So Savoeun

{{Short description|Cambodian singer}}

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{{Family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|So|Savoeun}}

So Savoeun ({{langx|km|សូ សាវឿន}} {{IPA|km|sou saː.ˈʋɨən|pron}}; born 1 June 1945) is a Cambodian singer.

Savoeun specializes in the Sarawan style.{{cite book|last1=Bekaert|first1=Jacques|title=Cambodian Diary: A Long Road to Peace, 1987-1993|date=1998|publisher=White Lotus Press|location=Bangkok|isbn=9789748434162|page=107}} She was a popular singer in Cambodia during the 1960s and early 1970s. She often performed duets with Meas Samon as well as with Ros Sereysothea, Pen Ran, Eng Nary, Chea Savoeun, Duk Kim Hak and many more artists.

Before the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh, She fled to Thailand. She and her husband later moved to France. She lives outside of Paris, where she has given concerts.{{cite news|title=អ្នកស្រី សូ សាវឿន ទោះវ័យចាស់ជរានៅតែច្រៀងមិនតក់ស្លុត!-Campost|url=http://campost.news/read_news/722|work=Campost|date=17 March 2017|language=km}} So Savoeun is among the last representatives of the old generation of Cambodian musicians.{{cite journal|author=Яковенко А.В.|title=Реинкарнация камбоджийского рока|journal=Самиздат|date=5 May 2013|url=http://samlib.ru/j/jakowenko_aleksandr_wiktorowich/reinkarnaciacambodianrocks.shtml|language=ru}} She appeared in the short French documentary Les Artistes Khmers about Khmer artists in France.{{cite web|title=So Savoeun - Videos and Music|url=http://khmermusic.thecoleranch.com/sosavoeun.html|website=khmermusic.thecoleranch.com|accessdate=3 May 2017|language=en}}