Dechen Shak-Dagsay

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Dechen Shak-Dagsay

Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a modern musician of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras expressed in recent lyrical contexts.

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Life

Shak-Dagsay was born in Kathmandu, Nepal [1] in 1959. [2] [3] When she was 4 years old, Shak-Dagsay's family moved to Switzerland, where she grew up. [4] She is the eldest daughter of Dagsay Tulku Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama. [5]

Shak-Dagsay describes herself as committed to "preserving Tibetan culture in the West", having studied and performed traditional Tibetan music and dance throughout her childhood and adolescence.[ citation needed ]

She has performed songs from her albums "Jewel" and "Day Tomorrow" at Carnegie Hall in New York CIty for the Tibet House Benefit Concert. [5] [6] She has also performed at the Kee Club in Hong Kong. [5]

She is also the founder of the Dewa Che charity organization, which engages in social projects in Tibet, [4] and a co-founder of the Beyond interfaith music projects based in Switzerland.[ citation needed ]

Albums

Shak-Dagsay is also featured on the Beyond albums with Tina Turner, Regula Curti, and Sawani Shende-Sathaye. [7] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Concert announcement" (in German). Staatsschauspiel Dresden. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Biography Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine at New Earth Records
  3. ↑ Dagsay Tulku Rinpoche (2002). The practice of Tibetan meditation: exercises, visualizations, and mantras for health and well-being. Rochester VT: Inner Traditions. ISBN   0-89281-903-0. Her father Dagsay Tulku' has written a book on meditation with an autobiographical sketch
  4. 1 2 "Dechen Shak-Dagsay: Biography" . Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Ziengs, Cathy (18 January 2013). "A Gem of an Album from Dechen Shak-Dagsay". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Domanick, Andrea (10 February 2016). "Music Is a Place: A Conversation with Philip Glass". Vice. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Lam, Raymond (23 July 2014). "Interview with Dechen Shak-Dagsay: "Music can heal when it is played with an open heart"". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Lam, Raymond (19 January 2022). ""An Amazing, Wondrous Moment": Tibetan-born Musician and Artist Dechen Shak-Dagsay's emaho". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Lam, Raymond (29 August 2014). "Beyond All Differences: Interview with Tina Turner and the Beyond Music Quartet". Buddhistdoor Global. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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