As a child, Tenzin would listen to his mother singing in the nomadic style and he attributes much of his passion for that genre to these early influences. Tenzin feels a particular connection to the music of the wandering people of his homeland. He worked the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in India over a period of five years in the mid 1990s where he received training mainly from his brother Tsering Dorjee Bawa who is a Tibetan music and dance instructor and Gen Gonpo la.

Tenzin finished his high school from Tibetan Childern?s Village (Dharamsala India) school and BA in English and Indian history in Gov college for boys in Chandigarh.

Tenzin plays instruments including the Tibetan three or six stringed lute instrument called "dra-nyen" (Dra meaning "sound" and Nyen meaning "melodious"), which is the essential accompaniment for folk songs, the bamboo transverse flute called "lingbu", and the Tibetan drum, "nga". Tenzin sings in a traditional nomadic style combined with operatic and his own free-spirited style.

Since moving to Australia, Tenzin has made his mark on the world music circuit performing at such events as Woodford Folk Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, the National Folk Festival and Womadelaide.

Official Web Site: www.tenzinchoegyal.com

Sounds of a Tibetan Nomad (1997)

Lend Me Your Wings (1999)

Big Happiness (2001)

Journey to Tibet (2001)

Orola Nachung (2003)