On July 14, LCC invited SHEN JUN Band coming from the vast grassland of Inner Mongolia to launch the second concert in its series prominently featuring world and national intangible cultural heritages. Founded in 2006, the musical band of the Mongolian ethnic minority has been performing around the world, playing the Morin Khuur, singing Urtin Duu, and using the magnificent art form of Khöömei. With lively and unchained melodies, the audiences are seemingly galloping across an endless grassland under the boundless sky.

Introduction to Musicians

Chaolumen: senior musician of Mongolian ethnic minority, SHEN JUN Band leader

Aoqi: exceptional Morin Khuur player of Mongolian ethnic minority, SHEN JUN Band’s prime player, skilled in Khöömei

Jiulong: excellent Morin Khuur player of Mongolian ethnic minority, skilled in Khöömei

Siqinbatu: senior musician of Mongolian ethnic minority, expert player of plucked string instruments

Xiumei: excellent Morin Khuur player of Mongolian ethnic minority

As the Mongolian folk song, Urtin Duu or the Long Tune, has been incorporated on the UNESCO’s Representative List of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity since 2005.

As a traditional Mongolian bowed stringed instrument, the Morin Khuur, also known as the horsehead fiddle, has been inscribed on the list of the World Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2006.

The production technique of the Morin Khuur has been inscribed on the list of National Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2011.

Khöömei, also known as throat singing, has been inscribed on the list of the World Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2009.

Folk Songs of Mongolian ethnic minority have been inscribed on the list of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2008.