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 musical horizons by learning jazz. At age of 25, Shuteen Erdenebaatar is a laureate of the prestigious German Jazz Award 2024, the most renowned Mongolian cultural prize “Mungun Mod”, 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 and the 1st Prize for Composition Competition by South London Jazz Orchestra, among others. She leads three world-class ensembles such as the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, her exquisite piano & contra-alto clarinet duo with Nils Kugelmann, and her uniquely configured 20-piece, cross-genre Chamber Jazz Orchestra. Her debut album “Rising Sun” was released on September 15, 2023 on the New York based, multi-award winning label Motéma Music as a first part of her trilogy. Her second album “Under the Same Stars” as a duo with Nils Kugelmann will be released on September 12, 2025.
