Tseten Dolma

{{Short description|Tibetan soprano}}

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| name = Tseten Dolma

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| office = Delegate to the National People's Congress
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| term_start = 1983

| term_end = 1988

| 1blankname = Chairman

| 1namedata = Peng Zhen

| office2 = Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
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| term_start2 = 1978

| term_end2 = 1983

| 1blankname2 = Chairman

| 1namedata2 = Ye Jianying

| office3 = Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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| term_start3 = January 1965

| term_end3 = March 1978

| 1blankname3 = Chairman

| 1namedata3 = Zhou Enlai

| term_start4 = April 1988

| term_end4 = March 2003

| 1blankname4 = Chairman

| 1namedata4 = Li Xiannian
Li Ruihuan

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|8|1}}

| birth_place = Xigaze, Tibet (modern day People's Republic of China)

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| nationality = Chinese

| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| occupation = Singer

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| spouse = {{marriage|Namgyal Dorje|1957}}

| children = Nyima Dolma (1966), Nyima Tsering (1974)

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Tseten Dolma ({{bo|t=ཚེ་བརྟན་སྒྲོལ་མ།|z=Cêdain Zhoima|w=tshe brtan sgrol ma|l=t͡sʰe˥˥.tɛ̃.ɖ~ɖʐøː˩˨.ma}}; {{zh|s=才旦卓玛|p=Cáidàn Zhuōmǎ}}) is a Tibetan soprano. She was born August 1, 1937, to a serf{{cite web|url=http://www.tibet.cn/cn/cloud/xszqkk/xzly/2009/3/201712/t20171221_5279823.html|title=才旦卓玛:翻身农奴把歌唱|website=Tibet.cn|accessdate=10 May 2019}} family in Shigatse, Tibet. Tseten was influenced by Tibetan folk music from a very young age, and first performed on stage in 1956. She is known for starring in the 1965 musical epic The East Is Red.

In 1958, she joined the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, learning from professor Wang Pinsu. She has served the Tibet branch of the Chinese Musicians' Association in various roles since the 1960s, including being chairman, director and vice-chairman of CMA, deputy secretary of Bureau of Cultural Affairs of Tibet Autonomous Region.Xu Ouguang. Caidanzhuoma. Encyclopedia of China (Music·Dance edition). 1st ed.

Personal life

Tseten Dolma married Namgyal Dorje in 1957, who she bore a daughter, Nyima Dolma, in 1966, and then a son, Nyima Tsering, in 1974.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

Notable works

Tsetsun Dolma is famous for the following songs:

  • On the Golden Mountain of Beijing (《在北京的金山上》)
  • Emancipated Serfs Sing Proudly (《翻身农奴把歌唱》)
  • Flying goose (《远飞的大雁》)
  • Heart Song (《唱起心中的歌》)
  • Happy Songs (《幸福的歌声》)
  • Spring Wind Waves in My Heart (《春风在心中荡漾》)
  • Lhobas are Flying High (《珞巴展翅飞翔》)

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