Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a modern musician of traditional

Tibetan Buddhist Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...

mantra A mantra ( Pali: ''manta'') or mantram (मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages believed by practitioners to have religious, ...

s expressed in recent lyrical contexts.

Life

Born in

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

in 1959, Shak-Dagsay and her family moved to Switzerland in 1963, where she has resided ever since. She is the daughter of the Dagsay

Tulku A ''tulku'' (, also ''tülku'', ''trulku'') is a reincarnate custodian of a specific lineage of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism who is given empowerments and trained from a young age by students of his or her predecessor. High-profile examples ...

Rinpoche. Shak-Dagsay describes herself as committed to "preserving Tibetan culture in the West", having studied and performed traditional

Tibetan music 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. The religious music of Tibet reflects the p ...

and dance throughout her childhood and adolescence. She has performed songs from her albums ''Jewel'' and ''Day Tomorrow'' at Carnegie Hall in

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for the Tibet House Benefit Concert. She has also performed at the Kee Club in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

. She is also the founder of the Dewa Che charity organization, which engages in social projects in Tibet.

Albums

* ''Jewel'' (2012) * ''Asian Jewel'' (2014) * ''Day Tomorrow'' * ''emaho – The Story of Arya Tara'' (2021) Shak-Dagsay is also featured on the ''Beyond'' albums with

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the " Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before ...

, Regula Curti, and Sawani Shende-Sathaye.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shak-Dagsay, Dechen 1959 births Living people People from Kathmandu Nepalese emigrants to Switzerland Swiss people of Tibetan descent Tibetan-language singers Tibetan Buddhists from Switzerland 20th-century Tibetan women singers Performers of Buddhist music 20th-century Swiss women singers 21st-century Swiss women singers