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Music · Kazakhstan

Music of the Turkic world: famous works, national instruments, genres from mugham to küy, composers and performers.

Composers and performers

PersonKurmangazy SagyrbayulyThe greatest composer of Kazakh instrumental music and dombra master (1823–1896), author of "Adai" and "Saryarka".Read more →
PersonDina NurpeisovaKuy master and composer (1861–1955), a pupil of Kurmangazy, author of "Bulbul" and "Toy bastar".Read more →
PersonShamshi KaldayakovComposer (1930–1992), "king of the Kazakh waltz" and author of Kazakhstan's national anthem.Read more →
PersonNurgisa TlendiyevComposer, dombra virtuoso and conductor (1925–1998), founder of the Otrar Sazy folk orchestra.Read more →
PersonBibigul TulegenovaOpera singer (b. 1929), the soprano legend of the Kazakh opera stage and People's Artist of the USSR.Read more →
PersonRoza RymbayevaPop singer (b. 1957), one of the best-known voices of Kazakh pop, famous across the USSR in the 1970s–80s.Read more →
PersonDimash QudaibergenSinger (b. 1994) who became famous worldwide for his extraordinary vocal range; he toured the world in 2025.Read more →