Artist Info: Iynar

The artistic work of the Iynar ensemble (Russian: Ийнар) has been a great example of what falls into the professional Soviet folklore category. The medium-size male choir appeared at the beginning of 90s in a Balkarian village Tashly-Tala. The ensemble singers are the amateur artists who love singing and have enough talent for it.

The main part of Iynar’s repertoire consists of songs sung by Omar Otarov. Following the same logic, Tahir Guziev, the bandleader, used ‘the brightest example of the national folk music’ as a guidance. [read more...]