Concert - Mongolia: Echoes of the Steppe

Concert - Mongolia: Echoes of the Steppe

Join us for an evening of traditional Mongolian music, featuring the evocative sounds of throat singing, the horsehead fiddle (morin khuur) and traditional long song (urtiin duuch). The concert offers a unique opportunity to experience Mongolia’s rich musical heritage and living traditions.

Following the 2026 Mongolia Update: Cultural Heritage in a Changing World, this concert continues the celebration of Mongolia’s cultural traditions through music, heritage, and artistic expression.

Agenda

• 5.30-6pm - Reception with light refreshments

• 6-7pm - Performances

About the performers

Enkhbaatar Gankhuyag is a renowned Mongolian long song singer (urtiin duuch) and Honored Artist of Mongolia, performing with the Grand Theater of Mongolian National Arts.  He is celebrated for preserving traditional nomadic vocal arts on domestic and international stages including venues across Kazakhstan, China, Russia, Qatar, Kuwait, France, Germany, Japan, Bulgaria, Hungary and South Korea.

Zorigtbaatar Batbayar is a professional horse head fiddle player and a throat singer. He is one of the masters of traditional praise singer and performs at the Grand Theatre of Mongolian National Arts. He is one of the great talents who preserves and promotes Mongolian cultural heritages and performs on domestic and international stages including venues across Australia, Germany, France, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, China and Czech Republic.

Tsogtbaatar Batsaikhan is a professional music lecturer and concertmaster specialised in Mongolian traditional long song and horse head fiddle at the Mongolian National University of Arts and Culture. He is also a throat singer and musician who performs at venues across Taiwan, China, Germany and Russia.

Indra Jozyef is a talented Mongolian horse head fiddle player and singer. As a recent graduate of Badmaarag Music and Art School, a subsidiary of Mongolian National University of Arts and Culture, she is an emerging young artist dedicated to preserving and sharing Mongolia’s rich traditional music heritage.

Mongolia Update and Echoes of the Steppe are generously supported by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, the Karakorum Heritage Foundation and the Embassy of Mongolia in Australia.