July 13, 2017
A new symphonic work by Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh and composer Him Sophy that will be performed in New York, Boston, and Australia was unveiled in Phnom Penh.
“Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia” combines music, voice, movement, and visuals.
At a press conference announcing the piece, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’affaires Julie Chung said the composition “is a memorial to the tragedies of the 1970s Khmer Rouge period. But more importantly, it is about hope and continuance.”

![(From left to right) U.S. Embassy Chargé d’affaires Julie Chung, Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh and Australian Ambassador Angela Corcoran [Photo: Un Yarat] (From left to right) U.S. Embassy Chargé d’affaires Julie Chung, Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh and Australian Ambassador Angela Corcoran [Photo: Un Yarat]](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/35762703351_247fbf31ec_z_d.jpg)