Sainkho Namtchylak

Sainkho Namtchylak
Сайын-Хөө Намчылак
Sainkho Namtchylak at Schamrock Festival 2014, Germany
Background information
Born (1957-03-11) 11 March 1957
Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Tuva Republic, Russia)
Genres
OccupationSinger-songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active1990–present
Websitesainkho.net

Sainkho Namtchylak (Tuvan: Сайын-Хөө Намчылак, romanized: Sayın-Xöö Namçılak; Russian: Сайнхо Намчылак; born 11 March 1957) is a Russian singer-songwriter from Tuva, an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation just north of Mongolia. She has been resident in Vienna, Austria since 1991. She is known for her Tuvan throat singing (khöömei).

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