Ant Gyi ( my, အံ့ကြီး 17 June 1923 – 23 June 2017) was a prominent Burmese singer and musician, best known for singing classic Burmese songs including "

Man Taung Yeik Kho "''Man Taung Yeik Kho''" ( my, မန်းတောင်ရိပ်ခို, ), is a Burmese cultural song composed in 1947 by Burmese musician Myoma Nyein, one of the greatest musicians in Burmese classical music. The song contains a descrip ...

" (), "Lu Gyun Lu Kaung" (), "Yin Ta Ko Me" (), "Babu Thuza" (), "Turiya Lulin" , "Yangon Thu" (), "Turiya Lon May" (), "Aung Pinle" , and "Shwe Mingan" ().

Personal life

Ant Gyi was born on 17 June 1923 in

Maymyo Pyin Oo Lwin or Pyin U Lwin (, ; Shan: ), formerly and colloquially referred to as Maymyo (), is a scenic hill town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar, some east of Mandalay, and at an elevation of . The town was estimated to have a population of ...

(now Pyin Oo Lwin), to K.K. Bhattacharjee, Superintendent of the Forest Department (Chindwin Circle), and Daw Win. He studied at American Baptist Mission School and Government Anglo-Vernacular High School. In 1949, he formed an amateur musical troup, called the B.T. Bros in Rangoon (now Yangon), and broadcast songs in Burmese, Japanese, and Indonesian languages from the Burma Broadcasting Station, Radio Republik Indonesia, Radio Japan and All India Radio, and televised personal shows from NHK television network (1953) and from NTV (1961). He also performed for various foreign delegations including, Indonesia in 1950 and China in September 1960. Ant Gyi was a member of the

Young Men's Buddhist Association The YMBA, or Young Men's Buddhist Association, was created in Sri Lanka in 1898. The main founder was C. S. DissanayakeHuman Rights Watch (2009)''The Resistance of the Monks: Buddhism and Activism in Burma'' p. 12. as part of a bid to provide Budd ...

, Burma Journalist Association, and the Union of Burma Musical Arts and Research Society. Married to Daw May Nyunt, Ant Gyi had two sons and one daughter. He died on 23 June 2017 at the Parami General Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar, and cremated at

Yayway Cemetery Yayway Cemetery ( my, ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained ...

on 25 June. His grand-nephew,

Htun Htun Htun Htun (Examplez) ( my, ထွန်းထွန်း; born Htin Aung Htun on 24 December 1983) is a Burmese actor and singer. He is best known for his leading roles in several Burmese films. Throughout his career, he has acted as leading a ...

, is an actor.

References

{{authority control 20th-century Burmese male singers People from Mandalay Region 1923 births 2017 deaths Burmese people of Indian descent