Piano
Born in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, composer and pianist Shuteen Erdenebaatar (*1998) creates a unique sound with her yearning melodies, enriched with profound and expressive harmonies and rhythms. Having grown up as a classical musician, she began her bachelor's degree in classical composition at the age of 16. After successfully completing her degree, she yearned to explore the world of jazz and finally, at the age of 20, joined the double master's program in jazz piano and jazz composition at the Musikhochschule in Munich, which proved to be a key moment for the budding pianist and composer. Here she was able to find and cultivate her own voice. This voice is now unmistakably present, and her classical foundation is unmistakable throughout, which is evident in her technical brilliance, stylistic finesse and the thematic structure of her compositions.
At the age of 25, Shuteen Erdenebaatar has already won the prestigious German Jazz Award 2024, the largest Mongolian cultural award "Mungun Mod" 2024, the BMW Young Artist Jazz Award 2022, 1st prize and the audience award at the legendary Young Munich Jazz Award, the Music Scholarship of the City of Munich 2022 and the Composition Prize at the Biberacher Preis 2022 and 1st prize at the Kurt Maas Jazz Award 2021. During her studies she was a scholarship holder of the Orlandus Lassus Foundation and the DAAD, currently she is a scholarship holder of the Concerto 21 Foundation.
Her compositions have been performed in the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and in Studio 2 of Bayerischer Rundfunk. She has also received commissions from chamber music ensembles such as the Arcis Saxophone Quartet, the Munich Composers Collective and the most important orchestras in Mongolia, such as the Mongolian State Philharmonic Orchestra and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Mongolian State Opera.
She is currently leading and writing for three world-class ensembles: her hard-swinging yet sensitive quartet; her exquisite Duo Lightville and her uniquely configured 20-piece, cross-genre Chamber Jazz Orchestra.
In 2023, she signed a contract for three albums with the multi-Grammy-winning New York label Motema Music, which includes all three of her current projects. The first album Rising Sun with her quartet was released on September 15, 2023. The album has caused a sensation in the press and among the audience and Shuteen Erdenebaatar is currently on a successful tour with around 70 dates nationally and abroad. Her second studio album, which will be a duo album with Nils Kugelmann, is currently being planned and will be released in fall 2025.
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