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Chirgilchin, meaning "dance of the air in the heat of the day" or "miracle" in Tuvan, is a group of Tuvan musicians performing traditional
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n music. It was established in 1996. The group consists of Igor Koshkendey, Mongun-ool Ondar, Aldar Tamdyn, and Aidysmaa Koshkendey. Igor Koshkendey won the Grand Prix of the International Throat Singing Competition in 1998, 2000, and 2002. He is an expert in the Oidupaa style, a type of kargyraa unique to the singer
Vladimir Oidupaa Vladimir Oiunovich Oidupaa (, , 6 September 1949 – 25 September 2013) was a Tuvan musician, who performed Kargyraa and played bayan. He is considered one of the leading figures in the contemporary Tuvan music. Oidupaa created his own st ...
. Mongun-ool Ondar won the Grand Prix in the 1992 International Throat Singing Competition at age 16. He is recognized as having mastered six different throat-singing styles and is working on inventing his own. Mongun-ool is a student of Oleg Kuular. Aldar Tamdyn is a renowned instrument maker and makes all the instruments the band uses. Aldar won Best Instrumentalist at the International Folk Music Festival in Tuva. He is the current director of the National Tuvan Orchestra of Traditional Instruments. Aidysmaa Koshkendey is the only female member of Chirgilchin and has won many different vocal competitions in Tuva. They collaborated with the avant-garde artist
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on Anderson's album
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. Their manager is Alexander Bapa, former member of another Tuvan music group,
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, and brother of Sayan Bapa of this group. In 2017, they guest performed on " Somos Anormales", a song by Puerto Rican singer
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. Igor Koshkendey won the
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for Best Urban Song for his work on " Somos Anormales".


Albums

* ''The Wolf and the Kid'' 1996 * ''Aryskan's Wind'' 1999 * ''Ezir-Kara'' 2002 * ''Collectible'' 2005 * ''Will Teach'' 2006 * ''Pictures of Tuva'' 2008 * ''Kaldak Khamar'' 2009


See also

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Tuvan throat singing Tuvan throat singing, also known as Mongolian throat singing, is a style of singing practiced by people in Tuva and Mongolia, the main technique of which is known as ''khoomei'' ( or ). It is noted for including overtone singing. In 2009, it w ...
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Doshpuluur The doshpuluur ( Tuvan: дошпулуур, , ) is a long-necked Tuvan lute made from wood, usually pine or larch. The doshpuluur is played by plucking and strumming. There are two different versions of the doshpuluur. One version has a trapezo ...
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Igil The ''igil'' ( Tuvan: игил) is a two- stringed Tuvan musical instrument, played by bowing the strings. (It is called "ikili" in Western Mongolia.) The neck and lute-shaped sound box are usually made of a solid piece of pine or larch. The ...


References


External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20131207135809/http://www.purenaturemusic.com/
Khoomeige Yoreel Video

Chirgilchin - Goats Video

Mongoun-ool Ondar Solo Video

Chirgilchin - Daglarym Video
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