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“Mongolian Harmony”
February 2, 2011
International House, UC Berkeley
A Berkeley-Stanford Collaboration

Moderator: Robert Beahrs, Music, UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Institute of East Asian Studies, International House, UC Berkeley Music Department

“Mongolian Harmony” features traditional Mongolian music, including “throat singing,” long song, horse-head fiddle, and twenty-first century ethno-jazz with the ensemble Boerte. Boerte takes throat singing into the modern age, and reinterprets traditional Mongolian instruments and harmonies.

Performers:
Urtaa Gantulga, Morin Khuur
Nanjid Sengedorj, Khoomii Singer
“Boerte” members:
Dorjnyam Shijirmaa, Long Song Singer
Dorjnyam Shinetsog, Morin Khuur, Khoomii Singer
Dagvan Ganpurev, Ikh-Khuur, Umzad Singer
Chuluunbat Munkh-Erdene, Yatga