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Nikolay Oorzhak
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Iver Livendahl commented on Nikolay Oorzhak's video
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"Without native singers from Tuva and Mongolia we here in Europe were nothing. I love that special sound of yours."
Rowan left a comment for 'Nikolay Oorzhak'"Your tunes are amazing man!
Thanks so much for sharing,
Look forward to hearing more,
Peace and Love,
Rowan"
Timo Hoppert commented on Nikolay Oorzhak's videoНиколай Ооржак
";-) yes, i like it... monoglian sounds make me feel like "coming home"...
Did you play in a train?"
Nikolay Oorzhak posted eventsWochenendseminar: Sibirische Heilgeheimnisse
April 2, 2011 to April 3, 2011Erlebnisabend: Schamanisches Heilritual
January 10, 2011 from 6pm to 7pmSibirische Heilgeheimnisse
March 12, 2011 to March 13, 2011
Nikolay Oorzhak - shaman and throatsinger from Tuva
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- About me:
- Nikolay Oorzhak was born in December 1949, in the small village Khorum-Dag in western Tuva.
After graduating from high school in 1964, he worked for four years as a shepherd, herding horses, sheep, and cows. There on the steppes, alone with his herds, he started producing sounds like his father and grandfather used to sing. This was Khoomei, or throat-singing. At that time, his only audiences were the horses, sheep, and cows.
From 1968 to 1970 Nikolay served in the army, which was mandatory in Soviet times. When he returned from military service, he worked as an artist for the local public theater in Chadaana, Tuva. In 1982, Nikolay caught the attention of the local authorities, who supported his bid for a professional education. So, in 1983 Nikolay began attending the Ulan-Ude cultural institute in Buryatia, where he also became Director for Public Theaters. This was also an opportunity to finally open his hidden talent of throat-singing.
n 1989 the First International Festival of Throat-Singing was held in the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl. Nikolay was awarded First Prize for Kargyraa style. At that time he already brilliantly performs in all the overtone singing (xorekteer) styles: khoomei, kargyraa, sygyt, borbangnadyr, ezengileer and became a Khoomeiji (Recognized Master of Khoomei) in his country. The same year he and fellow throat-singer Boris Kherly and scientist Zoya Kyrgys founded Ensemble Tuva. Meeting with great success, they toured internationally, including Norway, Sweden, Turkey and Mongolia.
In those days, it was common for such ensembles to include a dramatization of a shamanic ritual, and in addition to singing and playing with Ensemble Tuva, Nikolay portrayed the shaman. Elders often commented that he appeared authentic and suited for this role, and that perhaps he was meant to be a real shaman.
Sometimes, after these performances, he felt dizzy and suffered headaches. He sought help from Oleg Toiduk, a well-known shaman. Oleg told him that Nikolay was destined to be a shaman, and was suffering the effects of energies sand talents that he needed to share with others for healing.
In Tuva, shamans often inherit their abilities, and Nikolay was no exception. There were shamans on his mother's side, and her father was a famous shaman in the Sut-Khol region of Tuva. On this basis, Nikolay started his healing way. Observing his progress, in 1998 the pre-eminent Tuvan shamanism scholar Prof. Mongush Kenin-Lopsan invited Nikolay to work for his shamanic society Dungur.
In 1995 Nikolay was invited to India to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 60 birthay. He got the Dalai Lama's blessing, which enables him to increase his healing singing abilities.
In 1999 Nikolay was elected Chairman of Tuvan shaman society Tos-Deer, and that same year visited Vienna, Austria, with Prof. Mongush for the Shamanic Congress. He also toured Italy and Switzerland. In 2000 he was invited to return to Germany for that year's Shamanic Congress. In 2002 he made a successful six-month tour in Canada and USA on invitation of Mr. Steeve Sklar (International Association for Harmonic Singing) and Canadian Shaman’s Society. During the tour, he had a meeting with Dr. Michael Harner, a famous founder of Foundation for Shamanic Studies, who has highly evaluated Nikolay’s abilities.
- Instruments:
- jaw harp, jew's harp, shaman drums and some other instruments
- Influences:
- nature and shaman spirit
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Новогоднее поздравление на 2011 год Николай Ооржак
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приветствует своих учеников и друзей из Тувы.!
Я желаю вам всего хорошего, счастье и здоровья в 2011 году!
Я рад провести с вами время у вас в Европе в марте и апреле 2011.
Я прибуду к моим друзьям из совместного гуманитарного общества Arjaan Dag e.V. в городе Бакнанг, чтобы продвигать вперед наш
проект “Помощь для…
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 10:00am —
Throat Singing - Program of Seminars by Nikolay Oorzhak
| "Use a sounds of throat singing (particularly after the third stage of study) or overtone singing in any activity – shamanism, soundtherapy, spiritual practices (singing of mantras, for example), variety arts (jazz, blues, etc.), can helps the people, who wish to access the highest power of… |
Posted on October 4, 2010 at 12:00am —
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 3:53pm on March 12, 2011,
Rowan said… - Your tunes are amazing man!
Thanks so much for sharing,
Look forward to hearing more,
Peace and Love,
Rowan
- At 11:32pm on December 1, 2010,
Matthew Kocel said… - Hello Nikolay,
Thank you for connecting. I have the greatest respect for your work.
Blessings to you,
Matthew
- At 2:38pm on November 24, 2010,
SEDAA said…
- At 1:00am on October 22, 2010,
Kailani Simone Bouvrot said… - Thank you for your connection, Nicolay! Love for you always. Kailani
- At 8:28pm on October 11, 2010,
MARC-ANDRÉ BROGLI said… - sounds good it would be a plesure to meet you
- At 6:28pm on October 11, 2010,
fiona rueggeberg said… - Dear Nikolay
I feel honored of Your friendship request and I enjoy Your music a lot,
good powerful music.
All the best to You!
Fiona
- At 9:33pm on October 4, 2010,
wolfman said… 
hi nikolay,
thanx for your friendship in this omn-space. i wish you and all you love all the very best.
wolfman
p.s. let me know, how you like my sculptures and pics.
- At 3:51pm on October 4, 2010,
Ming said… - Great music and singing! Thank you for adding. I will take a closer look at your texts and videos soon.
Best wishes!
Ming
- At 2:13pm on October 4, 2010,
brigitte geuss said… - thanks for the invitation. your throatsinging is great!
all the best for you.
brigid
- At 1:39pm on October 4, 2010,
Arjopa said… - Eki & Privjet Dear Nikolay!
It is an honor to be your OMN-friend!
We love your wounderful Khoomei very much &
still rember our great Potsdam concert last year!
Hope you still like our Khoomei Throatsinging Folk Rock,too!
May be we could share stage again, one day!
Greetings from Berlin!
Arjopa & The Master U-like
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Sarah Hopkins left a comment for 'Alexandre Letellier'"Hi Alexandre, Greetings from sunny Brisbane ! Thanks for connecting. Congratuations on your…"
Peter Olson replied to the discussion 'Harmonizing' in the group Khoomei dot com Forum"Does it matter if it involves any overtones or not? For example, I did a multitrack of a midieval…"
Dan Zimmermann replied to the discussion 'Harmonizing' in the group Khoomei dot com Forum"I'm at work and don't have speakers here (actually, my sound card is fried on my work…"
Alzin replied to the discussion 'Harmonizing' in the group Khoomei dot com Forum"This sounds really really cool! I'd love to hear much more experiments in that direction!…"
Peter Olson replied to the discussion 'Harmonizing' in the group Khoomei dot com Forum"I've done some more experimenting with harmonies and multitracking throat singing, here's…"
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