Biography:

Bakir Yakhiyanovich Bayakhunov ( born September 15 , 1933 , Almaty , Kazakh ASSR , Russian SFSR ) is a composer, People’s Artist of Kazakhstan (1990).

Graduated from the Almaty Conservatory (in the class of Prof. K. Kozhamiyarov ) (now the Kazakh National Conservatory, 1960). From 1960 to 1963 he improved his musical knowledge at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1963 he taught at the Almaty Conservatory (now the Kazakh National Conservatory) (since 1991 he has been a professor). Deputy Chairman of the Union of Composers of Kazakhstan. Bayakhunov made significant contributions to the development of Kazakh folk music ( the symphony “Kuy” , 1965; ” Kambar Batyr “, 1972; ” Iskyrma ” 1973). He also wrote music for several films. Bayakhunov wrote articles on the polyphony of Kazakh dombra music, and studies on Dungan folk songs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

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