The Magical Voice From Mongolia | World Music Central.org: "Portrait is a compilation of songs by Urna (Urna Chahar-Tugchi), who is one of the great voices of Inner Mongolia. The album features tracks from various albums as well as archive recordings and other unreleased material.
Although Urna’s outstanding vocals and music are rooted in Mongolian tradition, her music features elements that are unconventional in Mongolian folk music. She is currently based in Europe and has been working with European or European-based musicians for many years. Most of her diverse recordings have the ethereal ambiance found in the ECM-style recordings; it’s a contemporary chamber music esthetic that highlights her captivating voice and combines it with tasteful minimal instrumentation."
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December 9, 2012
Z. Lhagvadorj: Romeo and Juliet to be sung in Mongolian | Ubpost News
Z. Lhagvadorj: Romeo and Juliet to be sung in Mongolian | Ubpost News: "Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, is set to be performed as a musical for the first time in Mongolia. Z. Lhagvadorj, the director of the “Classic Musical” production, was interviewed.
-You will stage Romeo and Juliet in musical form for the first time in Mongolia. How are the preparations going?
- The musical of Romeo and Juliet was first staged in 2001 by renowned French composer, director and poet Gerard Presgurvic, and we have acquired his permission to perform it in Mongolia. We began this project two years ago and the preparation work is about 80 percent complete now. The rehearsals for the performance are actually finished. We had planned to begin performances by the end of 2012 but we couldn’t make it. But we will perform it soon at the UB Palace theatre."
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-You will stage Romeo and Juliet in musical form for the first time in Mongolia. How are the preparations going?
- The musical of Romeo and Juliet was first staged in 2001 by renowned French composer, director and poet Gerard Presgurvic, and we have acquired his permission to perform it in Mongolia. We began this project two years ago and the preparation work is about 80 percent complete now. The rehearsals for the performance are actually finished. We had planned to begin performances by the end of 2012 but we couldn’t make it. But we will perform it soon at the UB Palace theatre."
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December 7, 2012
Nomadic hip-hop on show in Mongolian Bling - Australia Network News - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Nomadic hip-hop on show in Mongolian Bling - Australia Network News - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): ""That's there, but there's also this incredible modern, contemporary, urban lifestyle that most of the Mongolians exist in."
The film took five years to make, and delves into the thriving music scene in Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar.
It focuses in particular on three of the local hip hop stars, Gennie, Gee and Quiza.
"When we were doing the film, back in 2010, Gee was a bit more underground," he said.
"Now he's huge, Quiza's huge and Gennie's sort of up and coming, but they're all pretty big stars.
"Record sales aren't huge - Mongolia's a developing country and there's not a huge amount of wealth there - they're all popular and stars, but it's tricky for them to exist on that in terms of making a living as a rap artist or a hip-hop artist.""
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The film took five years to make, and delves into the thriving music scene in Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar.
It focuses in particular on three of the local hip hop stars, Gennie, Gee and Quiza.
"When we were doing the film, back in 2010, Gee was a bit more underground," he said.
"Now he's huge, Quiza's huge and Gennie's sort of up and coming, but they're all pretty big stars.
"Record sales aren't huge - Mongolia's a developing country and there's not a huge amount of wealth there - they're all popular and stars, but it's tricky for them to exist on that in terms of making a living as a rap artist or a hip-hop artist.""
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November 22, 2012
Mongolian Bling: Brisbane Film Festival Review - The Hollywood Reporter
Mongolian Bling: Brisbane Film Festival Review - The Hollywood Reporter: "Director Benj Binks tracks the explosion of hip-hop in Mongolia as an ancient culture searches for a modern identity.
A more improbable hip-hop nation would be hard to imagine, but Australian filmmaker Benj Binks finds the flow in Mongolian Bling, a keenly observed, rhythmically buoyant documentary charting the rise of rap in the snow-blanketed ’hoods of post communist-era Mongolia.
Forget the yurts, nomads and Genghis Khan, Binks takes us inside a modern-day culture boasting a vibrant alternative music scene, where baggy-jeaned, baseball-capped youth experience the growing pains of their young democracy through the beats and socio-political rhymes of the country’s rap stars.
Resisting the urge to coast on novelty value alone, the polished, cannily edited film delves deep into the barely known society using hip hop as a prism. Following its screening at the Brisbane International Film Festival this week, it could stir interest on the international fest circuit, while a one-hour small-screen version to air on Australian national broadcaster ABC November 25 should easily find slots in overseas TV markets."
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A more improbable hip-hop nation would be hard to imagine, but Australian filmmaker Benj Binks finds the flow in Mongolian Bling, a keenly observed, rhythmically buoyant documentary charting the rise of rap in the snow-blanketed ’hoods of post communist-era Mongolia.
Forget the yurts, nomads and Genghis Khan, Binks takes us inside a modern-day culture boasting a vibrant alternative music scene, where baggy-jeaned, baseball-capped youth experience the growing pains of their young democracy through the beats and socio-political rhymes of the country’s rap stars.
Resisting the urge to coast on novelty value alone, the polished, cannily edited film delves deep into the barely known society using hip hop as a prism. Following its screening at the Brisbane International Film Festival this week, it could stir interest on the international fest circuit, while a one-hour small-screen version to air on Australian national broadcaster ABC November 25 should easily find slots in overseas TV markets."
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October 15, 2012
B. Enkhbat: I was Enkhbayar’s gloves | Ubpost News
B. Enkhbat: I was Enkhbayar’s gloves | Ubpost News: "This is a follow up to our previous interview with B. Enkhbat; translated from Udriin Sonin newspaper.
Both in jail and out in society, he was always involved with many controversial events. In 1990, he encouraged the public to ‘revive Mongolian kinship’. In 2000, he established a number of nationalistic groups, such as Dayar Mongol and Khukh Mongol. Within these groups, he is often referred to as the father of nationalism. He also wrote a bestselling six-volume book titled ‘Ordered Assassinations’. He is a strong supporter of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party, and it is also said that he is a descendant of General D. Sukhbaatar.
-Even though it seems that prisoners are separated in gyandan, how do you communicate with each other?
-We talk through the waste pipe. Not talking to anyone at all is a horrible punishment. Generally, people who stay in solitary confinement for many years tend to go insane later in life. Sometimes they speak and argue with themselves and if they hear a noise or music they would argue with that instead."
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Both in jail and out in society, he was always involved with many controversial events. In 1990, he encouraged the public to ‘revive Mongolian kinship’. In 2000, he established a number of nationalistic groups, such as Dayar Mongol and Khukh Mongol. Within these groups, he is often referred to as the father of nationalism. He also wrote a bestselling six-volume book titled ‘Ordered Assassinations’. He is a strong supporter of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party, and it is also said that he is a descendant of General D. Sukhbaatar.
-Even though it seems that prisoners are separated in gyandan, how do you communicate with each other?
-We talk through the waste pipe. Not talking to anyone at all is a horrible punishment. Generally, people who stay in solitary confinement for many years tend to go insane later in life. Sometimes they speak and argue with themselves and if they hear a noise or music they would argue with that instead."
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October 13, 2012
The Digital Skeptic: Mongolia Is a Better Media Customer Than U.S. - TheStreet
The Digital Skeptic: Mongolia Is a Better Media Customer Than U.S. - TheStreet: "NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Before investors watch digital music services such as Spotify burn through another hundred million dollars figuring out how to sell music worldwide, they might want to insist that company execs jet over to Freising, Germany -- just north of Munich -- for a beer and a brat with Matthias Wurfl.
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Wurfl knows something supposed new-media geniuses such as Ed Sheeran or Spotify's Daniel Ek and Chris Maples -- and maybe Microsoft's (MSFT) Steve Ballmer -- don't: how to actually get paid in the global digital content game."
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More on Investing
Fastenal: A Great Hold but a Pricey BuyWarren Buffett's Well Fargo Investment Hinges on Bernanke6 Biggest Energy Earnings Reports Next Week
Wurfl knows something supposed new-media geniuses such as Ed Sheeran or Spotify's Daniel Ek and Chris Maples -- and maybe Microsoft's (MSFT) Steve Ballmer -- don't: how to actually get paid in the global digital content game."
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October 5, 2012
Earth Sounds: Native American, Mongolian, and Australian Musical Cultures Celebrated at Wang Center Tonight - ICTMN.com
Earth Sounds: Native American, Mongolian, and Australian Musical Cultures Celebrated at Wang Center Tonight - ICTMN.com: "Tonight, October 4, at the Wang Center on the Stony Brook University campus in Stony Brook, New York, musical cultures will be celebrated in a special event. Earth Sounds creates and explores resonances between Native American, Mongolian, and Australian musical cultures. The ancient traditions of these three cultures are intrinsically linked with the experience of nomadic life, seasonal migrations, the sounds of nature, and ultimately the Earth itself. Together, they merge into a meditative, healing, and inspiring musical creation. "
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July 23, 2012
Judo "wrestler" mining for more gold for Mongolia - chicagotribune.com
Judo "wrestler" mining for more gold for Mongolia - chicagotribune.com: "ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Mongolian judoka Naidan Tuvshinbayar begins the day jogging through the glistening grasslands he says helped make him the country's first Olympic gold medalist.
Back in the training centre, set in verdant hills 1,400 meters above sea level, he wiggles his hefty frame to thumping house music, as he slams younger athletes into the ground one-by-one with a sly grin, occasionally giving them a playful headlock for good measure.
The media-friendly showman became a national hero when he earned the country's first ever gold medal in the men's -100 kg class at the Beijing Olympics, 44 years after Mongolia first competed in a Games.
A burly 28-year-old with a slight squint and cauliflower ears, Tuvshinbayar is now hoping to repeat that success in London, likely to be his last Games as a serious competitor."
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Back in the training centre, set in verdant hills 1,400 meters above sea level, he wiggles his hefty frame to thumping house music, as he slams younger athletes into the ground one-by-one with a sly grin, occasionally giving them a playful headlock for good measure.
The media-friendly showman became a national hero when he earned the country's first ever gold medal in the men's -100 kg class at the Beijing Olympics, 44 years after Mongolia first competed in a Games.
A burly 28-year-old with a slight squint and cauliflower ears, Tuvshinbayar is now hoping to repeat that success in London, likely to be his last Games as a serious competitor."
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June 1, 2012
Canasta savors Mongolian music trek as ‘indie-rock ambassadors’ - Chicago Sun-Times
Canasta savors Mongolian music trek as ‘indie-rock ambassadors’ - Chicago Sun-Times: "Somewhere in the vacation slides of Canasta’s trip to Mongolia, there’s a small epiphany.
The six-piece Chicago group — a celebrated stalwart of “orchestral pop,” meaning big ideas in small packages, often produced with a lot of gear — landed the unusual gig via the Arts Envoy Program from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (and part of a wider initiative to celebrate 20 years of U.S.-Mongol relations). The weeklong tour began Feb. 3 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital, and continued to the highland towns of Sainshand and Dalanzadgad.
Mongolia. In February.
“It was freezing,” recalls Canasta’s singer-violinist Elizabeth Lindau, adding for emphasis, “freezing.” She knows freezing. She once spent a season working at a research station in Antarctica. Mongolia, she says, was colder."
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The six-piece Chicago group — a celebrated stalwart of “orchestral pop,” meaning big ideas in small packages, often produced with a lot of gear — landed the unusual gig via the Arts Envoy Program from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (and part of a wider initiative to celebrate 20 years of U.S.-Mongol relations). The weeklong tour began Feb. 3 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital, and continued to the highland towns of Sainshand and Dalanzadgad.
Mongolia. In February.
“It was freezing,” recalls Canasta’s singer-violinist Elizabeth Lindau, adding for emphasis, “freezing.” She knows freezing. She once spent a season working at a research station in Antarctica. Mongolia, she says, was colder."
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May 15, 2012
Massimiliano Finazzer Flory: Mongolians will be a good audience for “The Betrothed”
Massimiliano Finazzer Flory: Mongolians will be a good audience for “The Betrothed”: "-As the Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera follows a traditional classical art style with academic characteristic, it performs only classics such as P.I.Tchaikovsky. Modern performances are hardly ever played in this theatre. It’s the first time for the theatre to perform a play, musical and ballet all in one. What is the philosophy of your play ‘The Betrothed’?
-The play ‘The Betrothed’ can’t be completely identified as a modern art. The novel itself is an old classical one. The play demonstrates a lifestyle and love in the 16th century. History may get outdated, but love doesn’t. Though it’s an old classical novel, its theme is timeless. The novel is romantic as most Italian people are. "
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-The play ‘The Betrothed’ can’t be completely identified as a modern art. The novel itself is an old classical one. The play demonstrates a lifestyle and love in the 16th century. History may get outdated, but love doesn’t. Though it’s an old classical novel, its theme is timeless. The novel is romantic as most Italian people are. "
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March 25, 2012
Nation & World | View from abroad: US facing woes, but still No. 1 | Seattle Times Newspaper
Nation & World | View from abroad: US facing woes, but still No. 1 | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Anyone worried about an erosion of America's global status might consider this modest fact: Facebook is the dominant social network in Mongolia.
Along with its pervasive social media, the United States leads in myriad other ways - from the allure of its movies and music to the reach of its military. It's tough to match a nation that deploys troops to Australia and central Africa, propels Beyonce to global stardom, and produced the Twitter-style technologies that abetted the Arab Spring."
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Along with its pervasive social media, the United States leads in myriad other ways - from the allure of its movies and music to the reach of its military. It's tough to match a nation that deploys troops to Australia and central Africa, propels Beyonce to global stardom, and produced the Twitter-style technologies that abetted the Arab Spring."
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March 24, 2012
Phillip Norton In hot water, but making tracks into Mongolia | This is Grimsby
Phillip Norton In hot water, but making tracks into Mongolia | This is Grimsby: "As we head towards the 1,000km marker post, mobile phone signals are something of a rarity, and my new USB data modem stopped working as soon as we left Moscow.
Without my music and having to preserve the battery in my netbook, I read my Trans-Siberian handbook for a while, planning the next few weeks, and decided to explore the train.
I found it really comfortable, although I was told it was a very old train, and that the newer replacements are much better.
The only thing that was a bit grim was the bathroom – but even then, I've been in much worse.
I tried to get water out of the tap twice in there though, and without success. It had two big cogs above it, which I presumed were for hot and cold, but try as I might, I couldn't get any water out of the tap."
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Without my music and having to preserve the battery in my netbook, I read my Trans-Siberian handbook for a while, planning the next few weeks, and decided to explore the train.
I found it really comfortable, although I was told it was a very old train, and that the newer replacements are much better.
The only thing that was a bit grim was the bathroom – but even then, I've been in much worse.
I tried to get water out of the tap twice in there though, and without success. It had two big cogs above it, which I presumed were for hot and cold, but try as I might, I couldn't get any water out of the tap."
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March 13, 2012
Relive Genghis Khan’s dark past at a new exhibit
Relive Genghis Khan’s dark past at a new exhibit: "A new Field Museum exhibit brings the infamous, bloodthirsty Genghis Khan back to life.
The exhibit, named for the warrior, runs through September 3 and brings together weapons, clothing and even a mummy, called the “giant princess.”
“There are a lot of cultural artifacts from 13th century Mongolia, but also from today. So there’s kind of a broad history of Mongolia,” said Tom Skwerski, project manager at the Field Museum.
Other show-stoppers on exhibit include replicas of a trebuchet (a catapault) and giant crossbow, silk clothing, musical instruments and diplomatic passports."
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The exhibit, named for the warrior, runs through September 3 and brings together weapons, clothing and even a mummy, called the “giant princess.”
“There are a lot of cultural artifacts from 13th century Mongolia, but also from today. So there’s kind of a broad history of Mongolia,” said Tom Skwerski, project manager at the Field Museum.
Other show-stoppers on exhibit include replicas of a trebuchet (a catapault) and giant crossbow, silk clothing, musical instruments and diplomatic passports."
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January 10, 2012
Mongolian music conquers the world - Features - VietNam News
Mongolian music conquers the world - Features - VietNam News: "by Nhat Nam
My visit to Mongolia coincided with the country's National Day and its biggest celebration, the Naadam Festival. Traditional music performances were the highlight of my trip.
The roots of their unique music reflect Mongolia's rich identity, which has been formed by its people's nomadic life on vast grasslands and amid hills and mountains.
As I departed Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, for the countryside, I noticed hundreds of young people, both male and female, on horses."
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My visit to Mongolia coincided with the country's National Day and its biggest celebration, the Naadam Festival. Traditional music performances were the highlight of my trip.
The roots of their unique music reflect Mongolia's rich identity, which has been formed by its people's nomadic life on vast grasslands and amid hills and mountains.
As I departed Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, for the countryside, I noticed hundreds of young people, both male and female, on horses."
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November 26, 2011
Mongolian Limbe Flute Added to UN List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | World Music Central.org
Mongolian Limbe Flute Added to UN List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding | World Music Central.org: "In Mongolia, there is cause for concern about the performance techniques of limbe practitioners. The limbe was added yesterday to the United Nations List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
The Limbe is a side-blown flute of hardwood or bamboo, traditionally used to perform Mongolian folk long songs. Through the use of circular breathing, Limbe performers are able to produce the continuous, wide-ranging melodies characteristic of the long song.
Players breathe in through the nose while simultaneously blowing out through the mouth, using air stored in their cheeks to play the flute without interruption. Single stanzas of folk long song last approximately four to five minutes.
A single song consists of three to five or more stanzas, which requires performance of the flute to continue uninterrupted for twelve to twenty-five minutes. Traditional training methods used to acquire this technique include continuously blowing at a candle flame without extinguishing it and blowing through a straw into a glass of water."
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The Limbe is a side-blown flute of hardwood or bamboo, traditionally used to perform Mongolian folk long songs. Through the use of circular breathing, Limbe performers are able to produce the continuous, wide-ranging melodies characteristic of the long song.
Players breathe in through the nose while simultaneously blowing out through the mouth, using air stored in their cheeks to play the flute without interruption. Single stanzas of folk long song last approximately four to five minutes.
A single song consists of three to five or more stanzas, which requires performance of the flute to continue uninterrupted for twelve to twenty-five minutes. Traditional training methods used to acquire this technique include continuously blowing at a candle flame without extinguishing it and blowing through a straw into a glass of water."
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November 24, 2011
Maintaining Mongolian Culture
Maintaining Mongolian Culture: "Mongolian students often learn English at accelerated rates, and their relatively small numbers — 172 students in the Arlington public schools — compound the possibility of losing their unique background. Consequently, Mongolian students must find ways to overcome those challenges and retain their cultural heritage.
"Mongolian students adapt very well, very quickly," said Francesca Reilly-McDonnell, with the Arlington Public School ESOL/HILT program and member of the Mongolian School board. "Because so much of popular culture is in English, music, movies, and TV, it is important to maintain their culture. That’s the purpose of the Mongolian School, to maintain language and culture."
The Mongolian School of the National Capital Area was established in 2007, and currently enrolls 65 students taught by volunteers in the Mongolian community.
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"Mongolian students adapt very well, very quickly," said Francesca Reilly-McDonnell, with the Arlington Public School ESOL/HILT program and member of the Mongolian School board. "Because so much of popular culture is in English, music, movies, and TV, it is important to maintain their culture. That’s the purpose of the Mongolian School, to maintain language and culture."
The Mongolian School of the National Capital Area was established in 2007, and currently enrolls 65 students taught by volunteers in the Mongolian community.
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November 3, 2011
Valley Life : YOUTH ON THE MOVE - Frontiersman
Valley Life : YOUTH ON THE MOVE - Frontiersman: "The first week of the program was spent in the capital of Ulaanbaatar where we received language and cultural training with our Mongolian host siblings from multiple Peace Corps workers stationed in Mongolia. We also were guests at a reception at the American Embassy provided by the American ambassador. We were entertained by the Mongolian Dance and Music Ensemble, toured the National Museum, the Gandan Buddhist Monastery, the Museum of Traditional Medicine and Bogd Khaan’s Palace.
For the next two weeks, American participants stayed in the homes of their host siblings. The four districts for the home-stays were Ulaanbaatar, Selenge, Baganuur and Arkhangai. I stayed with my host family in the northern province of Selenge."
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For the next two weeks, American participants stayed in the homes of their host siblings. The four districts for the home-stays were Ulaanbaatar, Selenge, Baganuur and Arkhangai. I stayed with my host family in the northern province of Selenge."
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