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Tibetan Monks Perform “Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing” at Freedom Hall on October 19
The famed multiphonic singers of Tibet’s Drepung Loseling Monastery, whose sellout performances in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center received national acclaim, will perform Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing in Park Forest as part of their international tour of The Mystical Arts of Tibet.
The Mystical Arts of Tibet will perform at 7:30pm on October 19 at Freedom Hall. Tickets are $24 and available online at http://freedomhall.org or call the box office at 708-747-0580. Freedom Hall is located at 410 Lakewood Boulevard in Park Forest, Illinois.
The Mystical Arts of Tibet tour is co-produced by Richard Gere Productions and Drepung Loseling Institute, the North American Seat of Drepung Loseling Monastery, India. Endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the tour has three basic purposes: to make a contribution to world peace and healing; to generate a greater awareness of the endangered Tibetan civilization; and to raise support for the Tibetan refugee community in India.
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The performance features multiphonic singing, wherein the monks simultaneously intone three notes of a chord. The Drepung Loseling monks are particularly renowned for this unique singing. They also utilize traditional instruments such as 10-foot long dung-chen horns, drums, bells, cymbals and gyaling trumpets. Rich brocade costumes and masked dances, such as the Dance of the Sacred Snow Lion, add to the exotic splendor.
The monks of Drepung Loseling have a very distinguished modern-day musical history. On past tours they have performed with Kitaro, Paul Simon, Philip Glass, Eddie Brickell, Natalie Merchant, Patti Smith, the Beastie Boys, and the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, to name but a few. In addition, two of their recordings achieved top-10 listings on the New Age charts: Tibetan Sacred Temple Music and Sacred Tibetan Chants.
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The Drepung Loseling monks are featured on the Golden Globe nominated soundtrack of the motion picture Seven Years in Tibet, starring Brad Pitt. They also performed with Philip Glass in the live premiere presentation of his Academy Award nominated music/score to the Martin Scorsese film Kundun.
For additional information, visit Freedom Hall’s website at http://freedomhall.org
