Morin Khuur, also known as “horse head fiddle”, is a traditional Mongolian instrument. It was first introduced and performed in the US in 1962, the year that Mongolia joined the United Nation. “Mongolian Traditional Music of the Morin Khuur” was proclaimed by UNESCO as one of the “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” in 2003 and inscribed in the “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” in 2008. Since then
morin khuur became a world-renowned musical instrument and foreign conservatories begun to teach morin khuur professionally.

The concert is a part of "The 1st Morin Khuur Festival in the USA", two-day festival which is held and organized here in Ann Arbor by University of Michigan's Mongolian Cultural Organization. The concert will be performed by professional morin khuur players and they aim to bring you the most popular pieces of famous Mongolian composers that have been touching people's hearts.