1949-04-27
)

Similar People
  
Sai Htee Saing, May Sweet, Mar Mar Aye, Htun Aeindra Bo, Sai Sai Kham Leng

Occupation(s)
  

Tai song kwam maak poi wan keut sai kham leik


Sai Kham LeikBurmese: စိုင်းခမ်းလိတ်), also known as Louis Kham is a successful and prolific Burmese songwriter. Said to be a physician by training he is an ethnic Shan songwriter and has written more than 500 songs in Burmese, 200 in Shan and about 35 in English. His father, Kham Ka, was a noted poet and a former minister of Hsenwi Palace. He was born on 27 April 1949 in Hsenwi. He has three siblings. He married Dr. Nwe Nwe Tin in 1971 and has four children.. He taught anatomy at the University of Medicine, Mandalay from 1990 to . He is also a persistence promoter of Shan culture. He is vital composer of late Sai Htee Saing, a well-known Shan singer of Myanmar. They met in 1969 and later they founded a music band which became a successful The Wild Ones. "Panglong Agreement" is his most cerebrated song among Shan since 1971. It was sung by Sai Hsai Mao and recorded in Thailand in 1974 with the financial support of a renounced Wa leader.

References

Sai Kham Leik Wikipedia