{{short description|Group of Tuvan musicians}} {{refimprove|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Chirgilchin | image = Chirgilchin2007.jpg | caption = Chirgilchin at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 2007 | image_size = 180 | alias = | origin = Tuva | genre = Folk | years_active = 1996–present | label = [https://www.pnmartists.com Pure Nature Music], Shanachie | associated_acts = | website = [https://www.pnmartists.com/chirgilchin www.pnmartists.com/chirgilchin] | current_members = | past_members = }} thumb|Igor Koshkendey
'''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 Koshkendey is the only female member of Chirgilchin and has won many different vocal competitions in Tuva. They collaborated with the avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson on Anderson's album Homeland. Their manager is Alexander Bapa, former member of another Tuvan music group, Huun-Huur-Tu, and brother of Sayan Bapa of this group.
In 2017, they guest performed on "Somos Anormales", a song by Puerto Rican singer Residente.<ref>{{cite web|title=El rapero puertorriqueño Residente dirige el video de un sencillo de su primer disco en solitario|url=http://www.efe.com/efe/america/cultura/el-rapero-puertorriqueno-residente-dirige-video-de-un-sencillo-su-primer-disco-en-solitario/20000009-3058784|website=EFE|accessdate=12 April 2017|location=San Juan|language=Spanish|date=4 October 2016}}</ref> Igor Koshkendey won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song for his work on "Somos Anormales".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latingrammy.com/en/nominees|website=The Latin Recording Academy|accessdate=7 March 2018|title=19a Entrega Anual del Latin GRAMMY}}</ref>
==Albums== * ''The Wolf and the Kid'' 1996 * ''Aryskan's Wind'' 1999 * ''Ezir-Kara'' 2002 * ''Collectible'' 2005 * ''Will Teach'' 2006 * ''Pictures of Tuva'' 2008 * ''Kaldak Khamar'' 2009
==See also== * Tuvan throat singing * Tuva * Doshpuluur * Igil
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * https://web.archive.org/web/20131207135809/http://www.purenaturemusic.com/ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgJhrZn8o-s Khoomeige Yoreel Video] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPUqSgKi0PI Chirgilchin - Goats Video] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkrH7rrefgA Mongoun-ool Ondar Solo Video] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXh5_G9NjJI Chirgilchin - Daglarym Video]
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