Tengir- Too Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan
4 out of 5 Stars

John L Walters
Friday April 21, 2006
The Guardian

This is the first CD-DVD in the carefully presented Muisc of Central Asia series backed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.  Tengir- Too is a versatile ensemble led by multi-instrumentalist composer Nurlanbek Nyshanov.  Conservatory- trained during the Soviet era, Nyshanov now dedicates himself to this remote mountain country's traditional sounds and songs, creating arrangements for the local versions of Jew's harps, ocarinas, flutes, fiddles, and the ubiquitous three string lute called the komuz.