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Nawang Khechog

Nawang Khechog
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Nawang Khechog

Nawang Khechog was a monk for eleven years, including four years as a hermit meditator in the Himalayan foothills personally sponsored by His Holiness the Dalai Lama; he has studied Buddhist philosophy and meditation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, as well as many other Tibetan masters, and now fills a truly unique spot in Buddhist culture as a teacher, performer, practitioner, and Tibetan freedom fighter, as well as being a Grammy-nominated musician whose latest solo CD, Tibetan Meditation Music, hit number nine on the Billboard charts, he has sold several million of his CDs world-wide. Having spent more than thirty years in India as a Tibetan refugee, Nawang now... Read full bio

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Huffington Post, May 20, 2013
...continues today (May 20) and tomorrow. This evening a Tibetan Freedom concert featuring cellist Ben Sollee and flutist Nawang Khechog, will be on stage at the Brown Theater. And tomorrow, the Dalai Lama will meet with children from Louisville's public...
Louisville Courier-Journal, May 19, 2013
...Tibetan Freedom Concert. With Ben Sollee and Friends; Nawang Khechog. 8 p.m., Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway. $25-$75. (502) 584-7777...
Seymour Tribune, May 18, 2013
...promote a Tibetan Freedom concert Monday night at the Brown Theatre, featuring Lexington cellist-singer Ben Sollee, Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog and others. It will be the first such concert in Louisville, organizers said, but the musicians are taking...
Louisville.com, May 15, 2013
...techniques and mixing various genres of music. His music varies from bluegrass, contemporary, folk, jazz, R&B and classical. Nawang Khechog, from Tibet, is a flutist and composer. He is the first person from Tibet to be nominated for a Grammy. Nawang...
WHAS 11, May 15, 2013
...00 o'clock on Monday May 20. The concert will feature Kentucky native Ben Sollee and Grammy nominee Nawang Khechog. Other local and Tibetan musicians will round out the world class entertainment...
Broadway World, May 13, 2013
...cellist Ben Sollee alongside other local and Tibetan musicians, including Grammy nominated world music composer and former monk Nawang Khechog. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Drepung Gomang Institute, Louisville's Tibetan Buddhist Center and...