Myoma Nyein was a renowned Burmese musician and composer.
Education
Born Kyaw Nyein to father U Nyi, a goldsmith, and mother Daw Chit Oo, a lacquerware merchant in Mandalay, Myanmar, he was educated at Central National School, Mandalay. In 1925 he co-founded the Myoma (meaning City Proper) music band or Myoma Amateur Music Association with his teacher artist and musician U Ba Thet and a city burgher Dahdan U Thant.
Career
At the age of ten, he learnt a Burmese classic titled Jambu Kyun Lone (Universal) from Deva Einda Maung Maung Gyi in a single day much to the surprise of the famous harpist. In 1928 Myoma Nyein married Than May, a school teacher from Meiktila. Sayar Nyein at times must have been pretty deep in his cerative works that, it seemed on hindsight, he unwittingly neglected the needs of his family, even when he was beyond all doubt, an able person.
lieutenant was believed that Myoma Nyein committed suicide in 1955, aged 46, by walking in front of a lorry.
He remains an inspiration for the generations that followed in the Burmese music scene.