Jamyangiin Urantögs
Jamyangiin Urantögs (Mongolian: Жамъянгийн Урантөгс) is a Mongolian singer. She was born into the family of Mongolian composer and multiinstrumentalist Ts. Jamyan. In the Western Mongolian city of Uliastai, she studied the yatag, a traditional Mongolian zither, at the Music and Dance College in Ulaanbaatar. Later, she went to Moscow to receive a degree in composition at the Moscow Pedagogical State University.
Urantögs was a 2002 winner of Moscow's 21st-Century Second International Contest. She toured with
She was teaching a theory and solfedgio at University of Culture in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for some time and edited her father's major musicological book, released in 2007.[1]
She came to USA in mid-2000s with Badma-Khanda's Buryat Mongolian Band to play with trombonist Roswell Rudd and toured with Rudd and the Band across the US, playing at Carnegie Hall in November 2006.[2][3] She became an independent performer after the Band went back to Russia.
Her 2008 experiences included collaboration with Chicago bass player Frank Luther, with Peter Buettner & T. Xiques joining them on tour.[4]
External links
- Frank Luther and Urana at Tenger Research web site
References
- ^ Жамъян Ц. Редактор Урантөгс Ж., Оюунцэцэг Д. Дуу түүний мөн чанар. Улаанбаатар, Цээл-Эрдэнэ ХХК, 2007.
- ^ Scott Verrastro. Blue Mongol \\ Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine Concert reviews at Jazztimes.com
- ^ Carnegie Hall concert schedule
- ^ Schedule at Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine newpaltzchamber.org