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‘Aravt’ wins best film award

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By B.ODONTUYA The prestigious Cannes Film Festival, which selects the best of the best films, documentaries, and all other genres of films around the world, is taking place at the moment in the city of Cannes in France. In the meantime, Mongolian filmmakers selected their best of the best here last Thursday at the “Academy [...]

May 22nd, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

Nominees in ‘Academy Awards 2013’ announced

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The “Academy Awards 2013,” the largest film festival of Mongolia which selects the best films and artists of the year in the Mongolian film industry, held its official opening ceremony at Vegas Club and presented the nominees with certificates. The festival is being held for its third consecutive year by the Mongolian National Movie Academy. [...]

May 15th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

Opera and Ballet Theater celebrates 50th anniversary

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By B.ODONTUYA The State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet has officially started its 50th year anniversary celebration yesterday with a series of events dedicated to recognizing the theater. These events included a research conference themed “Classical Art for 50 Years,” the red carpet ceremony in which all full-time workers and artists of the theater [...]

May 15th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

Famous magician Ben Murphy to perform in Mongolia

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Famous illusionist and magician Ben Murphy from Australia is set to perform in Mongolia this June. Ben Murphy is an international entertainer, well-known by his exciting shows in which he combines comedy, magic, and illusion. He is a World-Record Holding Illusionist for his incredible death defying escapes inside Houdini’s Chinese Water Torture Cell. The following [...]

May 13th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

Entries open for ‘Coke’n Beat 2013’

The “Coke’n Beat” annual live music festival has started registering the participants for this year’s edition from May 6. The entries are open until May 18 at the Coca Cola Happiness Center every day from 11 am to 8 pm. The festival is organized by MCS Coca Cola LLC, ETV Television, and Yamaha Total Music. [...]

May 10th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

Cellist students return from international competition as victors

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  Students of the Music and Dance College of Mongolia, G.Chinguun and G.Tserenchimeg, have each won first places at the Heran Violoncello Competition, the International Music Competition for Youth in the Czech Republic. G.Chinguun has won the first place in the 3rd category of the competition and was awarded as the Best Musician of the [...]

May 10th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

‘Star’ team wins National Dance Championship for the third time

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By B.ODONTUYA The “Star” dance team has won the Mongolian National Dance Championship, also known as the “Sarnii Tsom” (Moon Cup) competition, in the Adults Latin category. The competition took place on May 7 at the Buyant Ukhaa Sports Complex. This is the third time the “Star” team of the Moon Dance Club has won [...]

May 10th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment,Sport & Leisure | Read More »

Mongolian contortionist sets new Guinness Record

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Mongolian contortionist E.Tsatsral has made an entry in the World Guinness Record on April 9 for her longest “Marinelli Bend” – a contortion act in which the performer suspends the entire weight of his body using her teeth. Her act was shown at the theater named “Circus Maximus” in Budapest, Hungary, which lasted for two [...]

May 8th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

Public folk long song lesson marks establishment of Mongolia’s statehood

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Over 200 people, including those from secondary school students to senior citizens gathered at the Ulaanbaatar Ensemble. They were practicing the traditional Mongolian “Urtyn Duu” folk long song and singing the traditional chant called “Uukhai.” This is one class of the folk long song training course which is being organized as part of the “Mongolian [...]

May 8th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

M.Od: I dream of performing in the Bolshoi Theater

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Ballet lovers of Mongolia are already familiar with the name M.Od. It is said that his fans book their tickets weeks in advance to watch him dance. A soloist at the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, M.Od, is a new rising ballet star in Mongolia. He hopes to one day perform for an [...]

April 29th, 2013 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

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