KHOMUS MUSEUM.
THE COWORKERS KHOMUS MUSEUM .
VIRTUOS-KHOMUSIST GOGOLEVA FEDORA.
VIRTUOS-KHOMUSIST OGOTOEV PEOTR.
VIRTUOS-KHOMUSIST SPIRIDON SHISHIGIN.

Shishigin Spiridon - virtuos of vargan music

Shishigin S.S.

Sing, my khomus. Old song. Song of a retndeer herder. Nostalgia. Fantasia by khomus. Waltz. Shaman`s dance.

Morning on the Lena river. Be healtly. Spring rythms. My white horse. Universe. At the lake.

Shishigin Spiridon Spiridonovich is an Outstanding worker of Public Education of the Republic of Sakha.

He has been propogating the khomus music almost 30 years, improving the performing technique and the methods of playing. He was born in Megino - Kangalassky ulus. He has been playing the khomus since he was 10. when he was a student he was playing in the Khomus ensemble “Algys” under leadership of I. E. Alexeev.

He was a participant of:

• the Days of Yakutian literature and Art in the cities of the Soviet Union (1972) Moscow, Ulyanovsk, Ufa, Irkutsk, Magadan.
• The information - propaganda measures in West - European countries (West Berlin, Federative Republic of Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, 1987).
• The International Exhibition (Paris, 1992)
• The International Exhibition (Paris, 1996)
• The folk dancing and music festival of people of World (Rudolstadt, Germany)
• The khomus and mundharp festival “Zungenschlag” (Berlin)
• The Second International folk music festival (Fjord, Norway)
• The Second and Third International Congresses of Vargan Music (Yakutsk, 1991, Austria, 1998)
• The propaganda tour of Russia and Siberia Art around the Old World (Amsterdam, Belgia, Germany)

He has a Diploma of Winner of

• The 12^th World Youth and Students Festival (Moscow, 1985)
• The First International Festival “Virtuosos of Vargan Music” (Yakutsk, 1991)

He is a Prize - Winner of

• The Fifth youth Festival of the Soviet Union (1972)
• The First, Second, Third Amateur Art Festivals of the Soviet Union (1972, 1976, 1987)

He took part at shooting video - films in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, in the Republic of Tuva. He also took part at shooting joint French - Russian film “Shaman”, where he was playing the khomus. He is an author of many articles and 4 books about the khomus.

Neustroeva Natalia Timofeevna, the senior scientific coworker