To The Master Hunashtar Ool - Music

See Sainkho Namtchylak Sainkho Namtchylak Сайнхо Намчылак Is An Experimental Singer Born In 1957 In A Secluded Village In The South Of Tuva An Autonomous Russian State Bordering Mongolia. She Has An Exceptional Voice Spanning Seven Octaves And Proficient In Overtone Singing Her Music Enmeshes Avant-Jazz Electronica Modern Composition And Tuvan Influences. In Tuva Numerous Cultural Influences Collide The Turkic Roots It Shares With Mongolia Xinjiang Uighur And The Central Asian States Various Siberian Nomadic Ethnic Groups Principally Those Of The Tungus-Manchu Group Russian Old Believers Migrant And Resettled Populations From The Ukraine Tatarstan And Other Minority Groups West Of The Urals. All Of These To Extents Impact On Sainkho's Voice Although The Siberian Influences Dominate Her Thesis Produced While Studying Voice First At The University Of Kyzyl Then In The Gnesins Institute In Moscow During The 1980s Focussed On Lamaistic And Cult Musics Of Minority Groups Across Siberia And Her Music Frequently Shows Tendencies Towards Tungus-Style Imitative Singing.
After Graduating Sainkho Worked With Several Ensembles The Moscow State Orchestra The Moscow- Based Jazz Ensemble 'Tri-O' Since 1989 School Of Dramatic Art Under The Direction Of Anatoly Vasiliev Moscow Various Orchestras In Kyzyl Although Incongruously As Far As I Am Aware She Has Not Worked With The Sayaan Ensemble The Tuvan 'folkloric Orchestra'- A Far Less Sanitised Example Of Folk Baroque Than Say Existed In Pre-Independence Kazakhstan- That Has Housed Many Of Tuva's Other Important Singers. read less