Zhubanov’s 120th Anniversary: Scholar Who Gave Kazakh Music Orchestra

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Kazakhstan is celebrating the 120th anniversary of Ahmet Zhubanov, a composer, conductor, musicologist and scholar who helped shape Kazakhstan’s professional music. Born on April 29, 1906, in today’s Aktobe Region, he turned folk melodies, dombyra traditions and scholarly research into a foundation for national musical institutions. Zhubanov, a People’s Artist of the Kazakh… The post Zhubanov’s 120th Anniversary: Scholar Who Gave Kazakh Music Orchestra  appeared first on The Astana Times.