Amalia Rubin

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Amalia Rubin is an American singer known for performing in the Tibetan language, blending traditional Tibetan folk music with contemporary styles. Raised in a Reform Jewish household in upstate New York, she studied Asian studies and International Studies before travelling extensively in Tibet and Mongolia. Rubin has released two albums, Mountains and Deserts and Leaving Home, featuring traditional Tibetan songs, and has performed in more than 30 concerts worldwide. In 2007, she received the Best International Artist award for Tibet in Dharamsala, India. [1] [2]

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Education

She was raised in a Reform Jewish home of Ashkenazi Polish Russian Jews, in an English speaking family in upstate New York. [3] Rubin pursued Asian Studies at the University at Buffalo and International Studies at the University of Washington. Through her education and career, she traveled to Tibet and Mongolia. [4]

Career

Rubin has released two albums, Mountains and Deserts and Leaving Home, both featuring traditional Tibetan songs. [5] She has performed in over 30 concerts. [5]

In 2007, she received the Best International Artist award for Tibet in Dharamsala, India. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Eden (28 August 2017). "A Jewish New Yorker Becomes a Tibetan Pop Star. Plus She Sings in Yiddish on Mongolian TV". Lilith Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Amalia Rubin's Tibet Surprise". Phayul.com. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Eden (28 August 2017). "A Jewish New Yorker Becomes a Tibetan Pop Star. Plus… She Sings in Yiddish on Mongolian TV". Lilith Magazine. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Eden (28 August 2017). "A Jewish New Yorker Becomes a Tibetan Pop Star. Plus… She Sings in Yiddish on Mongolian TV". Lilith Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Amalia Rubin's Tibet Surprise". Phayul.com. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Amalia Rubin's Tibet Surprise – www.phayul.com". phayul.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016.
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