TENZIN CHOEGYAL - Heart Strings CD
“Music is like drifting clouds that fly freely over the man-made geographical borders in this infinite space of possibilities.”
Tenzin Choegyal
Tenzin Choegyal
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Heart Strings is a biography through song, reflecting Tenzin Choegyal’s musical influences and collaborations across the continents. From songs recorded with children from the Tibetan Children’s Village where he grew up, to sophisticated arrangements with Metta String Ensemble and masters of Indian classical music, with Heart Strings Tenzin breaks new ground while keeping his Tibetan roots. For more information, please visit: www.tenzinchoegyal.com
“May you know all the sounds as your own sound,
May you know all the lights as your own light. May you attain the realms of the three kayas.” |
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"HEART STRINGS" (song by song bio)
1. Safe Passage - song which is a prayer for consciousness to have a safe journey when leaving behind the body
2. Jigten - is about the feeling of being in two universe at the same time. Falling from one universe to the other constantly. And talks about snow flowers metaphor for the emptiness nature of all things, the four elements Sa Chu Mey Lhung - Earth, Water, Fire and Air, and the distant sun, moon and the stars.
3. Tonkha - feeling of emptiness if you are not there then the ocean is empty - if you are not there then the space is empty
4. Heart Strings Nying Thik - my mind in the sky and my body on this earth Om Ma Ni Phad May Hum ------ So Bhod Gyal Lo .... Om Ma Ni Phad May Hum...
5. Traditional Nagma song Lyrics by 6th Dalia Lama -- oh white crane lend me your wings. I will not fly afar. From Luthang I shall return.
6. Kham Lu - with the same lyrics of the 5th song arrange with western string orchestra ... I wanted to show how poems of 6th is widely loved by all Tibetans ... At the same time bring it into the contemporary time
7. Snow Lion Senghe Yu Ray Nom Nom shi Dro - This song feeling is like wanting to be like the Snow Lion - fearless in facing the dangers. Elegantly walking in the snowfields
8. Himalaya - asking the mighty majestic Himalayan mountains to move little aside so that we can have a view of our Phayul . Two mountains though they don't meet but they see each other all the time. Two rivers though they don't see each other but they will meet some day. Himalaya
9. Mig la Mig Chu Tears in my eyes - So many emotions rose up within me when I was doing the recording. Few of them here ... I was so happy in a sad way that this song came out the way it did. words tells story of almost everyone who came out since 59. So, it's kinda tribute song to my and every Tibetan parents who passed away without fulfilling their wish of seeing their homeland. While recording it visual of them talking about their childhood was in my mind as well.
10. Pangi Metok - is little love song with beats ... feeling of the song is watching the sun is setting in the distant horizon while the beautiful face moon is starting to peep
11. Silence of 40 seconds
12. Tibetan National Song
1. Safe Passage - song which is a prayer for consciousness to have a safe journey when leaving behind the body
2. Jigten - is about the feeling of being in two universe at the same time. Falling from one universe to the other constantly. And talks about snow flowers metaphor for the emptiness nature of all things, the four elements Sa Chu Mey Lhung - Earth, Water, Fire and Air, and the distant sun, moon and the stars.
3. Tonkha - feeling of emptiness if you are not there then the ocean is empty - if you are not there then the space is empty
4. Heart Strings Nying Thik - my mind in the sky and my body on this earth Om Ma Ni Phad May Hum ------ So Bhod Gyal Lo .... Om Ma Ni Phad May Hum...
5. Traditional Nagma song Lyrics by 6th Dalia Lama -- oh white crane lend me your wings. I will not fly afar. From Luthang I shall return.
6. Kham Lu - with the same lyrics of the 5th song arrange with western string orchestra ... I wanted to show how poems of 6th is widely loved by all Tibetans ... At the same time bring it into the contemporary time
7. Snow Lion Senghe Yu Ray Nom Nom shi Dro - This song feeling is like wanting to be like the Snow Lion - fearless in facing the dangers. Elegantly walking in the snowfields
8. Himalaya - asking the mighty majestic Himalayan mountains to move little aside so that we can have a view of our Phayul . Two mountains though they don't meet but they see each other all the time. Two rivers though they don't see each other but they will meet some day. Himalaya
9. Mig la Mig Chu Tears in my eyes - So many emotions rose up within me when I was doing the recording. Few of them here ... I was so happy in a sad way that this song came out the way it did. words tells story of almost everyone who came out since 59. So, it's kinda tribute song to my and every Tibetan parents who passed away without fulfilling their wish of seeing their homeland. While recording it visual of them talking about their childhood was in my mind as well.
10. Pangi Metok - is little love song with beats ... feeling of the song is watching the sun is setting in the distant horizon while the beautiful face moon is starting to peep
11. Silence of 40 seconds
12. Tibetan National Song
About Tenzin Choegyal
Picture taken at Perfect Potion in Brisbane
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TENZIN CHOEGYAL draws on his traditional Tibetan roots to create original compositions which uniquely express his spiritual linage.
Tenzin feels a particular connection to the music of the wandering people of his homeland. He recalls his father’s mastery of the lingbu (transverse bamboo flute) and his mother’s beautiful singing voice and attributes much of his passion to those early influences. His music has been described as “beautifully evocative,” “healing,” “mesmerizing,” “spine-tingling,” and “transcendent.” With is musical journey, Tenzin also raises funds for Tibetan monks in exile as well as for the much needed education of the underprivileged Tibetan Children, TCV the school for Tibetan refugee children that he attended as a child. |
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