Luvsannorovyn Erdenechimeg

This is a Mongolian name. The given name is Erdenechimeg, and the name Luvsannorov is a patronymic, not a family name. The subject should be referred to by the given name.

Luvsannorovyn Erdenechimeg (Mongolian: Лувсанноровын Эрдэнэчимэг; born 1957) is an ethnomusicologist and researcher.

Biography

Erdenechimeg was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She comes from a family tradition of study in the fields of linguistics and folklore. Her main research interest is ancient Asian music theory and history. Erdenechimeg was a visiting scholar to the Indiana University Department of Central Eurasian Studies from 2005–2008.

Education

Erdenechimeg earned her Bachelor's degree in music from the Musical College in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 1978. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's Degree at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory (with Dr. Pr. Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov) in Moscow, Russia in 1980–1986. She studied musicology at Shanghai Conservatory (with Pr. Chen Ying Shi) 1997–1999. She earned two doctorate degrees, one titled The Consonant and Dissonant Sounds of the Harmony of the Horse-headed Fiddle at the Mongolian National University of Art in 1993 and the second, titled The Harmony of the Mongolian Meditation Guru Song, at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences in 2000. Since 2000 she has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Music Theory of the Mongolian National University of Art.

Publications

Erdenechimeg has written 15 musicological and ethno-musicological books in Mongolian, several of which are also published in Chinese, Russian and English. Her book Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute is the first translation and commentary from the ancient Chinese into Mongolian. This book was published in 2002 and 2003. It was eventually published in Chinese, Mongolian and English and includes Erdenechimeg's focus on the interrelated aspects of the poem cycle including instrumental music, song, art, and drama. The Mongolian composer Tsogzolyn Natsagdorj was working on an opera of the poem cycle as the result of this book.

Erdenechimeg has also made 16 educational courses on early Asian and European music, its folklore, literature, theory and history. In addition she has given 29 international presentations, and written and published more than 60 scientific articles on her research.

1. L. Erdenechimeg (1994), “The traditional melody of the horse headed fiddle” 1994, UB; Mongolia, Publication by: “Shuvuun saaral” publishing company.
2. L. Erdenechimeg (1996), “The wedding songs of the Buriat minorities” 1995, UB; Mongolia, Publication by: “Choijil” publishing company; Gov Blg 20A, (Hevlelted 1996-5-16,297x210/32) OCLC 244111679
3. L. Erdenechimeg (1996), “The collection of Guru Songs” 1996, UB, Mongolia, Publication by: “Shuvuun saaral” publishing company.
4. L. Erdenechimeg (2001), “The sounds harmony of the meditation Guru Songs’ 2001, UB, Publication by: “Intersperses” publishing company; ISBN 978-99929-2-127-2.
5. L. Erdenechimeg (2002), “The Princess a Tsai Wen Ji’s eighteen songs of a nomadic flute” 2003, UB; Publication by: “Edmon” publishing company; “Admon” Publishing Company, 2002, (21xx), UB, Mongolia, ISBN 978-99929-0-127-4.
6. L. Erdenechimeg (2003), The yang and ying twelve microtones from the horse fiddle” 2003, UB, Mongolia, Publication by: “Sod press” Publishing Company; (10.1xx), 176x250, ISBN 978-99929-56-87-8.
7. L. Erdenechimeg (2004), ”Western composers of the XXth century” 2004, UB, Mongolia, Publication by: “Sukhbaatar” Publishing Company; OCLC 244015394

Professional societies

Erdenechimeg is a member of the Mongolian Composers Union (1997), the International Nomadic Institute (2000) and the Chinese Traditional Musical Association (2002).

Awards & distinctions

• "Top Writer of the Year" from Il Tovchoo (Open Chronicle) newspaper (1992)
• Korean Youth Federation Award (1994)
• Mongolian University Consortium Award (1995)
• Distinguished Cultural Worker Award (1996)
• Mongolian Composer's Union Award (1997)
• An award from the Federation of American Mongolians in 1997 for best presentation in the international conference
• The Mongolian Science Academy Award (2002)
• Two awards from the British Buddhist Association (2002 and 2003)
• The "Altan Gadas" (Polar Star) medal from the government of Mongolia (2004)
• President of the Mongolian Wind Instrument Association (2003), the Mongolian International Musicological Association (2004), the International Traditional Musicological Association (2004) and Mongolian Society at Indiana University (2005)