Opus 269 - "Be The Sky" (feat. Tenzin Choegyal)

Raised in exile, composer Tenzin Choegyal has spent his career highlighting the beauty of Tibetan culture, Buddhist philosophy, and human connection through music. He joins Loki to talk about his life, development as a musician, and his latest album, "Be The Sky", featuring arrangements by Philip Glass, performances by the Tibetan Children's Chorus, and many other collaborators. Loki offers his response to Zohran Mamdani's recent meeting with Donald Trump.

• Tenzin Choegyal/"Be The Sky"
• "Tenzin Choegyal Brings Tibet to the World with 'Be the Sky'" (from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN)
• Be The Sky (feat. Saori Tsukada)
• Tenzin Choegyal & Philip Glass – "Snowy Mountains – GangRi" གངས་རི་རྭ་བས།
• The Enemies Project
• President Trump Meets with Zohran Mamdani, Mayor-Elect, New York City

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Loki Karuna

"I spent years pursuing excellence: what classical music is all about. Now it's dedicated to freedom; that's far more important." -Nina Simone #NamMyohoRengeKyo

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CLASSICAL MUSIC has been misappropriated as a musical genre and a culture rooted in the aesthetics of Western Europe.
TRILLOQUY is the weekly podcast built to DECOLONIZE the traditional definitions and conversations surrounding CLASSICAL MUSIC.