The Dalai Lama will be the star attraction, but he will also be an opening act for jazz and pop superstar Natalie Cole when East and West join forces Sept. 23 to promote world peace in Memphis.
After accepting an International Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum, the Dalai Lama, leader-in-exile of Chinese-occupied Tibet, will speak at The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts on "Developing Peace and Harmony."
The Dalai Lama meets Wednesday with Taiwan Catholic leaders in a visit that has prompted Chinese protests. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will visit Memphis on Sept. 23 to receive the International Freedom Award and participate in a peace project.
Jazz and pop singer Natalie Cole will headline performers at "Developing Peace and Harmony" Sept. 23.
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The Lamas of Drepung Loseling Monastery perform during a ceremony Wednesday at Memphis College of Art.
Tibetan folk musician Loten Namling will bring his lute mastery to the Cannon Center for the peace program.
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The Dalai Lama's 1:30 p.m. talk and Cole's 7:30 p.m. performance are sponsored by the Missing Peace Project, a Los Angeles offshoot of The Dalai Lama Foundation and The Committee of 100 for Tibet, an international group promoting self-determination for Tibet.
"We're very proud to be bringing this special event to a city with such an important and rich heritage, both historically and musically," said Darlene Markovich, co-founder of the The Missing Peace Project and a board member of the Committee of 100 for Tibet.
Markovich, of Palo Alto, Calif., said Cole was chosen for the evening performance because, "We felt she would be happy to be in the city of Memphis and because we thought Memphis would be happy to have her."
Also, she said the Memphis Symphony Orchestra was going to be part of the performance, and Cole's jazz style was a good fit for an orchestra.
Markovich said Cole's invitation was not based on religious or political affiliations but because Cole welcomed the idea and "seems to resonate with it."
For Cole, the performance will be part of a comeback from kidney transplant surgery in May. She has won nine Grammy awards, including the 2009 award for best traditional pop vocal album for her latest album, Still Unforgettable.
The Missing Peace Project began by organizing a collaboration of artists who created a popular traveling exhibition under the theme "Artists Consider the Dalai
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