Dechen Shak-Dagsay
Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a modern musician of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras expressed in recent lyrical contexts. Life Born in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1959. Shak-Dagsay and her family moved to Switzerland in 1963, where she currently resides. She is the daughter of the Dagsay Tulku Rinpoche. 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. 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. Albums Jewel (2012) Asian Jewel (2014) Day Tomorrow (2015) emaho – The Story of Arya Tara (2021) Shak-Dagsay is also featured on the Beyond albums with Tina Turner, Regula Curti, and Sawani Shende-Sathaye. References External links Homepage 1959 births Living people Politicians from Kathmandu Nepalese emigrants to Switzerland Swiss people of Tibetan descent Tibetan-language singers Tibetan Buddhists from Switzerland 20th-century Tibetan women singers Performers of Buddhist music 20th-century Swiss women singers 21st-century Swiss women singers