Episode 40: TENZIN CHOEGYAL MONDAY, MAY 22nd, 2023
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Tenzin Choegyal is a Tibetan artist, composer, activist, musical director, and cultural ambassador, and one of the world’s finest musicians in the Tibetan tradition. He channels the wisdom and traditions of his ancestors through his songs and compositions, attributing his art form to the early karmic imprints of hearing his mother and father as a toddler. Tenzin embraces opportunities to take his music into more contemporary, uncharted territory.
In a career spanning more than 30 years Tenzin has performed at festivals across Australia and curated numerous events and concerts including Brisbane’s annual Festival of Tibet. He has performed in New Zealand, Japan, India, Germany, Bangladesh, Russia and USA, including performances at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Tenzin has nine independent albums, three of them with his fusion band Tibet2Timbuk2, and regularly performs with Camerata Queenslan’s Chamber Orchestra. His collaborative albums include The Last Dalai Lama? with Philip Glass, winner of Queensland Music Award Crane Song with Tibet2Timbuk2, Peradam by Soundwalk Collective and the 2021 Grammy-nominated Songs from the Bardo with his longtime friend and collaborator Jesse Paris Smith and Laurie Anderson – a moving interpretation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Tenzin has a new album “Yeshi Dolma” with Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra.
Tenzin is currently working on a few new music projects and a new album “Dear Ama la” with one of Australia’s finest Camerata Chamber Orchestra.
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