Sai Kham Leik ( shn, ၸၢႆးၶမ်းလဵၵ်း, my, စိုင်းခမ်းလိတ်), is a successful and prolific Burmese
songwriter
A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...
.
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 chief minister of
Hsenwi
Theinni or Hsenwi ( shn, ; my, သိန္နီ, ; th, แสนหวี, , ) is a town in northern Shan State of Burma, situated near the north bank of the Nam Tu River and now the centre of Hsenwi Township in Lashio District. It is nort ...
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
Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...
at the
University of Medicine, Mandalay
The University of Medicine, Mandalay ( my, ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး), ; formerly Institute of Medicine, Mandalay), located in Mandalay is one of five medical universities in Myanmar. The university offers Bachelo ...
from 1990 to . He is also a persistence promoter of Shan culture. He is vital composer of late
Sai Htee Saing
Sai Htee Saing ( my, စိုင်းထီးဆိုင် ; 23 September 1950 – 10 March 2008; born Sai Tin U) was a distinguished Burmese singer and songwriter of Shan descent, which featured prominently throughout his music career. Thr ...
, 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
The Panglong Agreement ( my, ပင်လုံစာချုပ် ) was reached in Panglong, Southern Shan State, between the Burmese government under Aung San and the Shan, Kachin, and Chin peoples on 12 February 1947. Aung Zan Wai, Pe ...
" is his most cerebrated song among Shan since 1971. It was sung by Sai Hsai Mao and recorded in
Thailand
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in 1974 with the financial support of a renounced
Wa leader.
References
External links
Photo of Sai Kham LeikInterview with Win Nyein
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1949 births
Living people
Burmese composers
Burmese physicians
People from Shan State
University of Medicine, Mandalay alumni
Burmese people of Shan descent