Bangsokol
A requiem
for Cambodia
Composer | HIM SOPHY
Librettist | TRENT WALKER
Music director, Conductor | ANDREW CYR
Second Director | JOHNNY KU
“Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia is a multi-disciplinary stage production combining music, film, movement and voice. HIM Sophy’s composition embraces musical traditions from both Cambodia and the West, while Rithy PANH’s poetic visuals tell the story of Cambodia’s tragedy. It is the first major symphonic work that addresses the traumas of the late 1970s in Cambodia, and the first collaboration between contemporaries Rithy PANH and HIM Sophy, both survivors of the Khmer Rouge and now at the forefront of Cambodia’s cultural renaissance. (Cambodian Living Arts)”
| Mai 2018 | Philharmonie de Paris (FR)
Performances
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© Marylou Cler - photographies argentiques Théâtre Chaktomukh
Composer | HIM SOPHY
Librettist | TRENT WALKER
Music director, Conductor | ANDREW CYR
Second Director | JOHNNY KU
“Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia is a multi-disciplinary stage production combining music, film, movement and voice. HIM Sophy’s composition embraces musical traditions from both Cambodia and the West, while Rithy PANH’s poetic visuals tell the story of Cambodia’s tragedy. It is the first major symphonic work that addresses the traumas of the late 1970s in Cambodia, and the first collaboration between contemporaries Rithy PANH and HIM Sophy, both survivors of the Khmer Rouge and now at the forefront of Cambodia’s cultural renaissance. (Cambodian Living Arts)”
Performances | Novembre 2019 | Chaktomuk Theater, Phnom Penh (KH)
▪️ violin (Chamber Orchestra)