Chirgilchin are the 1998 champions of the Tuvan national throat singing competitions in Kyzyl , the capital of Tuva. Chirgilchin means either mirage or miracle in the Tuvan language.

 In 1996 Alexander Bapa, also the founder and producer of Tuvan Throat Singing group Huun Huur Tu, gathered the cream of the younger generation of Tuvan musicians and formed Chirgilchin. One of the group's more extraordinary features is the appearance of a Female Throat Singer, which is still quite uncommon in Tuva.  

All Chirgilchin's songs are in the Tuvan language and the group plays instruments such as the Doshpuluur - a kind of lute with two strings, the Igil - a violin with two strings, the Limbi - a trapezoid harmonic soundbox, Flute, and the Dymbra - a rattle drum used by the Tuvan Shamans in their rituals.

A Chirgilchin performance will also get the public acquainted with shamanism. The Tuvan religious culture is primarily shamanistic, but for some hundreds of years has also been strongly influenced by Tibetan Buddhism [or Lamaism as they call it]. Indeed many people note the relationship between some Tuvan throat singing styles and the religious chanting of Tibetan lamas.

Line-up:

Aydysmaa Kandan: female vocalist, khomus (Tuvan mouth harp), tenchik (bells)

Mongoun-ool Ondar: throat singing (5 styles), igil , morin-khuur, khomus,
vocals.

Igor Koshkendei: throat-singing (5 styles), igil, morin-khuur, doshpuluur, khomus, guitar.

Aldar Tamdyn: throat singing (kargyraa and khoomei styles), morin-khuur, doshpuluur, limbi, igil

Alexander Bapa: founder, producer, arranger, manager. Founder of Huun Huur Tu, producer of their first two CDs (60 Horses in my Herd and The Orphans Lament)

The Wolf and the Kid ( Shanachie/Koch 1997)

Music from Tuva, solo CD by Igor Koshkendei (Amiata Records 1998)

Aryskan's Wind (Pure Nature Music 1999)