Tseten Dolma
OfficeDelegate to the National People's Congress
(6th)
Term start1983
Term end1988
1blanknameChairman
1namedataPeng Zhen
Office 2Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
(5th)
Term start 21978
Term end 21983
1blankname 2Chairman
1namedata 2Ye Jianying
Office 3Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
(4th, 7th, 8th, 9th)
Term start 3January 1965
Term end 3March 1978
1blankname 3Chairman
1namedata 3Zhou Enlai
Term start 4April 1988
Term end 4March 2003
1blankname 4Chairman
1namedata 4Li Xiannian
Li Ruihuan
Birth dateAugust 1, 1937 (age 89)
Birth placeXigaze, Tibet (modern day People's Republic of China)
PartyChinese Communist Party
OccupationSinger
SpouseNamgyal Dorje (m. 1957)

Tseten Dolma (; ) is a Tibetan soprano. She was born August 1, 1937, to a serf[1] family in Shigatse, Tibet. Tseten was influenced by Tibetan folk music from a very young age, and first performed on stage in 1956. She is known for starring in the 1965 musical epic The East Is Red.

In 1958, she joined the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, learning from professor Wang Pinsu. She has served the Tibet branch of the Chinese Musicians' Association in various roles since the 1960s, including being chairman, director and vice-chairman of CMA, deputy secretary of Bureau of Cultural Affairs of Tibet Autonomous Region.[2]

Personal life

Tseten Dolma married Namgyal Dorje in 1957, who she bore a daughter, Nyima Dolma, in 1966, and then a son, Nyima Tsering, in 1974.[citation needed]

Notable works

Tsetsun Dolma is famous for the following songs:

  • On the Golden Mountain of Beijing (《在北京的金山上》)
  • Emancipated Serfs Sing Proudly (《翻身农奴把歌唱》)
  • Flying goose (《远飞的大雁》)
  • Heart Song (《唱起心中的歌》)
  • Happy Songs (《幸福的歌声》)
  • Spring Wind Waves in My Heart (《春风在心中荡漾》)
  • Lhobas are Flying High (《珞巴展翅飞翔》)

References

  1. ^ "才旦卓玛:翻身农奴把歌唱". Tibet.cn. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. ^ Xu Ouguang. Caidanzhuoma. Encyclopedia of China (Music·Dance edition). 1st ed.