Saung Oo Hlaing

Saung Oo Hlaing
ဆောင်းဦးလှိုင်
Saung Oo Hlaing is in VOA Burmese interview
Saung Oo Hlaing is in VOA Burmese interview
Background information
Born (1970-12-08) 8 December 1970 (age 53)
Yangon, Myanmar
GenresBurmese pop
Occupationsinger-songwriter
Years active1994 – present

Saung Oo Hlaing (Burmese: ဆောင်းဦးလှိုင် [sʰáʊɰ̃ ʔú l̥àɪɰ̃]; born 8 December 1970) is a Burmese singer-songwriter. He is one of the few Burmese successful songwriters that do not rely on writing cover songs. In a 2008 interview, he claimed that he had not written a cover song since 2003, and that 95% of 400 plus songs he had written were of his own creation.[1]

Saung Oo Hlaing is a medical doctor by profession; he has a MBBS degree from the University of Medicine 1, Yangon.[2]

In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Saung Oo Hlaing is giving humanitarian assistance to the poor people of Myanmar and living in the United States of America.

References

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  1. ^ "Saung Oo Hlaing's 10th Anniversary in Burmese Music Industry". People Magazine Myanmar. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် အနုပညာအသင်း အကြောင်း ဆောင်းဦးလှိုင် ဖွင့်ဟ". Popular News (in Burmese). 8 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2015.