Okna Tsahan Zam
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Okna Tsahan Zam
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|4|2}}
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| birth_place = Kalmyk Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Republic of Kalmykia, Russia)
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| genre = Throat singing
| occupation = Folk singer
| years_active = 1990-present
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Vladimir Okonovich Karuev{{langx|ru|Владимир Оконович Каруев}}, {{IPA|ru|vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɐˈkonəvʲɪt͡ɕ kɐˈrujɪf|}} (born 2 April 1957), better known by his Kalmyk name Okna Tsahan Zam,{{langx|xal|Окна Цаһан Зам}}, {{IPA|xal|okˈna t͡saɣanˈzam|}}, {{langx|mn|Охийн Цагаанзам|translit=Okhiin Tsagaanzam}}, {{IPA|mn|ɔxiŋ t͡sɑɢaːnˈt͡sɑm|}} is a Kalmyk folk singer, known for his throat singing and as a performer of the Kalmyk national epic Jangar.
Biography
Okna Tsahan Zam does not have a traditional music education. According to an interview he gave to Tim Cope, an adventure filmmaker and author, he was educated in Moscow as a nuclear engineer and worked at a nuclear power plant. He turned to Kalmyk culture in his twenties and became a performer of the national epic Jangar. He toured extensively in Mongolia, as well as in Europe.Tim Cope (2015): [https://books.google.com/books?id=UzFPS7ai1vkC&q=Okna&pg=PT238 On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads], Bloomsbury Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1608194469}}
Okna Tsahan Zam performs in the Khoomei style, a type of Tuvan throat singing, common in Mongolia, Tuva and Siberia. In 2005, he collaborated with Tanya Tagaq, a Canadian Inuk throat singer, and Wimme, a Sami yoiker from Finland, to release the recording Shaman Voices.C. Parker (2005): [https://books.google.com/books?id=SPg4AQAAIAAJ&q=Okna+Tsahan+Zam+Mongolia Shaman Voices], The Wire, Issues 251-256 According to The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, he "intersperses traditional Mongolian stringed and wind instruments and throat-singing styles with natural steppeland sounds and experiments with urban remixes".Ellen Koskoff:
[https://books.google.com/books?id=73MO0eiQD_EC&dq=Okna+Tsahan+Zam&pg=PA1240 The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music], Volume 2
Okna Tsahan Zam is a recipient of the Mongolian Order of the Polar Star, the highest civilian award Mongolia can present to a foreign citizen.[http://www.kalmykianews.ru/2011/djangarchi-karuev-orden-mongolia/ "Vladimir Karuev awarded the highest order of Mongolia"], Kamykia News In 2002, he was awarded the Mongolian Golden Microphone Award for his song Edjin Duun.[https://www.last.fm/music/Okna+Tsahan+Zam/+wiki Okna Tsahan Zam], Last.fm
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|3rPtuCvbUtw|Performance of Eejin Duun by Okna Tsahan Zam}}
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