CONCERT DRAWS CAPACITY CROWD TO CELEBRATE INT’L JAZZ DAY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In celebration of International Jazz Day, Mongolian Jazz duo Kush and Oyuka has performed to a capacity crowd of more than 200 at the American Corner, the US Embassy’s website reported Wednesday. After opening comments from the Public Affairs Officer on jazz in America, Kush and Oyuka were joined by student musicians to perform jazz standards for an enthusiastic crowd. Throughout the concert, Kush spoke about his love of jazz music and influential jazz musicians. The April 30th event was covered by two television stations and one radio station. C1 Television and Mongol HD Television both broadcast nationwide, and the frequencies of English run radio station of Mongolian National Radio, Voice of Mongolia, are picked up in Japan, China, Poland, Czech Rep, Armenia, Georgia, Scandinavia, and Chile.