NEW
YORK (Kazakh
State Chamber Orchestra PR) The renowned Kazakh State
Kurmangazy Orchestra of Folk Instruments and the Kazakh
State Chamber
Orchestra "Academy of Soloists" present two concerts of folk music of
Kazakhstan for the first time ever in the United States of America..
The
concert program includes traditional Kazakh melodies, kyuis (koo-eez),
reflecting the freedom-loving spirit and ancient history of the Kazakhs
along with their jovial, unfailing good nature, in addition to the more
familiar classical music from Kazakhstan and the world beyond
Kazakhstan's borders. Classical numbers and pieces by contemporary
Kazakh composers will also be performed.
The first U.S.
performance of the Kazakh musicians will be conducted at the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. on Monday, February 1.
A follow up concert will be performed in New York City at Carnegie Hall
on
Thursday February 3, 2005.
The remarkable folk artistry of
the Kurmangazy Orchestra, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in
November, 2004, has drawn rave reviews in London, Vienna, Rome, Paris,
Berlin, and Tokyo.
The orchestra is the largest one in Kazakhstan.
It is named after Kurmangazy - the most renowned Kazakh folk composer
and dombra player of the 19th century. Since 1991, the orchestra has
been conducted by the Merited artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
Aytkali Zhayimov. Mr. Zhayimov has not only focused the orchestra on
performing the traditional Kazakh music by Kurmangazy, Tattimbet,
Sougur, Makhambet, Bayserke and other famous composers, but also
introduced ancient Kazakh folk musical instruments � kylkobyz, sherter,
sybyzgy, saszyrnay and shankobyz. Along with tradional Kazakh music the
orchestra brilliantly performs classical pieces.
Kurmangazy
Orchestra has performed in the countries of the former Soviet Union, as
well as Poland, Romania, Hungary, Germany, Check Republic, Finland,
France, Sweden, Portugal, Denmark, India, China, Afghanistan, Italy and
Turkey.
The Kazakh
State Chamber Orchestra, "Academy of
Soloists" brings together talented string musicians - winners of many
prestigious international prizes. It is a young ensemble but has
already won acclaim and the gratitude of its listeners in many
countries. The Academy's repertoire includes works by Mozart, Paganini,
Tchaikovsky, and Bernstein, as well as modern Kazakh composers, such as
Almaz Serkebayev and Tles Kazhgaliev. The chief conductor of the
orchestra since its inception in 1991 is Batykhdzhan Musakhodzhayeva. A
talented conductor and a violin player, she is the graduate of the
Moscow Thaikovsky Conservatory.
The Academy of Soloists has
performed in the US in 1995, when it took part in an International
music festival dedicated to the Third
Millennium of Jerusalem, as well
as in Italy, Germany, Russia, Japan, South Korea and Austria.
Along
with the orchestras the tour brings to the US three brilliant vocalists
from Kazakhstan � Zhanat Baktai, Talgat Musabayev and Ramazan
Stamgaziyev. Ms. Baktai is the primadonna of the Presidential and
National Opera, that has leading parts in many classical opera
masterpieces. Mr. Musabayev is the rising star of the Kazakh opera
scene, though already the soloist of the Kazakh
National Opera. Mr.
Stamgaziyev represents the Kazakh national school of vocal art, the
impersonation of the centuries old folk singing traditions.
We
hope our concerts will bring true pleasure to you and let you develop a
feeling for the culture and history of our independent Kazakhstan.
