Tibetan singer songwriter, Techung, won the Best Asian Album with his CD, Techung: A Compilation of Tibetan Folk and Freedom Songs at the 2006 JPF Music Award in Los Angeles California on November 4. Just Plain Folks Music is one of America’s largest grassroot music groups. Techung’s album won against albums from Singapore, Vietnam, China,Japan, Philippines,Nepal and Russsia. His song Tashi Pai Dawa-auspicious moon was also nominated but didn’t win.
Techung is a graduate of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts and is a founding member of Chaksampa, the Tibetan Dance and Opera Company based in San Francisoco. He has toured internationally with Chaksampa as well as solo.
An interview with Techung, Journey Through Tibetan Music, will be broadcasted on The Tibet Connection radio program on Friday, November 10th 2006 at 2 PM West Coast Time on 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara and streaming live on the web at kpfk.org
The interview will also be archive at
http://www.thetibetconnection.org/
Photo by Sonam Zoksang.
Related Links
http://www.techung.com
http://cdbaby.com/cd/techung3
Just Plain Folks Music
http://cdbaby.com/all/techung
Photos in Paris
Interview on Phayul
