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Biography
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.
Her work influenced Ros Sereysothea and a generation of Cambodian musicians before Khmer Rouge era of the late 1970s.
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:
- Sayonara
- Samrek Tonaha written by Yang Cheang "Samneang Rithy"
- Ktom Chourea
- Bomplete Oun Joss
- Thansor Kirirom
- Netra Chea Sagna
- Nuit De Lomphat
- Veuillez Danser