Ani Choying Drolma
{{Infobox musical artist
| image = Ani Chöying Drölma 2011.jpg
| caption = Chöying Drölma in 2011
| name = Chöying Drolma
| native_name = आनी छोइङ डोल्मा
| native_name_lang = ne
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|06|04}}
| birth_place = Kathmandu, Nepal
| years_active = 1994-present
| genre = Buddhist music
Buddhist chanting
| label = Six Degrees Records
Hannibal/Rykodisc Records
| website = {{URL|http://www.choying.com/}}
}}
Ani Choying Drolma (born 4 June 1972), also known as Choying Dolma and Ani Choying (Ani, "nun", is an honorific), is a Nepalese Buddhist nun of Tibetan origin 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 is the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to Nepal since 2014.[http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/04/12/top-story/drolma-appointed-unicef-nepal-ambassador/388129.html Drolma appointed Unicef Nepal ambassador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100507/http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/04/12/top-story/drolma-appointed-unicef-nepal-ambassador/388129.html |date=2015-04-02 }} The Kathmandu Post, April 12, 2014
Early life
Ani Choying was born on 4 June 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/03/13/134455191/buddhist-nun-shares-the-sound-of-music|title=Buddhist Nun Shares The Sound Of Music|date=13 March 2011|work=NPR.org}} 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.
=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)
- Zariya - Ani, A R Rahman, Farah Siraj—Coke Studio (Season 3) at MTV (2013){{cite web|url=http://www.moviereviewpreview.com/exclusive-mtv-coke-studio-season-3-zariya-by-a-r-rahman-review-extraordinary/12860/|title=Exclusive: MTV Coke Studio Season 3: Zariya by A.R. Rahman: Extraordinary|author=Team MRP|date=4 August 2013|work=MovieReviewPreview.Com|access-date=10 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162014/http://www.moviereviewpreview.com/exclusive-mtv-coke-studio-season-3-zariya-by-a-r-rahman-review-extraordinary/12860/|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}
- Rebuilding with Love World Tour{{cite web|url=https://www.esplanade.com/events/2015/choying-drolma-rebuilding-with-love-world-tour|title=Exclusive: Rebuilding with Love World Tour}}
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.[http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/04/22/capital/manisha-drolma-for-earth-anthem/388590.html Manisha, Drolma for Earth Anthem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106161910/http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/04/22/capital/manisha-drolma-for-earth-anthem/388590.html |date=2014-11-06 }} The Kathmandu Post, 22 April 2014 She was part of India Inclusion Summit where she delivered a heart-warming speech.[http://www.knowyourstar.com/ani-choying-drolma-interview/ Spreading Cheer with Magic Wand of World Music] KnowYourStar.com, 27 March 2015.
Book
She published her autobiographical book Phoolko Aankhama in 2008. The book has been translated into 14 different languages.
Film
"Ani Choying Drolma: Mission Impossible", dir. F. Jennifer Lin, Shan Bai, Hong Kong SAR China 2023{{Cite web|url=https://wff.pl/en/film/39-ani-choying-drolma-mission-impossible |title=Ani Choying Drolma: Mission Impossible |website=wff.pl |access-date= 2023-10-15}}
References
External links
- [http://www.choying.com Official website]
- [https://www.npr.org/2011/03/13/134455191/buddhist-nun-shares-the-sound-of-music NPR: Buddhist Nun Shares the Sound of Music]
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Category:Tibetan-language singers
Category:Tibetan Buddhists from Nepal
Category:People from Kathmandu
Category:Nepalese people of Tibetan descent
Category:Performers of Buddhist music
Category:21st-century Nepalese women singers
Category:Nepalese Buddhist nuns
Category:20th-century Buddhist nuns
Category:21st-century Buddhist nuns