Ulaanbaatar
Sugartseren Shinen Wins First Place at the International Competition of Composers and Arrangers
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Ulaanbaatar, November 15, 2024 /MONTSAME/. Mongolian Composer Sugartseren Shinen has claimed the first place in XI International Competition of Composers and Arrangers named after Isaac Dunayevsky. The International Competition of Composers and Arrangers named after Isaac Dunayevsky was organized for its 11th consecutive year by the Union of Russian Composers in collaboration with the International Vocal Center at the Solveig House of Composers, with the support of the Moscow Union of Composers, the National Fund for the Support of Copyright Holders of the Russian Federation, the National Fund for Cultural Innovations “Peter the Great,” the All-Russian Media Library Boris Tarakanov Musical Archives, and the “De Boni Arte” Charitable Foundation. Held in two stages starting last summer, the competition ended on November 9, 2024, with the announcement of the winners. In the category of chamber vocal compositions, Sugartseren Shinen’s professional opera work “Erdeniin Gegeetei Khaalga” (The Gate of the Illuminated Treasury) was awarded the first place, surpassing the works of composers from Russia, Belarus, and the United States. The work of the Mongolian composer will be performed at the Russian Composers’ House during the Gala Concert and the Award Ceremony of the competition on November 16, 2024. Sugartseren Shinen graduated from the Ikh Mongol University as an opera singer and later from the Mongolian State Conservatory as a composer. Since 2018, he has been the Head of the Repertoire of the Mongolian State Philharmonic and is currently in his third year of study at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. Notably, Sugartseren earned the second place in the 30th “Morin Khuur” National Competition for the Best Work of the Year in 2017 and the first place in the New Composition Competition among music composition students initiated by the Jantsannorov Foundation in 2018.
