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Shuteen Erdenebaatar
Born in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, composer, pianist and arranger Shuteen Erdenebaatar brings a unique sound to the audience with her yearning melodies enriched with profound and expressive harmonies and rhythms.
Raised as a classical musician, she began her undergraduate studies in classical composition as she was only 16. Immediately after her successful graduation, she moved to Munich in 2018 to expand her horizons through a double master's degree in jazz piano and jazz composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts. During her studies she was a full scholarship holder of the DAAD (2018-2021) and Orlandus Lassus Foundation (2021-2022). At age of 23, she has successfully finished two master's degree and a post-graduate certificate studies (Meisterklasse) with outstanding achievement.
Shuteen Erdenebaatar is a laureate of the prestigious BMW Young Artist Jazz Award 2022, the 1st Prize and the audience award for the legendary Young Munich Jazz Award, the Music Scholarship of the City of Munich 2022, the Composition Prize at the Biberach Prize 2022 and the 1st Prize at the Kurt Maas Jazz Prize 2021, among others, where she was awarded with a scholarship at the world famous Berklee College of Music.
Her compositions have been played in the Munich Philharmonic Hall or in Studio 2 of the Bavarian National Radio. Furthermore, she has also been commissioned by Mongolia's most significant orchestras, such as the Bayan Mongol Big Band, the Mongolian State Philharmonic Orchestra or the Mongolian State Opera Symphony Orchestra. Currently she is working as a composer and pianist on her own projects such as the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, the Lightville Duo, and as a conductor for her newly formed 20-piece, cross-genre Chamber Jazz Orchestra in Munich.
In 2023, she has signed a three-album agreement with the multi-Grammy award-winning New York label Motema Music, which includes all three of her current projects. The first album Rising Sun with her quartet will be released on September 15, 2023
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Shuteen Erdenebaatar: Rising Sun
by Mike Jurkovic
It is most invigorating and affirming to stand witness to new talent. New givers of themselves despite the cold, gale-force headwinds that rise up against most, if not all, artistic endeavors. Fortunately, Rising Sun, the more than mature and compelling Motema Music debut of pianist/composer Shuteen Erdenebaatar and her award-winning quartet, is one of those statements. Let loose with three henchmen just as inquisitive and intent on making their stand: Erdenebaatar's second voice and foil Anton Mangold on-saxophones, ...
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by Troy Dostert
Rarely does one find a debut recording as confident and accomplished as pianist Shuteen Erdenebaatar's Rising Sun. With eight well-crafted compositions, and superb support from her young colleagues, all of whom have similarly bright futures ahead of them, Erdenebaatar successfully stakes her claim as one of the rising stars in post-bop jazz. Although she hails from Mongolia, Erdenebaatar has already won a pretty good haul of European jazz awards. This release will no doubt earn her some additional ...
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by Neil Duggan
When a debut album comes along with a cracking opening track, one can only hope that there are later tracks which can get near the same level. Fortunately, that proves to be the case with Rising Sun, the debut album from Mongolian pianist Shuteen Erdenebaatar and her quartet. With a father who spent 40 years as director of the National Mongolian Opera, it was natural for Erdenebaatar to be surrounded by the arts. She studied classical piano and composition in ...
read moreShuteen Erdenebaatar, James Brandon Lewis, Léon Phal, Logan Kane & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
James Brandon Lewis' homage to Mahalia Jackson, the ongoing Eastern and microtonal adventures of Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri, Fabio Delvò's fellowship and an exciting posse of emerging artists in their twenties make this hour of Mondo Jazz a treasure trove of sonic delights.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison Mondo Jazz Theme 0:00 Léon Phal “Stress Killer" Stress Killer (Heavenly Sweetness) 0:16 Host talks 3:57 Logan Kane “Where Within" Floor Plans (Ghost Note) 5:14 Host talks 11:02 Emma Rawicz “Falu" ...
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