Native name आनी छोइङ डोल्मा Role Musician Name Ani Drolma | Website www.choying.com Years active 1994-present | |
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Genres Buddhist musicBuddhist chanting Labels Six Degrees RecordsHannibal/Rykodisc Records Albums Inner Peace 2, Selwa, Moments of Bliss, Dancing Dakini | ||
Great compassion mantra ani choying drolma
Ani Choying Dolma (Nepali: आनी छोइङ डोल्मा (born June 4, 1971), in Kathmandu, Nepal, also known as Choying Dolma and Ani Choying (Ani, "nun", is an honorific), is a Nepalese Buddhist nun and musician from the Nagi Gompa nunnery in Nepal. She is known in Nepal and throughout the world for bringing many Tibetan Buddhist chants and feast songs to mainstream audiences. She has been recently appointed as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to Nepal.
Contents
- Great compassion mantra ani choying drolma
- The eyes of a flower interview with buddhist nun singer ani choying drolma matei georgescu
- Biography
- Musical career
- Discography
- Humanitarian work
- References
The eyes of a flower interview with buddhist nun singer ani choying drolma matei georgescu
Biography
Ani Choying was born on June 4, 1971, in Kathmandu, Nepal, to Tibetan exiles. She entered monastic life as a means of escape from her physically abusive father, and she was accepted into the Nagi Gompa nunnery at the age of 13. For a number of years, the monastery's resident chant master (who was trained directly by the wife of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche) taught Ani Choying the music that she is famous for performing.
Musical career
In 1994, guitarist Steve Tibbetts visited the nunnery and eventually recorded much of the Tibetan music with Ani Choying on two albums. The recordings, titled Chö and Selwa, were released to critical acclaim. Tibbetts and Ani Choying embarked on small performance tours, which included shows at several historical Tibetan monasteries.
Sina Vodjani recorded an album in collaboration with Ani Choying Drolma.
Ani Choying Drolma is part of a fairly large group of musicians in the Tibetan tradition now active outside Tibet, including the singers Techung, Karjam Saeji, Phurbu T Namgyal, Amchok Gompo Dhondup, Yungchen Lhamo, flautist Nawang Khechog, and Jewish-American Tibetan-genre performer Amalia Rubin.
Discography
- Chö (1997) (with Steve Tibbetts)
- Dancing Dakini (1999)
- Choying (2000)
- Moments Of Bliss (2004)
- Selwa (2004)
- Smile (2005)
- Taking Refuge (2006)
- Inner Peace (2006)
- Time (2007)
- Aama (2009)
- Matakalaa (2010)
- Inner Peace 2 (2010)
- Mangal Vani (2011)
- Clear Light (2012)
- Phoolko Aankhama
- Zariya - Ani, A R Rahman, Farah Siraj—Coke Studio (Season 3) at MTV (2013)
Humanitarian work
Ani Choying has been involved in several humanitarian works. She has advocated the need for an official Earth Anthem for the planet supporting the efforts of Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K in this direction. She was part of India Inclusion Summit where she delivered a heart-warming speech.