Shuteen Erdenebaatar

Born in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, composer, pianist and arranger Shuteen Erdenebaatar brings a unique sound to the audience with her yearning melodies enriched with profound and expressive harmonies and rhythms. Raised as a classical musician, she began her undergraduate studies in classical composition as she was only 16. Immediately after her successful graduation, she moved to Munich in 2018 to expand her horizons through a double master's degree in jazz piano and jazz composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts. At age of 24, Shuteen Erdenebaatar is a laureate of the prestigious BMW World Young Artist Jazz Award, the 1st Prize and the audience award for the legendary Young Munich Jazz Award, the Music Scholarship of the City of Munich 2022, the Composition Prize at the Biberach Prize 2022, the 1st Prize at the Kurt Maas Jazz Prize 2021 and the 1st Prize for Composition Competition by South London Jazz Orchestra, among others. Currently she is working as a composer and pianist on her own projects such as the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, the Lightville Duo, and as a conductor for her newly formed 20-piece, cross-genre Chamber Jazz Orchestra in Munich. Her debut album “Rising Sun” has released on September 15, 2023 on the New York based, multi-award winning label Motéma Music.