Tin Tin Mya ( my, တင်တင်မြ; born 25 April 1936) is a Burmese singer. She is best known for her classical songs. She acted one film named ''
Ta Kyawt Hna Kyawt Tay Ko Thi'', directed by
Win Oo
Win Oo ( my, ဝင်းဦး; , 13 March 1935 – 14 December 1988) was a two-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards winning Burmese actor, singer, director, writer and publisher. He became publicly known for his acting, singing and di ...
and she also featured with song the same name of this film in this film.
Biography
Tin Tin Mya was born on 25 April 1936 in
Rangoon
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,
British Burma
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to U Than (also known a Shwe Maung Than), a music curator for the
Voice of Burma (now MRTV), and his wife Tin Nyunt. She was the third eldest daughter of 6 children.
Tin Tin Mya entered the music industry between 1946 and 1947, under the tutelage of
Saw Mya Aye Kyi
Saw Mya Aye Kyi ( my, စောမြအေးကြည်, 1892 – 1962) was a Burmese musician who specialized in performing the collection of Burmese classical songs known as the ''Mahāgīta''. She was a royal mistress of Sir Sao Chel, Saoph ...
.
Throughout her early years, she studied the
Mahagita classical genre under the guidance of prominent songstresses, including Kyi Aung, Sein Pati, Aye Mi,
May Shin
May Shin ( my, မေရှင်; ; 10 March 1917 – 3 September 2008) was a Burmese actress and singer, who was popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Biography
May Shin was born Than Shin (, ) in 1917 to businessman Khin Lay () and his wife P ...
, and
Kyi Kyi Htay
Kyi Kyi Htay ( my, ကြည်ကြည်ဌေး, ; 19 March 1924 – 4 March 2000) was the first winning actress of the Myanmar Academy Award for the Best Female Artiste Award (now Best Actress Award) in 1952. Being a versatile actress in ...
. In 1948, she won first place in the ''patpyo'' category in a national Mahagita competition.
She launched her career with the ''kalabaw'' song "Shan Hta-ne" (ရှမ်းဌာနေ), followed by a hit, "Pe Phu Hlwa" (ပေဖူးလွှာ), written by Sein Wai Lyan.
Throughout her career, she record hit songs for radio, records, soundtracks, and stereo. Among her most prominent hit songs include the Mahagita classic "Pan Myaing Le" (ပန်းမြိုင်လယ်), "Htoo Ma Cha Na" (ထူးမခြားနား), "Pan Hewan" (ပန်းဟေဝန်), "Hlyat Pan Khwe Nwe" (လျှပ်ပန်းခွေနွဲ့), "Mya Mya Maung Maung" (မြမြမောင်းမောင်း). In October 1957, she joined the Voice of Burma as a radio announcer, before retiring in 2006 as an assistant director of music.
Personal life
In 1959, she wed A1 Soe Myint, a local music director. She currently resides in
Tamwe Township
Tamwe Township (also Tarmwe Township; my, တာမွေ မြို့နယ်, ) is located in east central Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 20 wards, and shares borders with Yankin Township in the north, Thingangyun Township and Min ...
, Yangon.
References
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20th-century Burmese women singers
Living people
1936 births
Burmese pop singers
Musicians from Yangon
Recipients of the Order of the Union of Myanmar