Oorzhak, Hunashtaar-ool Surun-oolovich

Hunashtaar-ool Surun-oolovich Oorzhak was born on September 11, 1932 in the Mungash-Ak district of the Barun-Khemchik district of the Tuva People's Republic. After serving in the army, he moved with his family to the Sut-Khol region , where he worked as a shepherd. Since 1990, he worked as a khoomei teacher at the national department of the Kyzyl School of Arts , where he created the folklore ensemble of Gorlovik "Eder-Kui". O. S. Hunashtaar-ool spoke to his colleague Baldan Tatiana Tumatovna "When you get close to the school or enter it, you can hear noise everywhere, echoes of all the instruments of the students involved. And this reminds an echo in a cave. Let's call the ensemble" Eder-Kui ("Singing cave ") ^[1] .

Hunashtaar-ool from the instruments preferred doshpuluur. According to his own recollections, from childhood he mastered the styles of sygyt and kargyra ^[1] . He became famous when he was 35 years old. According to cultural workers from the Sut-Khol region, a researcher from TNIILI arrived and recorded the singing of Hunashtaar-ool on magnetic tape. Less than six months, his name became known not only in the republic, but also beyond its borders ^[2] . Initially focused on the performance of Oorzhak Baldun's homoiji. Subsequently, he mastered the styles of khoomei, borbannadyr, ezengileer. In each distinguished singing by several voices. Oorzhak Hunashtaar-ool classified the latter as follows: smooth, melodious, spacious and chest. Another classification of the master concerned the types of throat singing, through the nasal resonator: imitation of lowing, lullaby, nomadic ^[1] . He has all five styles of khoomei (khoomei, sykvyt, kargyraa, borbannadyr, ezengileer. Sygyt and borbannadyr evolved from khoomei, kargyraa from singing starling, ezengi is akin to kargyraa) ^[3] skilfully performing, at ease, the beat of the beat of the beat and the beat of the beat, the beat of the beat, the beat of the beat, the beat of the beat, the beat of the beat, the beat of the beat. Hunashtaar-ool O. considered his direct duty to teach young performers to all five main styles of khoomei ^[2] . He is an active participant in amateur concerts, a festival dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Great October Revolution in Moscow , a show of musical folklore of the peoples of Siberia and the Far East , a concert dedicated to the Day of Literature and Art of Azerbaijan in Baku , the Olympiad-80 , the Republican Khoomei- 81 ", the international festival" Raduga-80 ", a concert dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Soviet Tuva in Moscow , international music Forum, organized by the international music Council of UNESCO in Paris (1971), Alma-Ata (1973), where it is n SAEs "Alash" was included among the 16 best works of Asian countries ^[4] . Winner of the most representative performances in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses , the zonal competition of amateur artists of Novosibirsk. The creator of the children's ensemble of throat singing "Khoomei" in Aldan-Maadyr secondary school (1977).

• Included in the State Book "Honored People of Tuva of the XX Century"
• Winner of the zonal competition of amateur artists of Novosibirsk (1977)
• People's Khoomeyzhi of the Tyva Republic (1992)