Kongar-ol Ondar
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kongar-ool Borissowitsch Ondar, Kongar-ool Borisovich Ondar, Kongar-Ool Ondar
Tuvan throat singer (1962–2013)
Film & TV
Known for
- Genghis Blues — himself1999
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Respublika Tyva
- Active from
- 1962-03-29
- Active to
- 2013-07-25
central asian throat singingfolk
Discography
- Echoes of Tuva1996
- Back Tuva Future1999
- Tuva Groove1999
- Tuva Talk2000
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,130
- Total plays
- 62,347
Tags
throat singingtuvaworldethnicfolk
Kongar-ol Ondar was born in 1962 near the Hemchik River in western Tuva, within sight of the ruins of the Chadaana Buddhist Monastery destroyed by the communists in the 1930's. Ondar's epic saga would converge around his singular vocal gift to make him Tuva's musical ambassador to the world. As a child, he was taught the fundamentals of throat-singing by his uncle. "Throat-singing is a tradition of Tuva that is very old," Ondar recently remarked. "it is inspired by the beautiful landscape of Tuv
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Iyme
- Place of death
- Kyzyl
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Genre
- throat singing
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.ondar.com
- Image
- Kongar-ol Ondar.jpg
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- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- date of birth
- 1962-03-29
- date of death
- 2013-07-25
- Commons category
- Kongar-ol Ondar
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