Natsagiin Jantsannorov

Natsagiin Jantsannorov (; born on 25 March 1949) is a Mongolian composer and musicologist, known for his modern classical Mongolian works. Early life Jantsannorov was born on 25 March 1949 in a place called “Khondloy” in Tsagaan Khotol, in the territory of Ölziit district, Övörkhangai province. He was born to an average herder family. Prior to the introduction of birth certificates in 1956, when registering Jantsannorov for school, his father, Natsag, recorded Jantsannorov’s birth year as 1948, which included his gestational age. This circumstance led to Jantsannorov’s birth year being registered as 1948 on his citizen ID. Education Between 1957 and 1961, he enrolled at the primary school of his home district, Ölziit. Later, he studied for six years at the secondary school in the neighboring Khujirt district, graduating in 1967. Between 1967 and 1971, after completing his secondary education, Jantsannorov studied at a teacher-training school in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of the Mongolian People’s Republic, majoring in music teaching. He briefly worked as a music theory teacher at the latter school for two years until 1973. In 1974, he studied at the Petro Tchaikovsky Kyiv Conservator