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Monks playing dungchen, Tibetan long trumpets, from the roof of the Medical College, Lhasa, 1938 Street musician playing a dramyin, Shigatse, Tibet, 1993. The music of Tibet reflects the cultural heritage of the trans-Himalayan region centered in Tibet, but also known wherever ethnic Tibetan groups are found in Nepal, Bhutan, India and further abroad.
Tibetan singing bowl used at a live performance of Longplayer. Longplayer is based on an existing piece of music, 20 minutes and 20 seconds in length, which is processed by computer using a simple algorithm. This gives a large number of variations, which, when played consecutively, gives a total expected runtime of 1000 years.
Standing bells are known by a wide variety of terms in English, and are sometimes referred to as bowls, basins, cups or gongs. Specific terms include resting bell, [1] prayer bowl, [2] Buddha bowl, [3] Himalayan bowl, [4] Tibetan bell, [4] rin gong, [2] bowl gong [3] and cup gong. [2]
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Richard Dyer wrote in the Boston Globe of the world premiere, “Sheila Silver’s Canto matches Pound’s text with music of a comparably audacious directness, simplicity, and specificity and therefore boldly occupies a psycho-spiritual region that few other composers have cared to approach; it is a beautiful work.” [5] Silver often finds ...
Tibetan Freedom Concert is a live album by various artists, recorded at the 1997 Tibetan freedom concert held in New York City to support Tibetan independence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was recorded and produced by Pat McCarthy and Sylvia Massy , and mixed in New York City at Greene Street Studios.
The film celebrates traditional Tibetan folk music while depicting the past fifty years of Chinese rule in Tibet, including Ngawang's experience as a political prisoner. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, [2] [3] where it won the Special Jury Prize for World Cinema. It opened in theatres on September 24, 2010 in New York City.
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