Namgyal Lhamo
Anthology Of Tibetan Folksongs. Musical Offerings 1 (CD)

MWCD5021

Starting at a very young age, Namgyal Lhamo trained for over fourteen years under the great masters of Tibetan Opera and Classical Music. She went on to become the star performer of the TIPA and travelled over India and the world. Her interpretations of the Nangma and the Toeshe, Tibetan opera and classical songs from the 17th century, have been universally acclaimed and she is popularly known as 'The Nightingale of Tibet'.
Through this passage she stepped into the tradition of the various kinds of classical and folk music of her country. She toured in 1998 through The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium with Tibet Impressions and participated in global manifestations such as Earth Dance, World Artists for Tibet, Forum 2000, the 50th Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and performed at Freedom concerts in New York, Washington and Amsterdam.
Namgyal Lhamo performs solo and is accompanied on stage by her voice, the Tibetan lute (Dranyen), sometimes the flute or dulcimer and her independent spirit.
Namgyal Lhamo is the winner of the Best Female Solo artist from India/Tibet at the 2007 International Music awards held by Musicaid in the U.K and Best Female Singer awards at the 2007 Tibetan Music awards.In December 2008 she was nominated for Best World Music Act from Netherlands/Belgium at the MixedMagazine awards held in Amsterdam, Holland. In 2009 she won the Tibetan Music Award for the best music video (‘Paradise Lost’).

Track listing:

01. Nima Lhasa - A Day In Lhasa
02. Aima Gangri - Ode To The Snow Mountains
03. Orog Nachung - Black Crow, High In The Mountain Tree
04. Gyatso Trishin - Ocean Land
05. Chang Hokmen - Prayer To Be Reborn In Tushita
06. Gasushey - Musical Offering
07. Angun Thoenpo - High Blue Sky
08. Dhangsonla -Taming The Sage Mountain
09. Lalami
10. Relpa Thungso -Birth Of Milarepa
11. Changsem - Boddhicitta, Awakening Mind
12. Dhungkarla -Dhungkarla Mountain In The Buddhist Land Of Tibet

Published: 2012

Genre: Asia & Oceanic
Label: Music Words