Archived News about Alexandra Bounxouei in the Lao Media.

The popular singer Ms Thidavanh Bounxouei better known as Alexandra will assume the role of Cinderella in a musical early next year.

The pop singer and her friends at Lao-American College have created a musical drama titled Cinderella to be performed on January 7,2006 at National Culture Hall.

“My friends and I have been running the musical drama by ourselves so I know how difficult it is to perform on stage. But we love to performance before audiences, especially my fans,” said Alexandra.

Alexandra will aim not only to entertain but also to educate the audience especially students – the script of the musical has been written accordingly.

“The musical is intended as a charity performance with the proceeds to go for the benefit of blind people. The ticket is priced at about 10,000 kip per head and we will present the amount raised from sale of tickets to disabled people after the performance,” she said.

The pop singer juggles her time between her studies and her career in music.

“Sometime I have a problem with my studies but it’s just a small problem. The most important duty is to study because there is nothing more important than education,” said Ms Thidavanh.

She continued that whenever the Ministry of Information and Culture or other government and international organisations asked her to perform, she never missed the opportunity.

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Alexandra to Perform at Lao Embassy in Bangkok for New Year Celebrations

VOA
07/04/2005

Laos teen star, Alexandra Bounxouei, will show her musical talent at the New Year celebrations at the Lao Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. In a telephone interview with VOA, she talks about her studies, her recent performances and upcoming album.

The eighteen year-old Lao-Bulgarian pop singer was hired by JICA to work for its “Kid Smile” project, promoting hygiene and cleanliness awareness to Lao children in Oudomxay province last year, and is now representing PSI in its anti-AIDS/HIV campaign, which will take her on a concert tour to eight provinces throughout Laos.

Please visit VOA to listen to the interview with Alexandra for detail and sample of her music.

Music video of Alexandra and Pan Duangpaseuth singing the well known Kalom Huk Kalom Luang at a concert.

By Dara Baccam
04/09/2005

Laos teen pop idol, Alexandra Bounxouei, returns to entertain our audience per requests, with two new songs that will appear in her new album to be released in the near future.

Lao-American artist, Manit Phiavongsa, who currently visiting Laos, joins in with his “Sam Muen Muong Feuang.”

Please visit VOA Lao News for details of the article and to listen to the audio version of the story.

By Dara Baccam
26/06/2005
VOA Lao News

Laos’ teen pop idol, Alexandra Bounxouei, returns to serenade our audience with her not-yet-released new songs, courtesy of her musician father, Mr. Bounthavisay Bounxouei, who made a copy of the songs and gave it to VOA. Among those presented to our audience is a remix of one of her late grandfather Mr. Bounthamaly’s classic, the Pakse Rose.

Although very busy with her study at the Lao-American College in Vientiane, Alexandra, during the past months, made time to participate in many national and international events.

Most remarkably were the performance for ASEAN leaders during the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane in November 2004 during which she sang a Japanese song, and the Lao New Year celebration at the Lao Embassy in Bangkok, in which she performed in front of the crown Princess of Thailand.

For details of the story, please visit VOA Lao News and listen to the audio file.

This is clip of Sao Lao Bao Thai music performance only from Thai TV Khun Phra Chuay Show. This is a song paying tribute to the 55th years anniversary of Lao and Thai friendship.

The Mega Concert to aid tsunami victims, organised by the Lao Journalists Association (LJA) on January 15, was poorly attended in numbers but still raised millions of kip from businesses and the public, and from a telephone hotline for donations.

Hundreds called up to support the victims because the concert was broadcast live throughout the country,” said LJA Vice President Somsanouk Mixay.
Over 100 local artists took to the ITECC stage to perform modern and traditional songs and dances to an audience of over 1,000.

“The Lao Government joins others in expressing condolences to the bereaved and has set up a taskforce committee to mobilise sympathy and support. Today the LJA, enjoying most commendablesupport and cooperation from many, is hosting this ‘concert of sympathy,’ the proceeds of which are destined to help the tsunami victims in a small way. This is the single purpose of this grand concert tonight,” said LJA President Bouabane Vorakhoun.

Pop stars such as Ting Phailavanh and Touey Chanphaxay (Valentine Music) and Overdance and Alouna (Indee Records) joined Alexandra and Noy Sengsouliya to perform. Valentine Music and Indee Records also thrilled the audience with a specially written song for the tsunami victims.

“I asked Ty Oudalay, who wrote Kor Thod (Sorry), to write a song called Khun Phalang Chai (encouragement for tsunami victims). It took three days to write and rehearse the song,” said Valentine Music President Phoutthachanh Paphassalang (Bee).

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Archived News about Alexandra Bounxouei in the Lao Media.

Pop singer Alexandra has denied rumours that she would accept more than 13 million kip to sing for a prominent Thai music label.

“I do not know where they got this information that I would work for the Grammy Entertainment company in Thailand. It is not true because I am still studying for my future so I cannot do that,” said the young pop star yesterday. “Another reason why this is untrue is because I am fully involved in activities to help Lao society.”

Grammy Entertainment had recently invited the singer to perform for three days at the Pattaya Music Festival 2004 but Alexandra denies that this was part of a contract deal.

“My friends told me this morning at college that I was wrong to decide to sign with the company. I said, ‘What’ I only went to perform for them,” she said.

“Grammy did ask me to work for them but I told them I could not because I am studying for the next two years so I have no time,” she explained.

Fans asked recently why Alexandra had to speak in Thai even though she was Lao. “I would like fans to understand that when we visit some countries and try to speak their language it means we respect their country and their culture. It is the same when foreigners come to Laos and try to speak Lao. I know some local fans saw me speaking Thai on the TV, but just a little, not much,” said the pop singer.

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By Dara Baccam
Washington
23/03/2004
VOA

This past weekend, March 19 and 20, Alexandra Bounxouei - Laos’ most famous pop singer - was invited to participate in the Annual Pattaya Music Festival, her third overseas performance after her 2003 summer concert tour in the U.S and her participation in the J-ASEAN Pop Festival in Yokohama, Japan, in December.

In tribute to this talented Bulgarian-Laotian teen artist, we featured two songs from her latest DVD - “Say Fon(the Rain),” followed by “Haak Nee Dae Loka(This Love is for the World),” her version of “Treasure the World” the theme song of the J-ASEAN Pop Festival.

We wrapped up the program with Bryonny’s version of “Treasure the World,” which is sung in three languages - Thai, Japanese, and English. The 22-year-old singer, born to a Thai mother and an American father, represented Thailand in the J-ASEAN Pop Festival.

Please visit VOA for details of the article and to listen to the audio file of this story.

By Dara Baccam
Washington, DC
07/08/2003

Popstar Alexandra, or Thidavanh Bounxouei, performs and talks about her current US tour during a visit to VOA studios in Washington, DC.

Alexandra told VOA about her latest album, which includes songs in English.

When she stopped by VOA, Alexandra was in the midst of a whirlwind tour, traveling all over the US to perform for Lao-American communities.

Please visit VOA for details of the article and to listen to the audio version of the story.