昨年の『羽衣』演奏会についてのチベット人社会の反響も記載しておきましょう。ロプサン・ワンゲルとソナム・タルゲ、両氏ともジャーナリストとして知られています。 * * * Pasang Dolma tours Japan TOKYO, Japan, 12 November 2006 Pasang Dolma is currently touring Japan to perform in concerts with Toshi Kuga. They will perform until mid-November, in about 15 concerts all over Japan. They have named their tour Hagoromo (flying scarf). Toshi Kuga believes that Dolma's beautiful voice would make the Japanese audience purify their minds. Hagoromo is well known by Japanese people as one of their mythological stories. It is about a heavenly maiden who landed on a white beach. She lost her scarf while enjoying the beauty of the beach. And so she was unable to fly back to heaven. It turned out that a man from the nearby village had stolen the scarf which the maiden had hung in the tree while sleeping. Earlier the man had secretly observed how beautiful the maiden was, and how wonderfully she sang. Mr Kuga wonders what if such a heavenly maiden really exists? And that if she does, then perhaps her voice would be like that of Pasang Dolma. Dolma had lost the use of her left leg as a result of polio at the age of 3. Her handicap held her back from many opportunities, just as the maiden had been held back from returning to heaven due to the loss of her scarf. Most of these concerts are to raise funds for, and awareness of the Tibetan refugee children. They will be performing in some of the famous temples in Japan, and on some popular TV and radio programmes. Mr Toshi Kuga feels that he is capable of returning the flying scarf to Pasang Dolma and aiding her return to heaven. All rights reserved. Copyright ? 2003 ? 2007 Lobsang Wangyal Productions * * * Pasang Dolma enchants audiences in Japan Phayul[Monday, November 06, 2006 08:46] By Sonam Dhargay
HAGOROMO, Japan, November 4 - The well-known Tibetan vocalist, Pasang Dolma, is on her first tour of Japan. She is accompanied by Toshi Kuga, a New York based aficionado of Tibetan classical. So far the Japanese-Tibetan duo has performed in Kyoto, Fukuoka, Saga, and Kumamoto. They have made guest appearances at two TV stations and two radio stations. According to reports sent by the artists, performances by the pair is drawing considerable interests among Japanese audiences, who have compared Pasang Dolma's voice to that of a goddess who has the power to "purify minds." The tour is in progress upto November 13. They will next tour Tokyo, Gunma, Saitama and Nagano.
Pasang Dolma, is a well-known vocalist and a current member of the prestigious Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, Dharamsala, India. She is the 2003 Winner of Best Female Vocalist Award given by the Tibetan music website musictibet.com. She had previously performed in Canada and Switzerland.
Pasang Dolma and Toshi Kuga performing in front of the famed reclining Buddha at Nanzouin Toshi Kuga is well-known in the New York Tibetan music circles as a dedicated and a serious student of Tibetan classical music credited with inspiring a new generation of Nangma-Toeshay enthusiasts. In 2005, Toshi toured Japan with Techung and Chemey Yudon.
This is the first time that Pasang Dolma and Toshi are touring together. * * *