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US Tour

November 10 - December 22, 2008

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Wednesday December 3	live stream (Click "Listen Live" in upper right hand corner)	Sometime between 10:30am CST Radio interview	Uncontrollable Urge KDHX 88.1 FM St. Louis, MO	website
Wednesday December 3	Webster Groves, MO	7:00pm Doors open 6:30pm $Free Concert	First Congregational Church of Webster Groves, UCC 10 West Lockwood Ave Webster Groves, MO 63119 314-962-0475	website map
Thursday December 4	St. Louis, MO	8:00pm Doors open 7:15pm $10 Concert	The Chapel 6238 Alexander Dr. St. Louis, MO 63105 chapelvenue@gmail.com	website map & directions Google map
Friday December 5	Springfield, MO	8:00pm $23/33 Guest appearance with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones	Missouri State University Hammons Hall 525 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway Springfield, MO 65806	website map
Saturday December 6	Louisville, KY	8:00pm $28/38/45 Guest appearance with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones	Kentucky Center Brown Theatre 315 W Broadway Louisville, KY 40202 502-562-0100	website map
Sunday December 7	Pittsburgh, PA	8:00pm Doors open 7:00pm $15 Concert	Your Inner Vagabond Coffeehouse 4130 Butler St. at 42nd Pittsburgh, PA 15201	website map
Monday December 8	Harrisburg, PA	7:30pm $10 Concert	Unitarian Church of Harrisburg 1280 Clover Lane Harrisburg PA 17111	website map
Tuesday December 9	Washington, DC	7:00pm $35 Concert	Russian Cultural Centre 1825 Phelps Place, NW Washington, DC 20008 202-265-3840 rcc@rccusa.org Tickets may be purchased in advance.	website map
Wednesday December 10	Philadelphia, PA	8:00pm $Free Concert with the Extra Special Terrestrial Guests led by Elliott Levin	The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-573-3234	website directions map
Thursday December 11	New Haven, CT	8:00pm $Free Concert	Yale University Law School Auditorium 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511	website campus map & directions map
Friday December 12	Fairfield, CT	7:00pm & 9:30pm $45/55 Guest appearance with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones	Quick Center for the Arts Fairfield University 1073 North Benson Rd Fairfield, CT 06824 (203) 254-4010	website map
Saturday December 13	Northampton, MA	8:00pm $25/35/45 Guest appearance with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones	The Calvin Theatre and Performing Arts Center 19 King Street Northampton, MA 01060 (413) 586-8686	website map
Sunday December 14	Cambridge, MA	10am to 6pm $Free Short sets throughout the day.	Harvard University (DRCLAS) 1730 Cambridge Street 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA. 02138 508-648-5841 [Free parking at 7 Felton St., Cambridge, MA 02138]	Cultural Survival Bazaar map directions
Tuesday December 16 (School students only)	North Stamford, CT	All day Workshop	Mead School 1095 Riverbank Rd Stamford, CT 06903 203-595-9500	map
Wednesday December 17	New York, NY	8:00pm $20 Concert	Chapel of Sacred Mirrors 542 W 27 St., FL 4 New York, NY 10001 212-564-4253 Tickets may be purchased in advance.	website map
Thursday December 18	live stream	Sometime between 2:00-3:00pm Radio performance and interview	WNYC 93.9FM Soundcheck New York, NY	website
Thursday December 18	Brooklyn, NY	8:00pm & 10:00pm $10 for each show Concert	Barbès 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave., Park Slope) Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-965-9177	website map directionsBarbes
Friday December 19	Cambridge, MA	7:00pm $15 Concert	LilyPad Inman Square 1353 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA	website map
Saturday December 20	Framingham, MA	8:00pm $22 Adult $21 Student & Senior $19 members Concert	The Amazing Things Arts Center 160 Hollis St Framingham, MA 01702 508-405-2787 Tickets may be purchased in advance.	website map & directions
Sunday December 21	Framingham, MA	Time TBD $TBD fundraiser

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Fifth International Symposium "Xöömei - Cultural Phenomenon of the Peoples of Central Asia"

July 24 - July 28, 2008
Kyzyl, Tuva

This year, the Symposium is part of the "Year of Xöömei" activities. It includes a scientific conference, an international xöömei (khöömei) competition, master classes, and exhibitions and sales of Tuvan national instruments, national dress, and traditional food. Bady-Dorzhu Ondar received grand prize for throat singing and won a car. Ayan-ool Sam and Ayan Shirizhik took first and second prizes for throat singing. Nachyn Choodu and his wife took first prize for a duet performance. Watch videos of the performances. Read about Bady-Dorzhu's prize in Russian or English. See coverage from NTV (Russian). See coverage from Russia Today (shows Bady-Dorzhu winning the car). Read the article (English) "Tuva Preparing to Host Throat Singing Admirers from all over the World" from TuvaOnline.

Üstüü-Xüree Festival
July 15 - July 19, 2008 Chadaan, Tuva

The Tenth Annual Üstüü-Xüree Festival of Live Music to raise funds for the reconstruction of the Üstüü-Khüree temple. Visit the Üstüü-Hüree website in Russian or English. Read more in English in the TuvaOnline article "Tenth Üstüü-Khüree" and the article "Üstüü-Khüree to be rebuilt".

Shagaa

February 8, 2008
Tuva

Alash performed at festivities in celebration of Shagaa, Tuvan New Year (based on the Lunar Calendar).

US Tour

January 11 - February 2, 2008

In a whirlwind tour of the northeastern United States, Alash gave a concert or conducted a workshop (sometimes both) every day for 21 days straight. They played to packed houses in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, New Haven, Ithaca, New York, and Ellsworth, Maine. At the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alash collaborated with a string quartet, playing music arranged by Ayana Samiyaevna Mongush, director of the Tuvan National Orchestra (read more). In Philadelphia, they once again joined forces with their old friends, the Extra Special Terrestrial Guests. At the New England Conservatory, they visited music theory classes and presented a superb lecture/performance. At Yale University, they were overwhelmed by the number of students who wanted to try throat singing. In Vermont, Maine, and New York, they shared their music and culture with elementary, middle and high school students. All in all, it was an extremely busy three weeks for Alash, who delighted an ever growing base of returning fans as well as newcomers to Tuvan music.

Concert for Putin

August 13, 2007
Por-Bazhyn, Tuva

Alash, Chirgilchin, and Oktai were the featured performers at a private concert for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prince Albert II of Monaco. The two leaders, who were in Por-Bazhyn to see the archaeological excavation of the fortress, were treated to an evening of traditional Tuvan music, and Putin was quite amazed by the throat singing. Sean Quirk performed with Alash and even sang a solo in the kargyraa style! Afterwards, he chatted with the President. [Read more at NewsLab. See the report on www.1TV.ru (in Russian, click top right picture).]

Üstüü-Khüree Festival

July 24 - July 29, 2007
Chadaan, Tuva

The 9th Ustuu-Khuree Festival of Live Music gets ready to receive musicians and public from all over Siberia and abroad. Ustuu-Huree website:  English  Russian  [Read more at TuvaOnline.]

US Tour

April - June, 2007

Enthusiastic American fans were once again mesmorized by Alash's music. See and hear highlights on our media page. Alash traveled extensively, performing on the East Coast, in the Mid-West, South, and Texas. Along the way, Alash conducted workshops for schools and colleges - one principal in Texas reports that the children are trying to throat sing while walking through the halls. Alash also performed at charity events, and participated in music festivals. The image at left was made at the Make Music New York Festival.

The Russian Cultural Attaché, Nataly Batova, attended the performance in Washington, DC, which the Washington Post review describes as "utterly stunning." In DC, and at several other venues, Alash shared the stage with the American jazz band Extra Special Terrestrial Guests. The jam sessions with igil, doshpuluur, byzaanchy, kengirge, saxaphone, flute, trombone, bass, drums, and throat singing were absolutely amazing. During the tour, Alash also released their second CD, which, as Steve Sklar says in his review, "makes for a fine listening experience, indeed!"

Kyzyl-Moscow Festival

November 15, 2006
Eurasian cultural center "Legenda", Moscow, Russia

Mai-ool Sedip performed as a soloist on November 15. The festival took place on November 14 and 15. (Read more at The Moscow Times, Tuva Online (1), Tuva Online (2) and Tuva Online (3)).

All-Russia Competition of National Orchestras and Ensembles

September, 2006
Ulan-Ude, capital of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia

Alash musicians competed as members of the Tuvan National Orchestra. The Orchestra won the overall grand prize, as well as a special prize for the most original program. This year, for the first time, the competition was for "national" instruments, instead of "folk" or Russian instruments. The Orchestra's preformance qualifies them to compete in the finals in Moscow in 2008.

Workshops and Festival

September, 2006
Poland

Alash traveled to Poland for a series of workshops organzied by Polish musician Maria Pomianowska.

Mongolian Festival

July - August, 2006
Taiwan

Alash participated in a Mongolian Festival celebrating the 800th anniversary of the beginning of the reign of Genghis Khan. (Read more at Tuva Online or The China Post)

Üstüü-Hüree Festival

June 28 - July 4, 2006
Chadan, Tuva

Alash joined Huun Hur Tu, Chirgilchin, GenDos, Tyva, the Tuvan National Orchestra and others at this summer's Üstüü-Hüree Festival in Chadan, Tuva.

Xöömei Festival

May 13, 2006
Iyme, Tuva

Kongar-ool Ondar hosted a xöömei festival in his home town of Iyme in the Dzun-Khem district of Tuva. The festival honored the famed singer and composer Maxim Dakpai, on what would have been his 85th birthday. (Read more at Tuva Online)

US Tour

February and March, 2006

Alash played to sell-out crowds of enthusiastic fans when they toured the United States in February and March, 2006. Their visit was sponsored by the Open World Leadership Center (press release) at the Library of Congress with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, and was initially scheduled for three weeks of performances in New York, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. The group extended their stay and traveled half-way across the country giving concerts and workshops in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Illinois in addition to the original venues. CEC ArtsLink (press release) hosted the musicians during their stay in the U.S.

All-Russia Competition of Folk Orchestras and Ensembles

September, 2005

Saratov, Russia

Alash musicians competed as members of the Tuvan National Orchestra. The Orchestra won one of the first prizes. In addition, Bady-Dorzhu Ondar received a special award for his unique vocal performance. (Read more at Tuva Online)