Byambasuren Sharav

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Byambasuren Sharav (born November 13, 1952 in Jargaltkhaan Sum in Khentii Province) is a Mongolian composer and pianist.

Sharav learned as a child by his father to play the accordion. As a music teacher at an elementary school, he began to compose children's songs. From 1975 he studied at the Sverdlovsk Conservatory in the Soviet Union. He has since composed over 200 songs and composed for more than twenty major motion pictures, eight concerts for Mongolian folk instruments, and three symphonies, four ballets. He was commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma for the Silk Road Project in 2000 and is best known for his track Legend of Herlen.^[1] Also of note is his Genghis Khan composition (2003). He was awarded Honored Art Worker of Mongolia in 2002. Two of his compositions featured at the Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival in February 2011.^[2]

References

↑ Classical Archives
↑ "Stanford's Feb. 2-13 Pan-Asian Music Festival focuses on Mongolia and 'the steppes'". Stanford University. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

External links

Official site

Persondata
Name	Sharav, Byam
Alternative names
Short description	Composer and musician
Date of birth	November 13, 1952
Place of birth	Khentii Province, Mongolia
Date of death
Place of death

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