Sayantsetseg

Sayá (Sayantsetseg) Sangidorj was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in a family deeply involved in music and art, and took her first piano lessons at the age of five from her father and mother. From early ages, Sayá has been performing at every official and prestigious festival and concert in Mongolia. At the age of 14, Sayá was the sole nation’s winner “Honored Student Gold Medal" in Music from the Mongolian Children Fund. After graduating from the Music College in Ulaanbaatar, Sayá continued her piano studies at Tchaikovsky Academic Music College and later at Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, where she immersed herself in the tradition of Russian pianism under the tutorial of Tatiana Galitskaya, Nina Emelyanova, Margarita Fyodorova... Post-graduate studies at Madrid’s Royal Conservatory under Guillermo González introduced her to Spanish music. These varied influences have shaped her international career as a concert pianist and master teacher. Sayá has been a strong advocate for the work of Mongolian composers, including her father, Sangidorj Choigiv, and her brother, Sansar Sangidorj. In 2000 Sayá’s outstanding young career, great support and interest in young artists earned her the distinguished title of “Honored Art Worker of Culture” from the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia.

Today in Spain, Sayá and her husband, musician and pianist Richard Aznar, organize the "Ciudad de Huesca" International Piano Competition, in which Sayá serves as a Founder and President of the Jury since 1999.