Tibetan music: Namgyal Lhamo

You'll be surprised by the beautiful Tibetan singing of Namgyal Lhamo.

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2009 22:10 tot 23:00 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Tibetian singer Namgyal Lhamo is with reason famous in her birth country. From the age of eight she followed a course in classical song and dance at TIPA in India, with her special voice soon to become one of the most important opera singers of the institute. Namgyal plays various traditional instruments, among them the dranyen (lute) and the gumang (a string instrument). Her solo performance at Winternachten was striking beautifull.

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Namgyal Lhamo

(Nepal, 1956), a.k.a. The Nightingale of Tibet, is regarded one of the best singers of Tibet although she has never lived in this mountain country. The first Tibetan songs she learned from her mother. As an infant she was noticed for her special voice and at age eight she was admitted to the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) in India, founded by the Dalai Lama. She specialised in classical song and folksong and soon became one of the most important opera singers of the institute. Namgyal Lhamo plays various traditional instruments, among them the dranyen (Tibetan lute) and the gumang (a Tibetan string instrument). She has recorded several cd's with compositions of her own. In 2008 Highland Supernova appeared, combining her unique voice with rock music. In 2007 she was chosen the best singer at a presentation of the Tibetan musical awards. Ms Lhamo has lived in the Netherlands since 1980.
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