Music of Kazakhstan
The Kazakh music is native to Central Asia and Kazakh folk music is based on old Turkish- Persian musical forms and elements of an indigenous shamanic tradition.
Traditional musical instruments
Most common are stringed instruments, mainly the Dombra with two strings, which are tuned in the interval of a fifth. Another instrument is the Koby, a bowed string instrument with a sound box made of animal skin and two strings and bow made of horse hair. As mentioned stringed instruments also has the rarely played Sybyzɣy, a flute made of wood or pipe with four to six finger holes a Turkish origin. A representative of the Asian double-reed instruments surnāī is the Syrnaj.
From Central Asia, the Jew's harp Jan- qobyz, the harp and the zither serter Jetigen come. The Dauylpaz is a drum with a wooden body, which was fortified in the 19th century, horse saddles and used by military bands, then as the other folk music instruments fell into disuse and is now used again.
Kazakh music in the 20th century
During the time of the Soviet Union, the Kazakh folk music was subject to the requirements of Socialist Realism and was, accordingly, marked by a concern to be generally understood, conservative and nationally oriented.
A Music Ethno graphs and composer with great creativity during this time was Alexander Viktorovich Satajewitsch ( 1869-1936 ).
A pop music band founded in 2001, is Muzart, which became known with a mixture of Kazakh folk music and techno. Your three musicians called Meirambek Besbaev, Saken Maigasiev and Kenshebek Shanabilov.
Institutions and composers
The Musical and Dramatic Academy, founded in 1931, was the first institution of higher learning of Music in Kazakhstan. Two years later, the Kazakh State Qurmanghazy Orchestra was founded for folk music instruments. There are also the Kazakh State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kazakh National Opera and the Kazakh State Chamber Orchestra.
Significant conservatories are the Qurmanghazy Conservatory in Almaty and the National Conservatory in the capital Astana.
The Foundation asylum Mura archived and published historical photos of Kazakh music.
The orchestra of folk instruments and the Conservatory in Almaty were named after Qurmanghazy, a famous composer and Dombra player of the 19th century. Other Kazakh composers were Korkyt, Tattimbet, Sougur, Bayserke, Makhambet, Khazanghap, Yerkegali Rakhmadiev, Almaz Serkebayev, Mukhan Tulebayev, TLES Kazhgaliev, Nagim Mendygaliev, Akhmet Zhubanov, Ghaziza Akhmetkhysy Zhubanova, Mansur Sagatov and Akhtoty Raimkulova.