Yungchen Lhamo, Rafe Pearlman @ WOODLAWN HALL

Co-presented by Abbey Arts and SAMA Music + Art

Yungchen Lhamo: www.yungchenlhamo.com

World-acclaimed award-winning Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo, this year’s recipient of the 2026 Distinguished Artist Award presented by the City of Kingston Arts Commission and the Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs, will present a return performance in Seattle at Woodlawn Hall on Wednesday 30th September 2026, with Rafe Pearlman as opening artist.

Yungchen has performed in over 80 countries on all five continents. Her first album Tibetan Prayer won the Australian Recording Industry Award for Best World Music Album. Yungchen was then signed to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records label on which she released three more albums: TibetTibet, Coming Home, and Ama, which featured songs with Annie Lennox and Joy Askew. Tayatha, a collaborative work with Russian classical pianist Anton Batagov, was released by Cantaloupe Music, her sixth album Awakening by Six Degrees Records, and her seventh, One Drop of Kindness, by Real World Records on CD and pink vinyl.

In addition to her ARIA Award in Australia, in Italy Yungchen was gifted the city of Silanus’s esteemed ‘Funtana Elighe’ award and was recognized by the province of Genoa as a ‘Messenger of Peace’ and given the title of ‘Ambassador of Culture’. In France, she received the Golden Voice Award from the Dijon Bourjogue Festival, and in the UK, Yungchen’s One Drop of Kindness won Songlines’ Best Asia & Pacific Album Award.

“Yungchen sings like an unearthly creature. Her voice has the power to stop time and makes everything else in the world fall away. Her voice transports you.” – Natalie Merchant

Rafe Pearlman: www.rafepearlman.com

“Rafe captivated the crowd and created an infecteous mix of styles that were both soulful and globally rooted. Delightful surprise at the Imagine fest. Both first experiences for me.”

Darek Mazzone : KEXP Seattle

“Watching Rafe Pearlman perform is more than going to a concert — it’s a spiritual experience that will both elevate and ground you. He and his band members are exceptional artists who bring decades of musicianship to the stage."

Colleen Smith : The Island’s Sounder

Rafe Pearlman started his singing career with the wolves, ravens and sled dogs of the Alaskan wilderness. The wild nature of his exploratory singing has led to performances spanning the globe, from India, Hong Kong, Israel and Germany, to Italy, France, Spain, Australia, Thailand, Mexico and all across the United States.

Highlights of his many years of music making include performances at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (USA), America’s Got Talent (USA), Festival Internacional (Mexico), Lightning in a Bottle (USA), Burning Man (USA), Shantipi (Israel), Imagine Music and Arts Festival (USA), Beloved Festival (USA), Wonderfruit (Thailand), , Folklife (USA) and many more.

Collaboration is central to Rafe’s creative process and he’s had the opportunity to work with some amazing performers and composers over the years including William Close and the Earth Harp Collective, touring with the world’s largest stringed instrument. Rafe was accompanied by a full orchestra, working with one of Hollywood’s top soundtrack composers, Tyler Bates, at the festival of film composers, “MOSMA,” in Malaga Spain. 

Rafe’s intention with his music is to inspire a vision of a world in harmony and unity, celebrating diversity, sustainability, and equality for all beings.

Sometimes a simple song is all it takes to open a connection.

John Alevizakis will be supporting Yungchen

Bluetech and Chris Haugen will be supporting Rafe

~7:00p doors, ~7:30p show

Rafe opens the show at 7:30

All ages, some seating available

Simple bar w drinks, snacks including various non-alcohol options

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ABBEY ARTS EVENT INFO:

• 7400 Woodlawn Hall is partially ADA accessible. Please email boxoffice@fremontabbey.org with questions and for accommodations. Ramp in back from small parking lot, Restroom in lobby. Entry door may require assistance to open from ramp.

• Service animals as defined by the ADA are allowed. Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.

• We have chairs, benches, and standing room in back.

• Seating is not reserved or guaranteed, unless noted but shows at Woodlawn Hall are mostly seated.

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