Imee Ooi

Imee Ooi
Huáng Huìyīn (黃慧音)
Background information
BornTaiping, Perak, Malaysia[1]
GenresBuddhist music
Occupation(s)Composer, record producer, singer
InstrumentPiano
Years active1999–present
LabelsI.M.M. Musicworks
Websiteimmmusic.com
Imee Ooi
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃慧音
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Huìyīn
JyutpingWong4 Wai6 Jam1
Hokkien POJÛiⁿ Hūi-im
Tâi-lôUînn Huī-im

Imee Ooi FRSA[citation needed] (/ˈm ˈwi/ EE-mee WOO-ee; Chinese: 黃慧音; pinyin: Huáng Huìyīn; Jyutping: Wong4 Wai6 Jam1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ Hūi-im) is a Chinese-Malaysian record producer, composer, and singer who composes and arranges music for classic Buddhist chant, mantra, and dharani. She performs her compositions in Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Mandarin. In 1997 she founded a record label, I.M.M. Musicworks, to publish her music. She has released more than 50 albums (55 between 1998 and 2020[2]).

Ooi also composed and directed three highly acclaimed stage musicals: Siddhartha, Above Full Moon, and Princess Wen Cheng (aka Jewel of Tibet).

  1. ^ "宇宙就是佛樂的殿堂—訪馬來西亞佛教音樂人黃慧音--學佛網". Big5.xuefo.net. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ^ "'Imee Ooi's Musical Works & Dharma Concert Production', 2020". www.immmusic.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.