Byambasuren Sharav ( mn, Бямбасүрэнгийн Шарав, ') (13 November 1952 – 15 July 2019) was a Mongolian composer and pianist.

Life

Sharav was born in Jargaltkhaan Sum in

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. He learned as a child from his father to play the accordion. As a music teacher at an elementary school, he began to compose children's songs. From 1975 he studied at the

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in the Soviet Union. He died July 15, 2019.

Work

Byambasuren Sharav composed over 200 songs and composed for more than twenty major motion pictures, eight concertos for Mongolian folk instruments, three symphonies, and four ballets. He was commissioned by

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for the

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in 2000, for which he wrote his piece ''Legend of Herlen''. Also of note is his ''Genghis Khan'' composition (2003). Two of his compositions featured at the Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival in February 2011.

Awards

He was given the Honored Art Worker of Mongolia Award in 2002. He was also given the Labor Hero ( Mongolian : Хөдөлмөрийн баатар) in 2019.

References

External links

Official site
Mongolian composers 1952 births 2019 deaths Mongolian classical pianists People from Khentii Province Male composers 20th-century composers 21st-century composers 21st-century accordionists Male classical pianists 21st-century classical pianists 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians {{Mongolia-bio-stub