Arts and media

Creators

Khmer and Cambodian diaspora writers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, chefs and artists.

Watercolor of an artist studio with an easel, a film camera, a chapei lute and a typewriter
Illustration inspired by an arts school in Battambang.

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Loung Ung

A Cambodian American memoirist and activist whose trilogy traces survival under the Khmer Rouge and life afterward in the United States.

Chef Nak

A Cambodian chef and culinary author who documents Khmer home and royal cooking.

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11 creators

Author, Educator

Chheng Phon ឆេង ផុន

Cambodia

Cambodian dramatist and educator who rebuilt the country's arts schools and performing arts repertoire after the Khmer Rouge period.

Educator, Master practitioner

Em Theay

Cambodia

Master of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia who taught Khmer classical dance and traditional singing to postwar generations.

Educator, Master practitioner

Hun Pen

Cambodia

Cambodian classical dancer in the neang (female) role, choreographer and researcher of the post-1979 dance revival.

Educator, Master practitioner

Ith Pen

Cambodia

Cambodian bokator master who founded a school in Kampot and later documented the art's techniques.

Chef, Educator

Kethana Dunnet

Cambodia

Cambodian chef and restaurateur who founded The Sugar Palm and teaches traditional home-style Khmer cooking.

Educator, Master practitioner

Kong Nay គង់ ណៃ

Cambodia

Cambodian chapei dang veng master singer and teacher recognised as a national living human treasure.

Educator, Master practitioner

Norodom Buppha Devi នរោត្តម បុប្ផាទេវី

Cambodia

Cambodian classical dancer, choreographer and cultural administrator who led the postwar revival of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.

Educator, Musician

Patrick Kersalé

Cambodia

French ethnomusicologist whose Sounds of Angkor project reconstructs Khmer instruments documented in temple reliefs.

Educator, Master practitioner

San Kim Sean សាន គឹមស៊ាន

Cambodia

Cambodian martial arts grandmaster who led the postwar revival of bokator and founded its national federation.

Educator, Tradition bearer

Sisowath Kossamak ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ កុសុមៈ

Cambodia

Cambodian queen credited with choreographing the modern apsara dance and sustaining the royal dance troupe.

Educator, Master practitioner

Voan Savay វ័ន សាវ៉ៃ

Cambodia

Khmer classical dancer and teacher who carried the royal dance repertoire through the refugee camps and into diaspora schools.

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