Mar Mar Aye

Mar Mar Aye
Native name မာမာအေး
Birth name Aye Myint
Born (1942-07-26) July 26, 1942
Myaungmya, Burma
Genres Burmese classical
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Voice
Years active 1955–present
Website marmaraye.blogspot.com

Mar Mar Aye (Burmese: မာမာအေး) is a prolific Burmese singer.[1][2][3] She was born Aye Myint in Myaungmya, a town in the Irrawaddy delta. to musician parents. Her father, U Aye, was a hne (flute) musician while her mother Than Hnit was a singer with the stage name Myaungmya Than. She began singing at an early age.[4] By the 1980s, 80% of film soundtracks were sung by Mar Mar Aye.[4]

She emigrated to Fort Wayne, Indiana in the United States in 1998.[2][1] She has been politically active. During the Saffron Revolution, she released a song entitled "Heartache Till the End of the World" (အသည်းနာကမ္ဘာမကျေ). In 2012, she returned from exile to Myanmar, at the authorization of President Thein Sein.[5]

On 25 July 2012, she released a Burmese language memoir, Dear Friend, Look Deeply Into My Heart (ရင်ဖွင့်ကြည့်ပါသူငယ်ချင်း), which recounts the aftermath of her divorce in 1970.[2]

Discography

Solo albums

Collaboration albums

Filmography

Notes

  1. 1 2 Mar 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Nyein Ei Ei Htwe 2012.
  3. ↑ The Voice Weekly 2013.
  4. 1 2 Popular Journal 2013.
  5. ↑ မစပ်စု 2012.

References

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