Kongar-ol Ondar has died.

Kongar-ol Ondar, the titanic performer of Tuvan khoomei (aka 'throat-singing') has died at the age of 51, after an unsuccessful operation.

The New York Times offers a fitting tribute to the great man.

Regular listeners to Late Junction on BBC R3 will have heard Kongar-ol on many occasions.

Maybe not his most magnificent performance - but a man brought up among herders on the Tuvan steppe, who then appears on the Letterman show deserves our respect.

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