Sein Stine ( my, စိန်စတင်း, born Tin Aung, 9 January 1949 – 3 November 2019) was a Burmese

Hsaing waing The ''hsaing waing'' ( my, ဆိုင်းဝိုင်း, ; also spelt ''saing waing''), commonly dubbed the Burmese traditional orchestra (မြန်မာ့ဆိုင်း), is a traditional Burmese folk musical ensemble that accompan ...

musician of the late twentieth and the early twenty-first century. He was one of the three hsaing musicians who have been awarded the title of Alinkar Kyawswa.

Life

Sein Stine was born to Mahn Delone and Naw Aye Chan at

Danubyu Township Danuphyu Township ( my, ဓနုဖြူမြို့နယ်) is a township of Maubin District in the Ayeyarwady Region of Burma (Myanmar). Danubyu Township is known as the death place of the general Maha Bandula at Danubyu Fort effectively e ...

Ayeyarwady Region Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

in 1949. He started performing hsaing at the commemoration ceremony of

YMB Saya Tin YMB Saya Tin ( my, ဝိုင်အမ်ဘီဆရာတင်, ; 11 February 1894 – 8 August 1950) was a Burmese composer. He was one of three well known pre-war composers with the name Saya Tin. The others were and . He is best known f ...

at the age 16. Thereafter, he became popular until his death in 2019.

Musical career

He was posthumously awarded the title of Alinkar Kyawswa by the government of Myanmar on 4 January 2020, honoring his contributions to the field of hsaing industry. On 4 January 2021, Sein Stine's son Sein Min Naing accepted the title on his behalf, at the ceremony conferring honorary titles by the President Win Myint.

References

1949 births 2019 deaths Burmese musicians People from Ayeyarwady Region Recipients of the Alinkar Kyawswar {{Myanmar-bio-stub