Christiana Polites
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Christiana Polites received her Bachelor of Arts in the Comparative Study of Religion at Harvard University and has been immersed in Eastern spiritual traditions for over twenty years.
She has studied both Tibetan and Chinese Daoist healing arts and received a Masters in Acupuncture from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She has traveled extensively around the world, seeking out authentic living lineages in both the healing and spiritual sciences.
Christiana is the owner of Sky Press: publishing house on books on Tibetan Medicine and Buddhism and co-founder (with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang) and executive director of Pure Land Farms: Center for Tibetan Medicine, Meditation & Rejuvenation in Topanga, California. She teaches workshops on Tibetan medicine and rejuvenation and guides retreats and practices in Tibetan healing yoga and meditation at Pure Land Farms and internationally.
Christiana founded Yangchenma Healing Arts in 2015 in Ubud, Bali, known as the ‘land of medicine’ and the epicenter of Bali, Indonesia’s arts and culture scene.
In 2019, Yangchenma moved to Pure Land Farms, joined forces with Simone Giuliani, music producer, director, and composer and re-emerged as Yangchenma Arts and Music.
E-mail: christiana@yangchenma.org
Simone Giuliani
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Simone Giuliani is the Artistic Director of Yangchenma Arts & Music. He’s a music director, music producer, film composer and educator born in Florence, Italy and based in New York and Los Angeles.
Simone has worked for the past two decades with an array of international artists:
Beyoncé, Andrea Bocelli, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, David Foster, DJ Logic, Wu-Tang Clan, Cibo Matto, Groove Collective, Bisan Toron, Jovanotti, Monday Michiru, Drukmo Gyal, Yuka Honda, Miho Hatori & New Optimism, Nels Cline (Wilco), Louie Vega (Masters At Work), Jamie Catto (Faithless, 1 Giant Leap), Suzie Katayama (Prince, Madonna), Lévon Minassian (Peter Gabriel) and many more.
He wrote the soundtrack of 'Deep Into Shambhala' the film by Yan Dazhong (CCTV/CGTN China) that won Best Music Award at the 8th China Academy Awards for Documentary Film (CAADF) in Beijing.
As a Music Director and producer he has been managing and supervising several music projects, most recently the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. He served as the Music Director and as a conductor of the symphonic concert “Music for Mercy” created by UNESCO for Pope Francis' Year of the Jubilee.
Simone wrote and produced original music for a number of TV films and series: The Handmaid’s Tale (HULU), What We Do in the Shadows (HULU), Spike Lee's Humanity Project, Blindspot (NBC), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS), True Blood (HBO), CBS News Theme (VH1) and more.
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His film scoring credits include 'Weed The People' (NETFLIX), nominated for the Grand Jury Award at SXSW 2018, directed by Abby Epstein and produced by Ricki Lake (The Business of Being Born), 'Unseen' by Laura Paglin, (Amazon Video Must-Watch Documentaries 2018), 'Reject' directed by Ruth Thomas and produced by Kurt Engfehr (Bowling for Columbine, Farenheit 911 by Michael Moore), and 'A Raisin in the Sun', featuring P. Diddy and John Stamos, nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Simone worked with Grammy Award-winner producer Jason Olaine on the release of rare live recordings of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan and more jazz legends for Monterey Jazz Festival Records (Concord Music Group).
He created the music education program for the European initiative 'Campus' in Tuscany, Italy, gathering more than 3,000 kids from allover the country every year. He's the Director of Programs of MOMENT NYC, a music education non-profit presenting the history of music in New York City through performances in public schools.
He has served as Director of Digital for Festival Network, the company founded by George Wein in 1954 who pioneered the concept of music festival, creating the iconic Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival and North Sea Jazz Festival . Simone personally curated the 2008 edition of the Festival in the Desert in Mali, West Africa.
E-mail: simone@yangchenma.org
““Music is the most powerful, most accessible and purest form of communication. Its immense power affects all the basic elements of life and nature: time, intensity, texture and harmony. Music transcends all religions and laws, as it’s not organized by men: it’s the priceless and unique gift that keeps us bounded as one species.”
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