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Artistic biography of Munkh-Erdene Chuluunbat Ms. Ch. Munkh-Erdene born 1975 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She is one of leading musicians of Mongolia, the winner of the “Best of Best” award of Golden Autumn National Festival in Mongolia. Her current artistic positions include Professional folk harp (yatga) teacher at the Mongolian State Conservatory. With her wide and rich repertoire, she represents music of Mongolian contemporary composers and world classical music. Many of the music that she performs are dedicated to her as a musician and made debut performances of these compositions. Many of her performances worldwide are valued by music professionals and critics. She has performed in concert halls of more than 30 countries, such as Germany, France, Turkey, Ukraine, Malaysia, Russia, China and Japan. As a soloist, Mrs.Munkh-Erdene has performed with world renowned orchestras such as Czech Symphonic Orchestra in 2011 in Paris, in the hall of United Nations, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernd Ruf, Baden-Baden Philharmonic orchestra, Jena Symphonic Orchestra of Germany, Zaporojets State Philharmonic orchestra of Ukraine, and the Mongolian State Folk Ensemble orchestra. In 2008, she is a First Prize winner of the First Murdorj National Folk Music Competition in Mongolia. Besides active performing and teaching, she makes arrangements and compositions of her own. The work named “Memories” dedicated to her own yatga teacher is one of the most valued compositions among musicians in the country. After her performance of this music in the “Rainforest” International Music Festival in Malaysia, the media and the music critics called her “A Queen of Harp”. From early years of her performing career, Mrs.Munkh-Erdene has been playing many solo recitals and released CDs and DVDs. In 2004, she performed for the first time in Mongolia the famous violin fantasia “The two Butterflies” by the renowned Chinese composer He Zhanhao (何占豪, born 1933) and Chen Gang (陈钢, born 1935). Her achievements in musical art of Mongolia was highly acclaimed by the Government, and in 2005, she become a “Best Cultural Worker” of Mongolia. She took many international artistic awards like Jury prize from Uzbekistan`s Sharq Tronalari music festival, Special prize from the Sound of Euro-Asia International music festival in Russia. In 2017 she was awarded “The State honorary musician” in Mongolia.