Chirgilchin

在1996年，著名的圖瓦呼麥團(tuán)隊huun-huur-tu的創(chuàng)建人Alexander Bapa聚集圖瓦的音樂新生代，成立了Chirgilchin 樂隊。用本民族的語言演唱，彈奏的樂器是圖瓦薩滿巫師在儀式上使用的Dungur鼓，還有一種二弦琵琶 Doshpuluur和二弦琴 Igil。其成員中的Igor Koshkendey 是圖瓦呼麥唱法的最好的藝人之一，他會六種呼麥唱法，包括只有兩個圖瓦人Oidupaa 和Koshkende唱過的獨(dú)特的Oidupaa呼麥。
 
Chirgilchin, meaning &dance of the air in the heat of the day& or &miracle& in Tuvan, is a group of Tuvan musicians performing traditional Tuvan music. It was established in 1996.
 
The group consists of Igor Koshkendey, Mongun-ool Ondar, Aldar Tamdyn, and Aidysmaa Koshkendey. Igor Koshkendey won the Grand Prix of the International Throat Singing Competition in 1998, 2000, and 2002. He is an expert in the Oidupaa style, a type of kargyraa unique to the singer Vladimir Oidupaa. Mongun-ool Ondar won the Grand Prix in the 1992 International Throat Singing Competition at age 16. He is recognized as having mastered six different throat-singing styles and is working on inventing his own. Mongun-ool is a student of Oleg Kuular. Aldar Tamdyn is a renowned instrument maker and makes all the instruments the band uses. Aldar won Best Instrumentalist at the International Folk Music Festival in Tuva. He is the current director of the National Tuvan Orchestra of Traditional Instruments. Aidysmaa is the only female member of Chirgilchin and has won many different vocal competitions in Tuva. Their manager is Alexander Bapa, former member of another Tuvan music group, Huun-Huur-Tu, and brother of Sayan Bapa of this group.