Khusugtun

 Khusugtun is distinctive group of Mongolian musicians whose goal is to share with the world our thousands of years of rich heritage and culture. We introduce our unique throat singing and traditional music, which have been passed down, from our nomadic herder ancestors from the beautiful Mongolian Steppes . 

Khusugtun  band has 7 professional musicians who mastered throat singing.  We play very unique music instruments such as horse headed fiddles,  dombor, limbe, zither etc... Throat singing can be delivered by only few artists around the world and the music instruments we play, throat singing itself and the way how we play are recognised as Human Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. 

Our achievements include

-       Grand Prix,  Mongolian Hoomii International Symposium and Festival May 2009, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

-       Gold Medal for A cappella, Delphic III International Cultural Olympics, Korea Jeju September 2009

-       Grand Prix, Breath of Earth 5th International Festival,  Ulan-Ude, Russia November 2009

-       Voted BBC radio World Routes most favorite group and performance in 2010

-       Performed in Royal Albert Hall, London, England at BBC Proms Human Planet concert in 2011

-       Performed at Rainforest Music Festival Malaysia, July 2012 and recognized as the most distinctive group at the festival

-       Gold medal Wind Singer International Throat singers competition Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, November 2013

-       Performed at Voices of Songs Festival, Singapore December 2013 with continuous standing ovations

-       Brief bio of the group members

1.         Ariunbold Dashdamba Grand horse head fiddler, guitarist, throat singer, composer,  head of the band

2.    Batzorig Vaanchig -horse head fiddler, throat singer

3.         Ulambayar Hurelbaatar - Cellist, Tovshuur ( lute) player and throat singer.

4.          Adiyadorj Gombosuren- Fifer, throat singer and percussion musician.

5.         Chuluunbaatar Oyungerel- Horse head fiddler and throat singer

6.         Amarbayasgalan Chovjoo- Zither player

7.         Battsetseg Batkhuu-Percussion musician