Routes Nomades
Bringing Mongolian music and culture to the West since 2006!
Towards the west, appear the snow-capped summits in the horizon. It’s Altai! The caravan halts a moment. People pray with the eyes full of tears. By the smell of the air, everyone seems to recognize the Altai wind.
About us
Expert on Mongolia, Routes Nomades has been actively promoting Mongolian arts and culture in the West since 2006. Artistic production and the safeguarding of intangible heritage are the two axes around which our projects are structured. Festivals, concerts, creations, meetings, conferences, workshops, screenings, exhibitions, artistic advice, media accompaniment – through our multiple activities of production and cultural mediation, we contribute significantly to Mongolia’s renown on the international scene. Having started our endeavors by promoting khöömii (Mongolian throat-singing), we now have a professional network of prestigious partners across Europe, North America and North Africa. As the only French NGO working on Mongolia to be accredited by UNESCO, Routes Nomades is unique in its kind.
Inviting Mongolian artists and bearers of intangible cultural heritage every year, we have organized concerts of traditional or fusion music (Anthology of Khöömii, Khusugtun, Sara Teamusician), creations (Voix Nomades Sardaigne-Mongolie, epic Le vieillard blanc sage), discoveries (Batsükh Dorj, Mohanik), always accompanied by numerous workshops of music, traditional writing, painting, games and produced 6 records with the labels Buda Musique and Pan Records. All these adventures are told in two films by director Jean-François Castell, “Maîtres de chant diphonique” (2010) and “Voyage en Diphonie” (2018), in which Routes Nomades participated in the carrying out. To date, we have presented more than forty artists of traditional music or world music in 16 countries around the world.
Since 2018, Routes Nomades has been accredited by the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage to provide advisory services to its Intergovernmental Committee. This accreditation recognizes us as a non-governmental organization with proven expertise in the field of intangible cultural heritage and reinforces our commitments to the safeguarding of intangible heritage, as well as the promotion of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue.
Welcome to our website and enjoy the Nomadic Roads!
News
The Anthology proclaimed as The Jury’s Favourite!
Our album ‘An Anthology of Mongolian Khöömii’ has been proclaimed “The Jury’s Favourite” by the Charles Cros Academy!
Playlist “An Anthology of Mongolian Khöömii” is online!
Our Youtube channel has been enriched with a new playlist including the supplementary videos of the record An Anthology of Mongolian Khöömii, presenting especially the
1. Xöömij magtaal
«Praise song to overtone singing», music and lyrics by Ganzorig Nergui (2005), excerpt of the disc Dörvön Berkh, Four Shagai Bones, Masters of Mongolian Overtone Singing, Pan Records, 2010.
2. Xöömij uria duudlaga
«Overtone calls», improvisation by Sengedorj Nanjid, Odsuren Baatar, Tserendavaa Dashdorj and Ganzorig Nergui, excerpt of the disc Dörvön Berkh, Four Shagai Bones, Masters of Mongolian Overtone Singing, Pan Records, 2010.
3. Khögnö khan magtaal
«Praise song to Khögnö Khan Mountain», vocals, overtone singing, lute tovshuur and fiddle ekel by Tserendavaa Dashdorj et Tsogtgerel Tserendavaa, excerpt of the disc Tserendavaa & Tsogtgerel, Chants diphoniques de l’Altaï mongol, Buda musique, 2008.
4. Xurdan morini magtaal
«Praise song to Race Horse», cover and arrangement of a Mongolian folk song Khotgoidyn Unaga (The Foal of Khotgoid), excerpt of the disc Dörvön Berkh, Four Shagai Bones, Masters of Mongolian Overtone Singing, Pan Records, 2010.
5. Toroi bandi
A long song dedicated to a historic man, performed khosmoljin khöömii technique (combined khöömii) by Tserendavaa Dashdorj, excerpt of the disc Tserendavaa & Tsogtgerel, Chants diphoniques de l’Altaï mongol, Buda musique, 2008.
6. Dillu
Sardinian traditional song by Voix Nomades Sardaigne-Mongolie ensemble, unpublished, recorded in public at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, 2013.
7. Xumun torlogton
Mongolian folk song «Humanity», uruulyn khöömii technique (labial khöömii) par Tserendavaa Dashdorj, excerpt of the disc Tserendavaa & Tsogtgerel, Chants diphoniques de l’Altaï mongol, Buda musique, 2008.
8. Ser xargain suuder
«Shadow of the Larch», Torguud Mongolian folk song, performed by Sengedorj Nanjid, accompanied by Ganzorig Nergui with horse head fiddle, excerpt of the disc Dörvön Berkh, Four Shagai Bones, Masters of Mongolian Overtone Singing, Pan Records, 2010.
9. Ex Oronii magtaal
«Praise song to the Motherland», composed by Ganzorig Nergui (2005) on the poem Ekh Oron (Motherland) by Sh. Dulmaa, arranged with Dörvön Berkh ensemble, excerpt of the disc Dörvön Berkh, Four Shagai Bones, Masters of Mongolian Overtone Singing, Pan Records, 2010.
10. Dörvön nastai haliun
«The Four-Year Old Dun Horse», Mongolian folk song performed by Tsogtgerel Tserendavaa and arranged in polyphony by Voix Nomades Sardaigne-Mongolie ensemble, unpublished, recorded in public at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, 2013.