TIBETAN OPERA IN THE ACHE LHAMO TRADITION, JULY 2-3, 2022

“Celebration of the Tibetan Opera in the Ache Lhamo Tradition in the Bay Area” re-imagines a traditional Tibetan opera.

We are proud to announce that we have been selected as one of 10 recipients of this year’s Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions in Folk and Traditional Arts. These projects celebrate artists and culture bearers who are advancing and deepening rich traditions from the Bay Area and around the world. Our artistic director, Tsering Wangmo is the lead artist on this project and she will work with her colleague artists from here in the United States and around the world. The title of the project is, “Celebration of the Tibetan Opera in the Ache Lhamo Tradition in the Bay Area” and it will premiere in 2022. Please see below for more information on this award. We will provide regular updates on the progress of this project. Stay tuned!

Original Hewlett Foundation article Click Here https://hewlett.org/recipient/chaksam-pa-and-tsering-wangmo/

Chaksam-pa is commissioning Tibetan American musician, dancer, and Tibetan opera singer Tsering Wangmo to develop and present the first-ever American presentation of a two-day Tibetan Opera in the Ache Lhamo tradition. She will work closely with a team of Tibetan opera artists who will perform traditional Tibetan opera as reimagined and reinterpreted by her and the collaborators. An overriding goal of the project is to preserve traditional Tibetan cultural expressions in the face of political repression of the Tibetan people in their homeland, and the looming threat of cultural erasure. The title of the project is “Celebration of the Tibetan Opera in the Ache Lhamo Tradition in the Bay Area,” and it will premiere in 2022.