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 in VOA Burmese interview | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 8 December 1970 Yangon, Myanmar |
| Genres | Burmese pop |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
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
edit- ^ "Saung Oo Hlaing's 10th Anniversary in Burmese Music Industry". People Magazine Myanmar. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
- ^ "ရန်ကုန်တက္ကသိုလ် အနုပညာအသင်း အကြောင်း ဆောင်းဦးလှိုင် ဖွင့်ဟ". Popular News (in Burmese). 8 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2015.