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Krannert Center Uncorked with Tuvergen Band

Event Type
Performance
Sponsor
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Location
Krannert Center Lobby Stage, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
Date
Mar 27, 2025   5:00 pm  
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Originating Calendar
The Office for Arts Integration Events

An emerging act at world music festivals across the U.S., Tuvergen Band (“galloping” in Mongolian) is a Chicago-based folk-fusion trio founded by Tamir Hargana (lead vocals, folk lutes, morin khuur), Naizal Hargana (morin khuur, vocals), and Brent Roman (percussion, didgeridoo, vocals) in 2020. Hailing from Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, Tamir and Naizal bring some of the country’s most distinctive sounds to Tuvergen Band, including the cello-like horsehead fiddle (morin khuur), various folk lutes (the Tuvan doshpuluur and West Mongolian tovshuur), and khoomii throat singing. An ethnomusicologist and Asian percussion specialist, Roman augments these sounds with a custom hybrid drum kit of twenty global percussion instruments and didgeridoo. The trio use this rich instrumental palette to perform what they call “modern nomadic music,” incorporating bluegrass, blues, rock, and more into its repertoire of Mongolian and Tuvan folk songs and originals.

With deep gratitude, Krannert Center thanks all Patron Sponsors and Corporate and Community Sponsors.

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