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Arts Council of Mongolia
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
By Alina Campana
 Name:
Ts. Enkhtur
Type of artist: pianist
Background: Enkhtur began music schooling at age eight, but
had been experimenting on the piano since he was four. “
My father was a composer, and the atmosphere in our home was
always filled with music,” Enkhtur explains. He went
on to study eight years at the Music and Dance College, five
years in Moscow at the Professional Academic School, and four
years at the Mongolian University of Culture and Arts, where
he now teaches. He also performs annual concerts, and has
performed in Japan, China, Russia, the United States, and
the Ukraine.
Inspiration and audience: “Playing is part of my life.
No matter what is happening, I can play. The feeling in my
music depends on my mood for the day. Like a painter and his
or her painting, I play from my mood, but the audience brings
to the experience their own mood and feelings. I can’t
control their impressions.”
Importance of his upcoming May concert: This concert’s
program includes only pieces for piano by Mongolian composers.
One of the pieces has never been played on stage before; others
haven’t been performed for ten or twenty years.
Enkhtur said that although there are many great Mongolian
works for piano, even Mongolians do not know them well. “During
Socialism, everything in the arts was planned, and the government
financed it. After the transition, there was nothing. Nobody
cares. No one knows.” One of the main goals of the concert
is to (re)introduce Mongolian classical music to both foreign
and domestic audiences. “Mongolian compositions for
piano can be one of the faces of Mongolian arts presented
to the world. Classical music is a world art.”
He said that if he doesn’t do this concert and promote
Mongolian classical music, few others will. “It is a
necessity. This music should not just be in the archives,
forgotten.”
Future activities: Enkhtur plans to produce a CD of this
recorded concert, the first of all Mongolian classical piano
music. This concert will be followed by more concerts this
year, including one of great world compositions and modern
classical music. In the meantime, he will travel to Japan
to perform in late May.
Upcoming concert details: Enkhtur will perform his all-Mongolian
works for piano concert on May 4th at 7 pm at the Opera and
Ballet Theater. Also performing in the concert will be Munkhbold,
violin, and Munkhbat, cello, and the Opera and Ballet Theater’s
orchestra. Tickets are available at the Opera and Ballet Theater
ticket office, 99194570.
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