Dechen Shak-Dagsay
{{Short description|Swiss singer of traditional Tibetan mantras}}
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Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a modern musician of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras expressed in recent lyrical contexts.
Life
Shak-Dagsay was born in Kathmandu, Nepal{{cite web|url=http://www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de/spielplan/spielplan/dechen_shak_dagsay_jewel/beschreibung/|title=Concert announcement|publisher=Staatsschauspiel Dresden|year=2011|accessdate=16 October 2011|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604050702/http://staatsschauspiel-dresden.de/spielplan/spielplan/dechen_shak_dagsay_jewel/beschreibung/|archive-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead}} in 1959.[http://www.newearthrecords.com/web/pc/Dechen2_NER.asp Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406212625/http://www.newearthrecords.com/web/pc/Dechen2_NER.asp |date=2012-04-06 }} at New Earth Records{{cite book|author=Dagsay Tulku Rinpoche|title=The practice of Tibetan meditation: exercises, visualizations, and mantras for health and well-being|publisher=Inner Traditions|location=Rochester VT|year=2002|isbn=0-89281-903-0}} Her father Dagsay Tulku' has written a book on meditation with an autobiographical sketch When she was 4 years old, Shak-Dagsay's family moved to Switzerland, where she grew up.{{cite web |url=http://dechen-shak.com/en/biography|title=Dechen Shak-Dagsay: Biography |accessdate=2023-11-02}} She is the eldest daughter of Dagsay Tulku Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama.{{Cite web |last=Ziengs |first=Cathy |date=18 January 2013 |title=A Gem of an Album from Dechen Shak-Dagsay |url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/a-gem-of-an-album-from-dechen-shak-dagsay/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Buddhistdoor Global |language=en-US}}
Shak-Dagsay describes herself as committed to "preserving Tibetan culture in the West", having studied and performed traditional Tibetan music and dance throughout her childhood and adolescence.
She has performed songs from her albums "Jewel" and "Day Tomorrow" at Carnegie Hall in New York CIty for the Tibet House Benefit Concert.{{Cite web |last=Domanick |first=Andrea |date=10 February 2016 |title=Music Is a Place: A Conversation with Philip Glass |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/r3zy7j/philip-glass-interview-2016-bowie-tibet-house |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Vice |language=en}} She has also performed at the Kee Club in Hong Kong.
She is also the founder of the Dewa Che charity organization, which engages in social projects in Tibet, and a co-founder of the Beyond interfaith music projects based in Switzerland.
Albums
- Jewel (2012){{Cite web |last=Lam |first=Raymond |date=23 July 2014 |title=Interview with Dechen Shak-Dagsay: "Music can heal when it is played with an open heart" |url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/interview-with-dechen-shak-dagsay-music-can-heal-when-it-is-played-with-an-open-heart/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Buddhistdoor Global |language=en-US}}
- Asian Jewel (2014)
- Day Tomorrow ([https://www.allmusic.com/album/day-tomorrow-mw0002834008#releases 2015])
- emaho – The Story of Arya Tara (2021){{Cite web |last=Lam |first=Raymond |date=19 January 2022 |title="An Amazing, Wondrous Moment": Tibetan-born Musician and Artist Dechen Shak-Dagsay's emaho |url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/an-amazing-wondrous-moment-tibetan-born-musician-and-artist-dechen-shak-dagsays-emaho/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Buddhistdoor Global |language=en-US}}
Shak-Dagsay is also featured on the Beyond albums with Tina Turner, Regula Curti, and Sawani Shende-Sathaye.{{Cite web |last=Lam |first=Raymond |date=29 August 2014 |title=Beyond All Differences: Interview with Tina Turner and the Beyond Music Quartet |url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/beyond-all-differences-interview-with-tina-turner-and-the-beyond-music-quartet/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Buddhistdoor Global |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.dechen-shak.com Homepage]
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Category:Politicians from Kathmandu
Category:Nepalese emigrants to Switzerland
Category:Swiss people of Tibetan descent
Category:Tibetan-language singers
Category:Tibetan Buddhists from Switzerland
Category:20th-century Tibetan women singers
Category:Performers of Buddhist music