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alan (アラン) alan (always written in small caps), born Alan Dawa Dolma, is a ethnically Tibetan Chinese born in 1987 in Beauty Valley, Sichuan. She was discovered by avex trax during their Chinese auditions and released her debut single Ashita e no Sanka in the November of 2007. On March 4th, 2009, she released her debut album Voice of EARTH.

Profile

  • Name: Alan Dawa Dolma (阿兰达瓦卓玛)
  • Stagename: alan
  • Birthday: July 25th, 1987
  • Birthplace: Sichuan, China
  • Blood Type: O
  • Height: 164 cm

Biography

Early Life

Alan Dawa Dolma was born in Kangding, Gantse Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, in 1987. Her father was a government officer and her mother was a singer. Growing up with her grandparents in Danba (Rongtrag), she began learning to play the er-hu (a two-stringed Chinese violin) at a young age, and in 1997 began to attend the Affiliated Middle & High School of the Sichuan Conservatory in Chengdu.

Career

She was accepted to the PLA Art Academy in Beijing in 2003 and double majored in vocal music and er-hu, and subsequently joined the "Feel Fine Band," a group of young female performers of traditional Chinese instruments. In 2005, she released her Chinese debut album, Sheng Sheng Zui Ru Lan, and represented China at the 9th Asia New Singer Competition, where she won second place. avex trax held auditions in China in 2006, and in the April of that year alan was selected from 40,000 contestants.

She then moved to Tokyo in September 2007, and, taking on the stage name alan, she released Ashita e no Sanka in November 2007. A digital single was released in May 2008 to support victims of the Sichuan Earthquake, and her last single of the Voice of EARTH era, Gunjou no Tani, was equally dedicated to those victims. In July 2008, the single Natsukashii Mirai ~longing future~ was selected as the theme song for NHK's Save the Future TV program. This was also the first in five monthly singles which represented the five elements, the latter representing Earth. Sora Uta, released in August, represented Aether, Kaze no Tegami - Wind, RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~ - Fire, and Megumi no Ame - Water.

alan was chosen to sing the theme songs for the two-part Chinese movie RED CLIFF. Both songs were released in both Chinese and Japanese. RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~ was released on October 15, 2008, as part of the five singles representing the five elements, and the second song, Kuon no Kawa, is released on April 8, 2009. She performed "Xin Zhan ~RED CLIFF~" at the Cannes Festival in May 2008.

Musical Style

alan's songs are for the most part ballads, and the most of these ballads make use of the Tibetan wail which she masters. She has used the er-hu only a few times in her songs, and always for only short parts. alan can also play the piano and the hulusi.

Discography

Albums

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Singles

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