Techung

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Nying Thop- Courage 00:00 Tools
Exile 00:00 Tools
Drechang Silma -Fresh Rice Chang 00:00 Tools
Om Mane Padme Om 00:00 Tools
Snow Lion of Peace 00:00 Tools
Kyepotang-Have Fun 00:00 Tools
With You 00:00 Tools
Tso Mo-Princess of Ocean 00:00 Tools
Lok Dro 00:00 Tools
Prayer for Peace 00:00 Tools
Young princess 00:00 Tools
Lhasang 00:00 Tools
Tsomo-Princess of Ocean 00:00 Tools
Ser Gi Tung Pho-Secred Offerin 00:00 Tools
Bhumi 00:00 Tools
Vajra 00:00 Tools
Kel Sang Sung la Yar Do 00:00 Tools
Rainbow Body 00:00 Tools
Losar-New Year 00:00 Tools
Ser Kyi Trung Phor - The Golden Drinking Bowl 00:00 Tools
Unity 00:00 Tools
Losar 00:00 Tools
Return 00:00 Tools
Supheb La (Come, Everyone) 00:00 Tools
Yudang Lemo 00:00 Tools
Zhi Way Gang Seng (Free Tibet) - Steffen Baumann & Stefan Hollaender Remix 00:00 Tools
Ta Shi Ga Thon- Joyious Celebration 00:00 Tools
Aku Pe Ma-The Lotus 00:00 Tools
Kham Lu (A Song to the Mountains) 00:00 Tools
Rangzen-Independence 00:00 Tools
Perfect Motivation 00:00 Tools
Rang zen-Independence 00:00 Tools
Ser kyi Trung Phor -The Golden Drinking Bowl 00:00 Tools
Techung (acapella) 00:00 Tools
Pangen Metok (Flowers, the Ornament of the Pasture) 00:00 Tools
Drechang Silma (Fresh Rice Chang) 00:00 Tools
Serkyi Trungphor (The Golden Drinking Bowl) 00:00 Tools
Om Mani Padme Om 00:00 Tools
Thupten Ngodup-Tibetan Martyrdom 00:00 Tools
Om Cumbia Om 00:00 Tools
Zhi Wai Gang Seng-The Snow Lion of Peace 00:00 Tools
Zhi Wai Gang Seng (Snow Lion of Peace) 00:00 Tools
Tashi Pai Dawa-Auspicious Moon 00:00 Tools
Tashi Pai Dawa - Auspicious Moon 00:00 Tools
Kelsang Sungla Yardo (Auspicious One, Melodiously Ascending) 00:00 Tools
Sardok Jampae Tsedung-A Short Lived Childhood Love 00:00 Tools
Nyima Sarpa (Evanescent Love) 00:00 Tools
Techung - Prayer Song 00:00 Tools
Chakla Phepsam (Welcome) 00:00 Tools
Drechang silma - Fresh Rice Chang 00:00 Tools
Zhi Wai Gang Seng - The Snow Lion Of Peace 00:00 Tools
Techung (prayer song) 00:00 Tools
Ta Shi Ga Thon - Joyious Celebration 00:00 Tools
Techung - Acapella 00:00 Tools
Techung - Damyen Solo 00:00 Tools
Nying Thop - Courage 00:00 Tools
Yekor La (Circle) 00:00 Tools
Lam la Che (On the Road) 00:00 Tools
Yarlung Trinzang (The Tranquil Cloud of Yarlung) 00:00 Tools
Techung (damyen solo) 00:00 Tools
Lama khen (My Lama) 00:00 Tools
Yar Lung Tin Sang-The Auspicious Clowd of Yarlung 00:00 Tools
Kyi Po Tang - Enjoy 00:00 Tools
Kyi Po Tang-Enjoy 00:00 Tools
Lok Dro (Let's Go Home) 00:00 Tools
E ari lo 00:00 Tools
Lo Sar-New Year's Song 00:00 Tools
Rang Zen - Independence 00:00 Tools
Zhi Way Gang Seng (Free Tibet) - Bassline Generation Remix 00:00 Tools
Lochung Semo (Young Princess) 00:00 Tools
Sumdren Nyethak (Drink 3 Times) 00:00 Tools
Losar (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Rigsang bumo 00:00 Tools
Tsering mala 00:00 Tools
Sardok Jampae Tsedung - A Short Lived Childhood Love 00:00 Tools
Aku Pe Ma - The Lotus 00:00 Tools
Din Chen Gyagar (Benevolent India) 00:00 Tools
Yar Lung Tin Sang - The Auspicious Clowd Of Yarlung 00:00 Tools
Thupten Ngodup - Tibetan Martyrdom 00:00 Tools
Lo Sar - New Year's Song 00:00 Tools
Losar - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Kham Lu 00:00 Tools
Tso Mo - Princess of Ocean 00:00 Tools
Khar chu 00:00 Tools
Chala 00:00 Tools
Orok nagchung 00:00 Tools
Kham Lu / a Song to the Mountains 00:00 Tools
Zhi Wai Gang Seng / Snow Lion of Peace 00:00 Tools
Udang lhemo 00:00 Tools
Drechang Silma / Fresh Rice Chang 00:00 Tools
Kelsang Sungla Yardo / Auspicious One, Melodiously Ascending 00:00 Tools
Yarlung Trinzang / The Tranquil Cloud of Yarlung 00:00 Tools
Pema thang 00:00 Tools
Yekor La / Circle 00:00 Tools
Lochung Semo / Young Princess 00:00 Tools
Supheb La / Come, Everyone 00:00 Tools
Lalu 00:00 Tools
Serkyi Trungphor / The Golden Drinking Bowl 00:00 Tools
Pangen Metok / Flowers, the Ornament of the Pasture 00:00 Tools
Shing le 00:00 Tools
Nangla chungse 00:00 Tools
Sumdren Nyethak (Drink Three Times) 00:00 Tools
Auspicious Moon 00:00 Tools
Chakla Phepsam / Welcome 00:00 Tools
Sumdren Nyethak / Drink Three Times 00:00 Tools
Phelo phelo 00:00 Tools
Nyima Sarpa / Evanescent Love 00:00 Tools
Ning thop 00:00 Tools
Zhi Wai Gang Seng 00:00 Tools
Pangen Metok 00:00 Tools
Nyima Sarpa/Evanescent Love 00:00 Tools
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Techung is a prominent Tibetan singer/songwriter living in exile in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is best known for his performances of traditional Tibetan music, dance, and opera under the name Tashi Dhondup Sharzur. He uses his childhood nickname, Techung, when performing as a solo artist. Whether performing in traditional or contemporary styles, Techung's dual goals are to revive Tibetan music in the Tibetan community and to expose the rich performing cultural tradition of his homeland to the world community. Techung grew up in Dharamsala, India, rather than in his native Tibet, because in 1949 Communist China brutally occupied his homeland. He and his family were forced to resettle in India along with tens of thousands of other Tibetans. Because of the limited educational opportunities open to young refugees in the 1970s, he was enrolled at age 9 in the newly formed Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA), although his family did not have an artistic background. In his 19 years of residency at the Institute, he studied all aspects of the Tibetan performing arts - folk, court, and religious music traditions - through the oral teaching tradition used by the venerated Tibetan elders with whom he was honored to study. He toured with TIPA in its first international tour as a leading child actor in 1975-76 and for many years afterwards. After emigrating to the U.S., he co-founded the San Francisco-based Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company in 1989. Under Tashi Dhondup's leadership as Artistic Director, Chaksampa has performed all over the world, often by invitation at prestigious venues such as the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The group has performed in all four of the Tibetan Freedom Concerts organized by the Milarepa Fund, appearing with such artists as John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, Pearl Jam, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, the Beastie Boys, U2, and others. Techung's relationship with the Milarepa Fund included a position as Education Coodinator and Tibetan Community Liaison. One of Chaksampa's songs is included in the CD "Tibetan Freedom Concert" produced by Grand Royal and Capitol Records. Chaksampa made its debut at Carnegie Hall with Philip Glass, REM, Trey Anastasio, Seon Colvin, and Patti Smith as part of New York Tibet House's annual Monlam festival concert. In addition to being looked up to as one of the key keepers of traditional Tibetan musical traditions, Techung is also respected for the original solo and collaborative music he creates by drawing on both his own heritage and his familiarity with other world music traditions. He collaborated on his first solo album, "Yarlung: Tibetan Songs of Love and Freedom" (1997) with composer/performer Miguel Frasconi, followed by "Sky Treasure" (2001) with Windham Hill jazz keyboardist Kit Walker. His other two solo albums were "Chang Shae: Traditional Tibetan drinking songs, Vol. 1" (1999) and "Nyingtop-Courage" (2002). His song "Losar" was chosen as the 2003 best modern traditional Tibetan song at the first annual Tibetan Music Awards held in Dharamsala. Techung's voice and music have been featured on the soundtracks of the IMAX film "Everest," the feature film "Windhorse," the documentary films "Stranger in My Native Land," "Tibet's Stolen Child," and "Three Days for Tibet" (about a concert in Dharamsala with Joan Osborne, Zakir Hussein and other musicians). His music was also featured on PSA's for the Milarepa Fund (promoting the 1999 Tibetan Freedom Concert), Students' For a Free Tibet's DVD demo "Tibet Will Be Free", and Amnesty International (soliciting support for the human rights case of Ven. Palden Gyatso), as well as on an audio book by Diki Tsering titled "Dalai Lama, My Son." His music is currently being used in documentary film "What Remains of Us" which was selected at 2004 CANNES film festival. His music will be used in the upcoming Tibetan feature film Dreaming of Lhasa (working title: Poison Charm) directed by Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.