បង្សុកូល៖ ការរំឭកដល់កម្ពុជា
Bangsokol is a vital act of memory
Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia is a multi-disciplinary stage production combining music, film, movement and voice. HIM Sophy’s composition embraces musical traditions from both Cambodia and the West, while Rithy PANH’s poetic visuals tell the story of Cambodia’s tragedy. Bangsokol hopes to serve as an inspiration for post-conflict societies around the world – to rebuild, transmit and innovate through arts. It offers a space for healing for those who have suffered violent conflict and forced migration, and honors those who have passed away. With a cast of performers from the emerging to the iconic, Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia is an essential act of memory, reconciliation and peace.
Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia is an extraordinary new composition fusing music, voice, movement, and visuals. It is the first major symphonic work that addresses the traumas of the late 1970s in Cambodia, and the first collaboration between contemporaries Rithy PANH and HIM Sophy, both survivors of the Khmer Rouge and now at the forefront of Cambodia’s cultural renaissance. Find out more!
Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia incorporates the form of the Western requiem, contextualizing it in Khmer culture with bangsokol, a ceremony that accompanies Cambodian funeral rites. This word references both the white cloth placed over the deceased during a Buddhist funeral and the ritual surrounding the removal of the cloth. It is this act that signifies transmigration into the next life: the ritual through which the spirits of the dead find rest. Find out more!
The organisations behind Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia
The Collaborators
Cambodian Living Arts
Commissioner: For almost 20 years, Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) has worked tirelessly to regrow Cambodia’s arts sector and provide opportunities for artists to write the story of the country’s future.
THE OFFICE performing arts + film
Producer: THE OFFICE performing arts + film is an independent curator and production company based in New York and London creating cultural programming that is unique and mission specific.
The people behind Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia
Creative Team
Him Sophy
Composer
Rithy Panh
Director, Designer, Filmmaker
Trent Walker
Librettist