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Hugejileitu

04-1509Mongolian Art of Singing: KhoomeiTraditional MusicInner MongoliaBatch 4 (2012)

Lineage & School of Heritage

From 1996 to 1999 he taught himself khoomei out of personal interest, and from 1999 he studied khoomei under the Mongolian master Odsuren.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Mongolian ethnic group, born in July 1961 in Taibus Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He loved singing from childhood and from 1984 worked with the Inner Mongolia Radio Art Troupe. He not only acquired a systematic command of khoomei technique but also broke new ground by performing traditional Mongolian folk songs in khoomei, enlarging the khoomei repertoire. His signature pieces include The Four-Year-Old Bay Horse and Pastoral Song.

Honors & Recognition

He is a representative bearer of Mongolian khoomei, a fourth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. With the Inner Mongolia Youth Choir he won the gold prize at the First International Olympiad of Choral Music and the gold prize at the Second International Olympiad of Choral Music. Since 2002 he has trained a large number of khoomei singers through teaching classes, and many of his students have become artistic mainstays of performing groups across the country. In November 2003 he was awarded the title of Youth Leader in Artistic Innovation of Inner Mongolia.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Hugejileitu · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Mongolian Art of Singing: Khoomei
Item code
Ⅱ-4
Category
Traditional Music
Region
Inner Mongolia
Born
1961.07
Batch
Batch 4 (2012)

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