Him Sophy

HIM Sophy is a Khmer Rouge survivor who became Cambodia's most educated composer, with 14 years of study and a Ph. D degree from the Tchaikovsky Conservatorium in Moscow. He combines Western Classical Music with traditional Khmer as well as Rock and Roll (going back to Cambodia's roaring sixties). His acclaimed Where Elephants Weep: a Cambodian Rock Opera that was performed in Lowell, Massachusetts in 2007 and in Phnom Penh in 2008 was “a rock opera that wouldn’t look out of place in London’s West End or New York’s Broadway. It could mark the rebirth of Cambodian theatre.” (Guy Delauney, BBC World News).