Final Results

First and foremost, thank you so much everyone who participated in the contest during this difficult times! It has been a great to see you all at the festival during the contest. I hope you all enjoyed your second festival this year and congratulations to all the contest winners!

Grand Prize Winner
Ochirbat Munkhchuluun

Place	Kids	Teens	Adults
1st	Enkh-Uils Munkhkhuyag	Chilugen Ganbold	Mary Malley
2nd	Bryan Batzul	Anu-Ujin Batbaatar	Anand Altangerel
3rd	​Erdem Dulguun	​Tenuun Tur	​Battogtokh Erdene

First Round Winners

We are pleased to announce the result of the first round of the competition. The following participants were the winners of the first round based on the judges' final scores. The winners will be performing at the festival to compete for the second round. Please note that all the names are in alphabetical order. If you have any questions regarding the second round then please direct them to us-festival@morin-khuur.org or message us on Facebook! All the best to everyone and see you soon at the festival!

Important notice:
Due to the number of participants of the Kids category, we are adding the 3rd round to the category to perform a piece for your own choosing. Please review the updated guidelines below. (Please note that linked guidelines in PDF format are not updated.)

#	Kids	Teens	Adults
1	​Amar Mandshir​	​Anu-Ujin Batbaatar	Anand Altangerel
2	​Belgutei Gan-Ochir	Arkhaikhasar Ariunbat	​​Battogtokh Erdene
3	Bryan Batzul	​Chilugen Ganbold	Charlotte D'Evelyn
4	​Dulbayar Bayartamir	Chinguun Jargalsaikhan	Fumika Hattori
5	Enkh-Uils Munkhkhuyag	Enkhbayasgalan Munkhtur	​Mary Malley
6	Erdem Dulguun	Erdembileg Munkhsaikhan	Ochirbat Munkhchuluun
7	​Erikhsuren Tserenbat	​Tenuun Tur	Woody Packard
8	​Gegeen Gansukh	​Uudambiligt Uuganbayar	Yumiko Takeuchi
9	Imuujin Munkhtur
10	Narenhu Wang
11	​Telmuun Munkhjargal ​Tului Khurelbaatar
12	​Temuge Ariunbold
13	​Temuujin Munkhtur
14	​Temuujin Batbaatar
15	​Temuulen Turbat
16	​Uranzaya Batbaatar

Amateur Competition Guideline

Download:
Contest Guideline in English,
​or Mongolian Cyrillic or Traditional

Purpose
The contest aims to give an opportunity for amateur morin khuur players to showcase the fruits of their hard work, inspire amateur players to improve their skills and reach new heights, promote Mongolian culture, and motivate others to learn to play morin khuur.

Eligibility
The contest is open to all amateur morin khuur players of all ages and nationalities except professional morin khuur players, or any music school students who are majoring in morin khuur.

Slogan
Let’s learn the roots!
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Groups
The contest will take place in the following three age groups:

1. Kids (12 years old or younger)
2. Teens (13 to 17 years old)
3. Adults (18 years old or older)

Contest Rounds
Kids group has two rounds. Teens and adults groups will have three rounds.

1st Round
Each age group participants shall choose 2 pieces for their first round according to the following guideline.

1. Kids (8 minutes or less in total)
   1. Traditional folk song
   2. A piece of your own choosing
2. Teens (10 minutes or less in total)
   1. Traditional folk or minor long song
   2. A piece of your own choosing
3. Adults (10 minutes or less in total)
   1. Traditional folk song, or minor or majestic long song
   2. A piece of your own choosing

Due date to upload the video for the first round 2 pieces is August 1st, 2021. Instruction to upload the video is below. The organizers and judges will not post or distribute your video in public and will use it for the purpose of the competition only.

INSTRUCTION:
Please fill out this form to submit your videos for the 1st round.

"Arrangement of 2 folk songs"
​by Jamyan Gombodorj

Download:
​Sheet Music or Full Score

"Melody" by Anton Rubinstein

Download:
​Sheet Music or Full Score

"Melody" by Antonin Dvořák

Download:
​Sheet Music or Full Score

“A song” by Mikhail Glinka

Download:
​Sheet Music or Full Score

2nd Round
32 participants will be selected for the 2nd round and all participants shall choose 3 pieces each according to the following guideline.

1. Kids (8 minutes or less in total)
   1. Traditional folk or minor long song
   2. A piece of your own choosing
   3. “A song” by Mikhail Glinka
2. Teens (10 minutes or less in total)
   1. “Arrangement of 2 folk songs” by Batchuluun Tsend (Duujin Khuar, Sanduutai Mod)
   2. “Melody” by Anton Rubinstein
   3. A piece of your own choosing
3. Adults (10 minutes or less in total)
   1. Traditional folk song, or minor or majestic long song
   2. “Melody” by Antonín Dvořák
   3. A piece of your own choosing

3rd Round
Each 4 and total 12 participants with highest scores in Kids, Teens, and Adults categories shall qualify for the 3rd round. The participants who made it to the 3rd round shall choose their final round pieces according to the following guideline.

1. Kids (5 minutes or less in total)
   1. ​​A piece of your own choosing
2. Teens (10 minutes or less in total)
   1. “Melody” by Antonín Dvořák
   2. A piece of your own choosing
3. Adults (10 minutes or less in total)
   1. Traditional folk song, or minor or majestic long song
   2. A piece of your own choosing

​Timeline
    1st round:   August 1, 2021
    2nd round: October 9, 2021
    3rd round:  October 10, 2021

1st Round Decision Date
The result of the 1st round of the contest will be announced by August 15th, 2021. The main judge of the contest is Mr. Amarbayar Renchin, a professional morin khuurist of the “State Morin Khuur Ensemble” of the Mongolian State Philharmonic, which is named after Namsraijav Tsegmid.

Prizes and Awards
The Second Morin Khuur Festival in the USA Grand Prize Award winner and the winners of each group will be awarded with special prizes. Also, as a tradition, the grand prix trophy named after Batchuluun Tsend, co-founder of the “State Morin Khuur Ensemble” of the Mongolian State Philharmonic and People’s Artist of Mongolia, will be awarded to the Grand Prize Award winner.