kamal hydar, ffnl e. fest. >> nick and the rest of the band kicked owf the show, certainly weren't disappointed as they kept the hit of coming. barned for many years on the communist site. cambodia's khmer rouge regime, music was banned and large number of performing artists, 30 years on, surviving musicians are still trying the revive their art. is. >> master.wen, for more than half a century. and he expects nothing less than perfection from his students. >> translator: this traditional wedding music is my life. i won't stop playing it until i die. and i'll continue to teach the younger generation. >> reporter: but his love of music almost cost him his life. musicians like master men were hundedden ant killed by the kaymer rougkmerreuj. >> because the kmer rouge wanted to have no form of expression, 80% of cam bodians were killed during that period. so no religion, no music, no art, no expression. >> reporter: within just one generation cambodia's rich heritage was decimated. cultural organization for cambodi