The Bayan Mongol Big Band was founded in 1967 and gave its first public concert on 10 July 1969 under the direction of T.Chimeddorj, composer and Honored Cultural Worker of Mongolia. From that time onward it has provided the conditions and the foundation for the development of Estrada and jazz in Mongolia. Out of this collective have come many of the celebrated singers, instrumentalists, composers and conductors of Mongolian Estrada, whose work has won wide renown.
The Bayan Mongol Big Band works to develop and popularize professional classical jazz at home and to present Mongolian jazz to the world.
Structure and Composition
The conductor of the Bayan Mongol Big Band is S.Saruul-Od Honored Cultural Worker of Mongolia. The Band performs with a complement of 20 musicians, following the standard of the full-size jazz big band: a saxophone section, a trombone section, a trumpet section and a rhythm section.