Music from Mongolia: Epi

Epi (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) grew up in a little village near the Russian border. He studied at the Ulaanbaatar conservatory in the early 1990s. His teacher was the renowned and best morin khuur (horsefiddle) player in Mongolia. Epi is deeply rooted in the traditional and nomadic way of life in Mongolia. Epi offers the smell and the beauty of the Mongolian steppe to the ears and eyes of his audience.

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Date and time Friday 21 January 2011 22:05 tot 23:00 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Epi (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) grew up in a little village near the russian border. He studied at Music-Conservatorium of Ulaanbaatar from 1990 - 1992 and his teacher was the most known and best Moorin Hoor (Horsefiddle) player in Mongolia. Epi is deeply rooted into the traditional and nomadic way of life in Mongolia. (Epis father went into the steppe to raise horses, where Epi also has lost his heart at)Epi offers the smell and the beauty of the Mongolian steppe to the ears and the eyes of the audience. Anyone who knows the funny, lovely, cheerfull way Epi is, he regards also the small things in life... those obviously small things can take great effects on happy living. 

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Epi

EPI (1968, Ulaanbaatar) with his singing and music sustains the traditions of his native country Mongolia in a modern fashion. As a virtuoso throat singer and player of the morin khur, a typically Mongolian two-string horsehair instrument, Epi, born Enk Jargai, is extremely versatile. He cherishes the age-old nomad songs from his fatherland, but doesn’t mind sharing the stage with jazz musicians or hiphoppers. Epi grew up in a small village with Mongolian nomads, but because of his penchant for music he ended up at the conservatory. In 1993 he played in Germany for the first time, which is now his adopted country. Epi performs worldwide as a soloist or with other musicians. So far he has released one solo-cd, entitled Hoirr Öngö, which means ‘between two worlds’.
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