Chinese name 薩頂頂 (traditional) Chinese name 萨顶顶 (simplified) Name Sa Dingding | Pinyin Role Singer Birth name Zhou Peng (周鹏) | |
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Born 27 December 1983 (age 40) Inner Mongolia, China ( 1983-12-27 ) Occupation Singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, choreographer Education Central Conservatory of Music Genres Electronica, Pop music, Folk music People also search for Eason Chan, Wu Tsing-Fong, Peng Bo, Salad Li Albums Alive, Harmony, The Coming Ones, Sa Dingding 2014 Wo, The Butterfly Dream Profiles | ||
Sa DingDing - Alive (Sanskrit Mantra)
Sa Dingding (simplified Chinese: 萨顶顶; traditional Chinese: 薩頂頂; pinyin: Sà Dǐngdǐng, born Zhou Peng (周鹏), (1983-12-27)27 December 1983) is a Chinese folk singer and songwriter. She is of mixed Han Chinese and Mongol ancestry, and sings in languages including Mandarin Chinese, Sanskrit, Standard Tibetan, as well an imaginary self-created language to evoke the emotions in her songs. She also plays traditional instruments such as the guzheng and morin khuur.
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- Sa DingDing Alive Sanskrit Mantra
- Made in china hot in europe sa dingding pt 2
- Biography
- Discography
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Made in china hot in europe sa dingding pt 2
Biography
Sa was born in Pingdingshan, Henan, with Shandong origin. She became interested in Buddhism and taught herself Tibetan and Sanskrit. Later, she moved to Beijing to study music at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art.
At age 18, she released her first album entitled Dong Ba La under her birth name Zhou Peng, gaining her the title of China’s Best Dance Music Singer.
In 2006, "Holy Incense" was used as the theme song for the movie Prince of the Himalayas, directed by Sherwood Hu.
In mid-2007, she released Alive, available physically and as a download in many countries. The Hong Kong release of the album featured a DVD containing music videos, a remix of "Alive", making of footage and a Chinese version of "Mama Tian Na", not featured on the album.
In 2008, she won the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music for the Asia-Pacific region, earning herself the chance to perform at the Royal Albert Hall to a Western audience. In the same year, she also released a two track single called "Qin Shang".
Dingding composed a song with Éric Mouquet of Deep Forest called "Won't Be Long" to raise funds for disaster relief after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The song was made available on Mouquet's Deep-Projects website. Mouquet and Dingding have collaborated on an album Deep China.
Dingding has appeared at World of Music, Arts and Dance and the Harrogate International Festivals in the UK. On October 6, 2008, her official English website was updated with information about a European tour, going from November 7 to 17, making stops in Germany, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Las Palmas, Australia and New Zealand.
For Chinese composer He Xuntian's 2008 album, Tathāgata, Dingding contributed the vocals for the second track, entitled "Dátǎjiādá" (达塔伽达).
Her January 2010 album was Harmony (天地合), with nine songs in Chinese. The album also contains three remixes of the title track, one by Paul Oakenfold.