Cambodian-American Heritage Dancers with Chum Ngek Ensemble

by Johnny

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The Cambodian-American Heritage Dancers and Chum Ngek Ensemble present a program of classical Khmer dance and music from the Cambodian court repertoire.

Speaker Biography: Chum Ngek is one of the few living Khmer music masters worldwide who possess a vast repertoire and command of multiple instruments across various genres. He is a longtime teacher of Cambodian musical arts, and is the 2004 recipient of the Bess Lomax Hawes Award, the NEA National Heritage Fellowship conferred upon an artist who has significantly benefited his or her tradition through teaching and preserving important repertoires. Chum has also received honors from the Maryland State Arts Council and teaches at the Cambodian Buddhist Society in Silver Spring, Md.