- Jamyangiin Urantögs
Jamyangiin Urantögs (a.k.a. Urana /ura:'na/, Urantugs Jamiyan; _mn. Жамъянгийн Урантөгс) is a singer and traditional music performer from
Mongolia .Born in Western Mongolian city of
Uliastai into the family of Mongolian composer and multiinstrumentalist Ts. Jamyan, Urana studied the "yatag", a traditional Mongolianzither , at the Music and Dance College inUlan Bator . Later, she went toMoscow to receive a degree in composition at the Moscow Pedagogical State University.Urana was a 2002 winner of Moscow's 21st-Century Second International Contest, and toured with Buryat and Mongolian music group of
Namgar in Norway, China, and Malaysia. Her singing and playing are represented at the debut album of Namgar, "Hatar" (2002).She joined for some time a large traditional orchestra in Ulan-Bator and edited her father's major musicological book on songs, released in 2007. [Жамъян Ц. Редактор Урантөгс Ж., Оюунцэцэг Д. Дуу түүний мөн чанар. Улаанбаатар, Цээл-Эрдэнэ ХХК, 2007.]
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. [ [http://jazztimes.com/reviews/concert_reviews/detail.cfm?article=10439 Scott Verrastro. Blue Mongol \] Concert reviews at Jazztimes.com] [ [http://carnegiehall.com/textSite/box_office/series/brochure/ser_2006-2007_50.html Carnegie Hall concert schedule] ] 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. [ [http://www.newpaltzchamber.org/php/Schedule.php?view=day&date=2008-06-14 Schedule at] newpaltzchamber.org]External links
* [http://www.tengerresearch.com/Listen/urnaluther/index.htm Frank Luther and Urana] at Tenger Research web site
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