Event

Mongolian Cultural Evening featuring Khusugtun

Mongolian Cultural Evening featuring Khusugtun
March 21st, 2017 7-8:30pm (Door will open 6 pm)
Heritage Hall
3102 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5T 3G7

Please visit our Facebook event page and find out how you can purchase a ticket (with no fee) using INTERAC. https://www.facebook.com/events/714340695406555/

We cordially invite you to join us for a Mongolian Cultural Evening featuring the world renowned Khusugtun. KHUSUGTUN band is an internationally recognized band that performs traditional music from Mongolia, the home of Chinggis Khan. They are especially renowned for their a capella arrangements using khöömei or throat-singing, an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Consisting of six members, the band also performs horsehead fiddle, zither, flute, lute, open-ended flute and various jaw harps. Notable performances include the following:

1. Out of 900 artists from 15 different countries, they won 2nd place at the Asias Got Talent 2015 show, organized in Malaysia and Singapore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCpuMPtaGFk

2. War Song Before Battle an original composition for the hit TV show Marco Polo (Season 1, 2014). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s41oR6_Jb3Y

3. At the festival Rain Forest World Music Festival(RWMF) in Malaysia, one of the top 20 international festivals, they were recognized as the most distinctive group in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEVTOo7SgoY

4. In 2011, they performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK for the BBC Proms Human Planet concert, together with the BBC Concert Orchestra and bands from the Sakha Republic, Papua New Guinea, Greenland, and Zambia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkrsdjJB2s

This is Khusugtun's first time performing in Vancouver, BC. We hope you can join us for this special evening. All sales are final.