Khongorzul

Infobox musical artist
Name = Khongorzul Ganbaatar


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Ganbaataryn Khongorzul
Alias = Khongorzul
Born = birth date and age|1973|4|7
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Origin = Mongolia
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Genre = Folk,World Music
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1990 — present
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Khongorzul Ganbaatar ( _mn. Ганбаатарын Хонгорзул, "Ganbaataryn Khongorzul"; * 1973 April 7) is a traditional Long song singer from Mongolia.

Life

Khongorzul was born in the Khentii Province. During adolescence she only sang for private entertainment. Then she auditioned for the Than Khentii Folk Ensemble and was accepted. From 1998 she studied at the University of Culture and Art in Ulan Bator. In the same year she won the first prize in the Ulan Bator Competition of Professional Longsong Singers. After that she performed as a soloist singer with the Mongolian Theater of National Dance and Folksong and the Traditional Music and Dance Theater both in Mongolia and abroad. Khongorzul performs with the famous Silk Road Ensemble led by the cellist Yo Yo Ma. [cite web
publisher = The Silk Road Project
title = Khongorzul Ganbaatar
url = http://www.silkroadproject.org/music/artists/khongorzul.html
accessdate = 2007-12-28 ]

Khongorzul has sang for the opening of the Nobel Prizes and the opening of the 2004 World Cup. [cite web
url = http://www.mongolmessenger.mn/issue/051249.php
publisher = The Mongol Messenger
title = News-in-brief
accessdate = 2008-04-05] She has also performed at Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Bolshoi and many other notable venues.

Discography

* appears on "Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet" (Yo Yo Ma 2002)

References

External links

* [http://mongolmedee.net/khongorzul/ Khongorzul] - official site
* [http://www.redwolffilms.ca/video-the-long-song.html The Long Song] - online excerpt of a TV segment showing Khongorzul