Sunday, January 13th, 2013
Kenyon Hall
Loten Namling, Tibetan Singer and Storyteller - 6:00 p.m.
7904 35th Avenue SW Seattle Washington 98126 (206) 937-3613
For tickets: email kenyonhall@earthlink.net or phone (206) 937-3613, stating the number and kind of tickets requested.
Loten Namling, winner of the 2012 Free Spirit Award, will present a concert of Tibetan songs and stories in West Seattle on January 13, 2013.
Loten is a noted Indian-born singer, musician artist, entertainer and cartoonist. His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, speaks of Loten as "a singer with a voice."
Based in Switzerland, the artist travels worldwide with his Tibetan lute, singing the songs of the 6th Dalai Lama, Milarepa, as well as other traditional songs of Tibet and his own music. He connects songs of the past to the reality of the present, taking his audience on a journey through the landscape of Tibetan spirituality.
On May 16, 2012, Namling began what he called A Journey for Freedom – One Man, One Path, Tibet. He walked from the Swiss capital of Bern to Geneva, dragging a black coffin inscribed “Free Tibet,” in order to attract attention to the Tibetans’ worsening situation in today's China. On July 8 he arrived in Geneva, where he performed with the Swiss band The Young Gods in a concert organized by Young Gods singer Franz Treichler in support of Loten's action, held in front of Geneva UN headquarters.
In October 2012, Namling was given the Free Spirit Award (http://www.freespiritfestival.com/awards/) in McLeod Ganj for his "Journey of Freedom" march.