Chinbaa is a Mongol pianist, composer, and producer. He has performed around the world and appeared at many leading concert halls as a soloist, a music director and as a keyboard player. Professionally active since the 1993, Chinbaa has performed at various famous venues, including Radio City Music Hall, New York; Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles; and Philadelphia's Mann Music Centre, and many of the leading American and European stages.

Early life and education

In the spring of 1985, although his musician parents did not want Chinbaa to become a musician, his sister took him for an audition. It was the Music and Dance School then and is now known as the Mongol State Conservatory. Teachers were excited to find his talent to listen to a beat and repeat, to listen and sing back, and to name an any given pitch. Hence a 7-year-old was admitted to the one and only professional music school in Mongol, where he was educated for 12 years. He later completed his  studies as a composer with bachelor and masters degree at the National University of Arts and Culture.

Chinbaa was interested in subjects such as piano, music theory, harmony, and music litterature and those where the ones he spent the most of his time and attention. Although he was gifted and that was his advantage, he never took it for granted to sit back. He was well aware of the hard work and dedication so spent hours and hours on his favourite instrument perfecting his skills and knowledge.

He started to write music as early as elementary school. His earliest compositions, which were witnessed by his family and classmates, which were called "Walking bear" and "Horse trotting". When he turned 15, he participated in "The State Competition of Young Songwriters". His song, "Khangain duu" won him a trip to Japan.

Rock & Pop music journey

Fall of 1993. Chinbaa had a surprised visit of Bachka, the lead singer and Tsogoo, the bass player of Niciton, a Mongol rock group. They proposed to Chinbaa to join the band and that's when he started as a working musician at the age of 15.

The first five years of the band were spent purely for writing, practicing, performing to test the music, and rewriting them again. Their first success was a talent show, where the band was awarded Grand-Prix and won a million tugrug at the time. Furthermore, Mongolian Grammy equivalent Pentatonic Music Awards, The Voice of Asia International Festival put them in the center of the attention nationwide.

Niciton was disbanded in 1998 and reunited in 2016 and still performing throughout the country. Besides Niciton, his first and the biggest project was acapella girl band Emotion. He still continues his work with the longest running female band in Mongolia for the 20  plus years.

Year of a virtuoso and a composer

Chinbaa worked on solo piano and vocal album. His first piano solo album, "Black and White" (2003), was awarded as the most-selling album of the year. His singing album "Chinbaa" (2003) also had a great success. The next piano album "Immortality" that consisted of his compositions was released in 2007 as well as "Piano Pieces" album collaborating the songwriter Battur.D in 2011.

Since 2005, Chinbaa has been working as one of the composers for "Big Apple" of New York and also for "Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey" circus. Between 2007-2011, he worked as a studio music director, band member for Aretha Franklin, known as the "Queen of Soul", who has been named twice by the Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.

"Indestructible", a documentary film by American artists, which Chinbaa worked as composer, took a height on an international level. It was his first work for the movie industry.

Genghis: The Legend of the Ten was his first feature and historic film that introduced him as a composer in a whole new level and earned him a recognition in the professional field. His professional experience includes, but not limited to:

• Keyboard player for Niciton, a classic rock band, from 1997 to present;
• Producer for Emotion band from 1997 to present;
• Keyboard player and music director for 101st Rock Division band 2005 – 2010;
• Contract composer for New York based Big Apple Circus, 2007 – 2011;
• Contract composer & music arrenger for Ringling Brothers & Barnum Bailey Circus, 2007 – 2011;
• Keyboard player & music arranger for Aretha Franklin Band 2007 – 2011;
• Composer for Disney on Ice Show, 2019- present

Discography:

• Individual/Solo album
• White, Black and White album /piano/, 2003
• Chinbaa album /vocal/, 2003
• Immortality album /piano/, 2008
• Piano Pieces album /piano/, 2011
• Albums produced and collaborated
• Khos Khungiin Duuli, Niciton band (keyboard, arrangement), 1995
• Tsamtsaa Tail, Niciton band (keyboard, arrangement), 1996
• Tuguldur, Niciton band (keyboard, arrangement), 1998
• Ankhnii Boroo Shunu Ordog album, Emotion band, 2001
• Yagaad album, Emotion band, 2002
• Why album, Emotion band, 2003
• My Country 'Tis of Thee album Аretha Franklin, DVD & CD (keyboard, arrangement), 2009
• Bear Fight Songs collaborative album, Emotion band & 101st Rock Division, 2009
• Emotion album, Emotion/SweetYmotion band, 2010
• Zurkhen Ayalguu DVD & CD, Emotion/SweetYmotion band, 2014
• The Great Naadam, a complete theme music of Naadam Festival, 2016
• My Dance and Music, Mongolian State and Dance Conservatory theme song arrangement, 2017
• Yu ve yu ve and other songs, song sequencing & coarrangement for The Hu band, 2018
• Film scoring & music composition
• Durlaliin Sum, musical music composition, Mongolia, 2002
• Indestructible, documentary film score, USA, 2010
• Genghis: The Legend of the Ten , film score, USA, 2012
• Tumen Khishigten, lyrical symphony, Mongolia, 2013
• Tsakhlai Nisekh Gej Turdug, TV Series music score , 2014
• Eejee Nadtai Gerleech, film score, 2015
• Romeo and Juliet play music score, 2015
• Jangar, ballet music composition, 2016

Solo concerts:

• Davtagdashgui, concert, 2011
• Ezlen, concert, 2012
• Khairiin Beleg Live Concert, Chinbaa, Naran, Saraa & Dashka, 2018
• Khyazgaarguin Tsaana, concert, 2018

Appearances & collaborations:

• Only about you, concert music arrangement, UGJ. Ariunaa Tumur, Ulaanbaatar, 1999
• Black and White, concert music arrangement, UGJ Dashdondog.B, UGZ Khaliun Naranbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, 2000
• Let's Talk About Love, concert music arrangement, UGJ. Ariunaa Tumur, Ulaanbaatar, 2001
• Yagaad, concert music arrangement, Emotion band, Ulaanbaatar, 2001
• Why album release concert, concert music arrangement, Emotion band, Ulaanbaatar, 2002
• Chuka & Friends, concert music arrangement, Ulaanbaatar, 2003
• My Country ‘Tis Of Thee, song music arrangement, Aretha Franlkin /sung at the Presidential Inaugiration of Barack Obama./, 2009
• Mandela Day concert, The Nelson Mandela Tribute concert, New York, 2009
• Rock N’Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concert, Radio City- Music Hall, New York, 2009
• A fundraising for urban children and awaresness for music and the arts with Condaleeza Rice, the former US secretary of state and Aretha Franklin in Philadelphia's Mann Music Centre for, 2010.
• Number One, concert music arrangement, Ulaanbaatar, Emotion band, 2010
• Celebration, concert music arrangement, Ulaanbaatar, Emotion band, 2012
• Zurkhen ayalguu - All-time favorite songs, concert music arrangement, Ulaanbaatar, Emotion band, 2013
• Pink Floyd Tribute concert, concert music arrangement, keyboard, Emotion & Shar Airag band, Ulaanbaatar, 2013
• Bee Gees Tribute concert, Emotion & Shar Airag band, Ulaanbaatar, 2014
• VTV Ethno-jazz TV special, video concert music director, music composer, music arranger 2015
• Mongolian Night Event, World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 2014
• Exhibition and Event of the Official Partner Country, Mongolia, ITB Berlin Convention, Berlin, Germany, 2015
• Event for the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015
• Welcome To My Heart, concert music arrangement, Pop Diva Naran, 2016
• "Voice of Nomads" International Music Festival, Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia , 2018
• Niciton's 25th Anniversary Concert, 2019
• Special musical guest at the Kanglum church, Gangnam district, Seoul, South Korea, 2019
• Guest artist at the Incheon Airport 23rd Anniversary Concert, Incheon, South Korea, March, 2024
• Keyboard player for Haranga rock band's 35th Anniversary Stadium Concert, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Awards:

• Best Debut – Emotion band, Pentatonic Awards, 2000
• Grand-Prix - Emotion band, White Month International Rock Pop Singing Festival, 2001
• Best New Singer – Asia – Shanghai International Music Festival, 2002
• Cultural excellence award by the Government of Mongolia, 2010
• Best Music Composition, UBS TV, 2011
• Composer of the Year, Mongol music video awards, 2011
• Composer of the Year, Academy Awards Mongol, 2013
• Khudulmuriin gaviyanii ulaan tugiin odon. State's highest award for accomplishment by the Government of Mongol, 2016
• Composer of the Year, Altan Serge International Theatre Festival, 2016
• State Merit/Honorable Actor of Culture, State's the most prestigious award for accomplishment by the Government of Mongol, 2021