Kyaw Kyaw Naing

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Kyaw Kyaw Naing (born 1964) is a traditional musician from Myanmar (Burma) who is trying to bring this music to the world stage. He is a master of the pat waing or hsaing waing, a traditional Burmese drum-circle instrument; the player sits in the middle of a horseshoe-shaped shell made of elaborately carved wood and decorated with gold leaf. The Hsaing Waing ensemble is used in many ceremonies. Its name means "hanging circle" a reference to the drum-circle pat waing. The leader of a hsaing waing ensemble is usually the pat waing player. Hsaing waing ensembles often compete on the basis of flashy arrangements and virtuoso playing. Kyaw Kyaw Naing is the son of Sein Chit Ti, a.k.a. Ywa Sa Sein Chit Ti, one of the grand masters of the hsaing waing ensemble. Kyaw Kyaw Naing is now more famous than his father. Naing's father was teaching his elder brother to play the pat waing. He remembers that, at four years old, he would sit and watch his older brother struggle to play during a lesson. He learned to play quite well just from observing his father and brother. From then on, his father decided that Naing would study the pat waing and patala, and his brother would specialize in vocals. Naing started learning the classical Burmese repertory at six years of age. He won second price at a patala (bamboo xylophone) competition in Mandalay. Then he won first prize at the Burmese Era 3000 competition and some other prizes as well. His mother wanted very much for him to be a musician,

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