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For the faithful, an offering and
For the hungry, a means of livelihood and
For the passionate, a swaying of the mind -
All these arise from skill in music.
-Sa-skya Pandita

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Sonam Tashi is Acho Danny

Sonam Tashi is an internationally acclaimed Tibetan performing artist, composer, and co-founder of Chaksampa. Born in the Ngari region of western Tibet near Mount Kailash to a nomad family, Sonam Tashi left Tibet at the age of four to take refuge in India. He studied traditional Tibetan opera, music and dance with classical masters at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamsala, India, and took important roles in Tibetan operas and dramas. He came to the United States in 1982 and studied acting at the Northwest Educational Acting Theater in Seattle, where he made his Western acting debut portraying a Japanese businessman for Telemation productions. In 1989, Sonam Tashi co-founded Chaksampa and is currently its business manager.

He has performed at the 2004 International Tibetan Music Festival in Zurich, the 2003 National Folk Festival in Bangor, Maine, the Lowell Folk Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts, the 2002 National Folk Festival in Bangor, Maine, the Detriot Institute of the Arts, the 2000 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, four Tibetan Freedom Concerts, the Monlam festival held at Carnegie Hall, and throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. In 2000, he coordinated a ten-day workshop and reunion for TIPA and Chaksampa, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which culminated in the first, full-length performance of a Tibetan Opera in North America.

In the genre of traditional Tibetan music, Sonam Tashi has written the lyrics and music for many songs. His most recent are available on his solo album, "My Dranyen", and on his albums with Chaksampa, "Pha-yul", "Renewal", and "Rainbow Tibet". His first composition, "Mount Kailash" ("Gangkar Tisi"), served as the theme for the soundtrack of Paul Wagner's acclaimed film "Windhorse". Sonam Tashi was an assistant director for the film "Seven Years in Tibet". He has lectured and conducted workshops on Tibetan theater at the University of California, at Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, Purdue University at Fort Wayne, and the University of Northern Arizona. He has taught master classes in Tibetan music and dance to students at the University of Northern Arizona, and held several mask-making workshops for children. He has also given television, radio, and newspaper interviews on the subject of the Tibetan performing arts. Sonam Tashi is a U.S. citizen who currently resides in Canada.