So Savoeun

So Savoeun was born on June 1, 1945 in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia. As of 2020, She is still a Khmer singer. Savoeun specializes in the Sarawan style. She was a popular singer in Cambodia during the 1960s and early 1970s. She often performed duets with Meas Samouen. She also duets with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Eng Nary, Chea Savoeun, Duk Kim Hak and many more artists. Before the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh, So Savoeun fled to Thailand. She and her husband later moved to France. She lives outside of Paris, where she has given concerts. So Savoeun is among the last representatives of the old generation of Cambodian musicians. She appeared in the short French documentary Les Artistes Khmers about Khmer artists in France.