The Morin Khuur Ensemble of the State Philharmonic will perform a concert at the ASEM Villa, located in the hills to the south of Ulaanbaatar. Entitled ‘My Country and My Horse’, the concert will take place at the weekend (22-23 June).

The Morin Khuur Ensemble will perform music by many Mongolian composers such as B.Chinbat, S.Gonchigsumlaa and B.Sharav as well as the famous Second Walz by Dmitri Shostakovich and the ‘Blizzard’ by Georgy Sviridov.

The State Morin Khuur Ensemble was established in 1992 with 28 artists and musicians. The youngest musician at the time was only in the eighth grade at secondary school while the oldest was a fourth-year student at university. The composition of the ensemble has been renewed four times since then; now most professional Morin Khuur players are university graduates.