Chants de Mongolie

De Mongolie

Throat singing, epic song, dance

Archive 2006

Music

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T. Narantuya, long chant (urtyn duu), solo
Burenbayar, epic song (tuul’), four-string violin (dorvon tchigtei khuur), an episode of The Secret History of the Mongols
Odsuren, throat singing (khöömii), two-string horse-head violin (morin khuur) and two-string fretless swan-neck lute (tobshuur)
Zadotchir, throat singing, two-string violin (khöömii) with horse head (morin khuur)
Lkhagva, throat singing (khöömii), two-string fretless lute (tobshuur)
Naranbat, vertical flute (tsuur)
Dzinameter, Tchuluunbaatar, dance (biyelgee) accompanied on a two-string violin (khuur) by Buuveibaatar
Artistic advisor, Alain Desjacques
Felt installation by Blanche de la Taste and
Aline Desherbais
In collaboration with Maison de l’architecture, Cité européenne des Récollets and Centre international d’accueil et d’échanges des Récollets
Co-produced with the Lincoln Center Festival / New York
With the support of Guy de Wouters

For all their vitality, Mongolian traditions remain relatively unknown. The founding epic of the Mongolia’s indigenous culture will be performed in its entirety on two separate nights, as the festive songs and dances of the country’s nomadic breeders reverberate across the Maison de l’Architecture. Beyond spectacular singing techniques, they offer a unique experience, a glimpse of distant lands and what might seem a bygone era...