Presentation about Kazakh composer Shamshi Kaldayakov

1. Shamshi Kaldayakov
Kazakh composer
(1930-1992)

2.  Shamshi Kaldayakov is a
Kazakh composer, the
author of 55 lyrical works
such as "Ana turaly zhyr",
"Ak sunkarym", "Kara
koz" and many others.
 The song "My
Kazakhstan", written by
him in 1956, has become the
new anthem of the Republic
of Kazakhstan since 2006

3.  The Kazakh nugget of Kazakh folk culture was born on August 15, 1930 in
the village of Timur in the Otrar district of Turkestan region. Shamshi grew
up in a family of hard workers. His parents played national musical
instruments well. The mother of the future composer sang well. And Shamshi
himself wrote his first songs and played the mandolin from his youth.
 In the composer's homeland, the house where his family lived has been
restored. It's a museum now. Much of his work was written to the melody of a
waltz, for example, "Kuanysh walsi" (Waltz of joy), "Kaidasyn" (Where are
you), "Bakyt kushagynda" (In the arms of happiness).
 The ability to combine waltz notes and motifs of steppe folk songs in his
lyrical songs brought the composer national love. Shamshi Kaldayakov
became known as the "king of the Kazakh waltz".

4.  Not everyone appreciated this non-standard approach to music. Kaldayakov
was expelled from the conservatory with the wording "for wrong harmony."
He was restored several times, but he could not get a specialized education.
During this time, Shamshi managed to complete two courses at the Faculty of
Journalism of the Kirov Kazakh State University.
 Shamshi Kaldayakov was a truly folk composer. Unfortunately for fans of his
talent, he never became a member of the Union of Composers during his
lifetime. And he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Kazakhstan two
months before his death – in 1991.

5. Interesting facts related to the
composer's name:
1. Dinmukhamed Kunaev learned about Kaldayakov from President Charles de
Gaulle during an official visit to France in 1969;
2. Soon, by order of Kunaev Kaldayakov, they handed over the keys to a three-room
apartment in a new building on Lenin Avenue in Alma-Ata (now Dostyk Avenue in
Almaty);
3. Since 1992, the republican competition-festival named after Shamshi Kaldayakov
has been held annually, which has now become the International Song Festival
named after Shamshi Kaldayakov "Menin Kazakstanym";

6. 4. Streets are named after Kaldayakov: in the cities of Almaty (formerly
"March 8"), Aktobe, Shymkent and Nur Sultan;
5. In 2006, a monument was erected in his homeland in Shymkent
(Turkestan region) on the street named after him;
6. in 1991, a documentary about Kayaldakov was shot "Zhyldarym menim,
zhyrlarym menim" (directed by Tulegen Akhmetov);
7. In 2019, a monument to Shamshi Kaldayakov was unveiled in Almaty.

7. Shamshi Kaldayakov died in
Alma-Ata (Almaty) on February
29, 1992, and was buried in the
cemetery Kensai.