Sam-Ang Sam
សំ សំអាង
Born1949 or 1950 (age 73–74)[1]
Member of
  • Apsara Ensemble
  • Sam-Ang Sam Ensemble

Sam-Ang Sam (Khmer: សំ សំអាង, Sâm Sâm’ang) is a Cambodian-American ethnomusicologist and 1994 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (as part of the Apsara Ensemble) in 1998.[1][2]

Sam-Ang Sam and his wife Chan Moly Sam spent "more than two decades" (as of 1993) "performing, teaching, researching, and documenting" their native country's music and dances.[3] Having studied in Cambodia, they were in the Philippines when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975, and escaped the genocide that killed an estimated 90 percent of the country's musicians.[2][4] He and his wife moved to the United States, and Sam-Ang got his doctorate in ethnomusicology in 1998 from Wesleyan University.[2][5] He and his wife performed in various locations in the United States the between 1979 and 2005 with a dance troupe of Cambodian dancers.[6][7][5] Their own performing troupe was called the Apsara Ensemble.[7]

As founder of Sam-Ang Sam Ensemble, he has released several albums for sale in mainstream American markets in an attempt to revive Classical Khmer music and stimulate interest in the various Cambodian performing arts.[2][8]

Recordings and video

Print Publications

References

  1. ^ a b "Macarthur Fellows / Meet the Class of 1994 : Sam-Ang Sam". 1 July 1994. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  2. ^ a b c d "NEA National Heritage Fellowships, Apsara Ensemble". National Endowment for the Arts. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Toni; Sam, Sam-Ang; Bishop, Naomi Hawes; Bishop, John; Sam, Chan Moly; Hay, Somaly; Sam, Malene; Shapiro, Sophiline; Sokhon, Nareine; Tes, Sam-Ouen (1993–1994). "Khmer Court Dance (videotape)". Asian Music. 25 (1/2): 322–326. doi:10.2307/834227. JSTOR 834227.
  4. ^ Leitsinger, Miranda (11 November 2004). "Ethnic Music Revival Aims for High Note". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved 18 November 2018. It has been estimated that up to 90% of Cambodia's musicians died...
  5. ^ a b Larson, Donna (14 April 2005). "Cross-cultural 'Seasons of Migration'". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  6. ^ Spitzer, John (12 November 1979). "Troupe Dances for Cambodia". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York.
  7. ^ a b "Apsara Ensemble". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. 6 February 1994. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  8. ^ Sam-Ang Sam Ensemble. "Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Echoes From The Palace: Court Music Of Cambodia". amazon.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Mohori: Khmer Music from Cambodia". amazon.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

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