Jamyangiin Urantögs ( mn, Жамъянгийн Урантөгс) is a Mongolian singer. She was born into the family of Mongolian composer and multiinstrumentalist Ts. Jamyan. In the Western

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

n city of

Uliastai Uliastai ( mn, Улиастай; ), also spelled Uliyasutai or Oulia-Sontai, and sometimes known as Javkhlant, is a city in Mongolia located in the western part of the country and from the capital Ulaanbaatar. Uliastai is the capital of Zavkhan P ...

, she studied the '' yatag'', a traditional Mongolian

zither Zithers (; , from the Greek word ''cithara'') are a class of stringed instruments. Historically, the name has been applied to any instrument of the psaltery family, or to an instrument consisting of many strings stretched across a thin, flat bo ...

, at the Music and Dance College in

Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...

. Later, she went to

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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 Buryat and Mongolian music group

Namgar Namgar ( Buryat: Намгар) is a 4-piece music group that performs traditional Buryat and Mongolian music. Its leader Namgar Lhasaranova comes from the east borderland where three countries, Russia, Mongolia, and China meet. She inherited a ...

in Norway, China, and Malaysia. She sings and plays on the debut album of Namgar, "Hatar" (2002). 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. She came to USA in mid-2000s with Badma-Khanda's Buryat Mongolian Band to play with trombonist

Roswell Rudd Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer. Although skilled in a variety of genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college), and other genres of musi ...

and toured with Rudd and the Band across the US, playing at Carnegie Hall in November 2006. She became an independent performer after the Band went back to Russia. Her 2008 experiences included collaboration with Chicago bass player

Frank Luther Frank Luther (born Francis Luther Crow, August 4, 1899 – November 16, 1980) was an American country music singer, dance band vocalist, playwright, songwriter and pianist. Early life Born on a farm near Lakin, Kansas, 40 miles from the Colorad ...

, with Peter Buettner & T. Xiques joining them on tour.Schedule at
newpaltzchamber.org

External links

at Tenger Research web site

References

21st-century Mongolian women singers Mongolian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Asia-musician-stub