Mongolian composer, now resident in both Mongolia and the USA, of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America; he is also active as a pianist. Mr. Sangidorj is the son of the composer Choigiv Sangidorj (b. 1940), with whom he studied piano in Ulaanbaatar as a child. He studied piano with Nasanbat Lodoydamba at the School of Music in Ulaanbaatar from 1977–85 and composition with Gonchigsumlaa Samba and piano with Pagma Puntsag at the College of Music in Ulaanbaatar from 1985–89. He then studied composition with Albert Leman and piano with Elena P. Savelieva at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow from 1989–95, where he also had post-graduate studies in composition with Albert Leman from 1995–97. In addition, he had post-graduate studies in composition with Antón García Abril at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid from 1997–99.

Among his honors are selection as best piano work at the Golden Autumn festival in Ulaanbaatar (1999, for Piano Works, Volume I) and a commission from Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project (2000, Khara-Khorum). His music has been performed in China, Germany, Mongolia, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, and the USA. As a pianist, he has primarily played his own works.

SELECT LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL: Concerto, piano, orchestra, 1994; Symphony No. 1, 1995

CHAMBER MUSIC: Concerto, violin, piano, 1993; To Vincent van Gogh, violin, 1996; Wind Quintet, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1996; String Quartet, 1997; Khara-Khorum (ballade), yatga (Mongolian lute), morin khuur (Mongolian violin), ensemble (flute, clarinet, French horn, violin, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussion), 2000; Wind of Memory, cello, wind chimes (with fan), 2003

PIANO: Piano Works, Volume I, 1999