Heart of Song

S ince beginning her big international tours in 1994, Yungchen Lhamo has become, without doubt, the most celebrated Tibetan singer.

Yungchen learned the religious and spiritual songs of Tibet from her grandmother. She sings without accompaniment, entrancing the audience with her inimitable voice that the critics have dubbed ‘heavenly’. Her repertoire is composed of traditional Tibetan songs which tell of the everlasting spiritual quest, of pilgrimage and the essential contemplation of nature.

Yungchem Lhamo has released two albums under Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records label: Tibet , Tibet in 1996, and Coming Home in 1998. A third album, Ama, is now being put together.