The Most Famous
COMPOSERS from Kazakhstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kazakhstani Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,216 Composers, 2 of which were born in Kazakhstan. This makes Kazakhstan the birth place of the 47th most number of Composers behind Armenia and Lebanon.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kazakhstani Composers of all time. This list of famous Kazakhstani Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (1823 - 1896)
With an HPI of 54.62, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev is the most famous Kazakhstani Composer. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (Kazakh: Құрманғазы Сағырбайұлы, Qūrmanğazy Sağyrbaiūly; 1823–1896) was a Kazakh composer, instrumentalist (kobyz, dombra), and folk artist. He influenced Kazakh musical culture. He was born in 1818 in the Bukey Horde (now Zhanakala District, West Kazakhstan Region). He is buried in the Astrakhan region of Lower Volga in today's Russian Federation.
2. Näcip Cihanov (1911 - 1988)
With an HPI of 42.28, Näcip Cihanov is the 2nd most famous Kazakhstani Composer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Näcip Ğayaz ulı Cihanov — Tatar Cyrillic: Нәҗип Гаяз улы Җиһанов, pronounced [næˈʑip ɣʌˌjɑzuˈlɯ ʑiˈhɑnəf]; Russian: Нази́б Гая́зович Жига́нов; anglicised as Najip Jihanov or, more usually, Nazib Gayazovich Zhiganov — was a Soviet and Tatar composer, pedagogue and statesman. He was born on 15 January [O.S. 2 January] 1911 in Uralsk; and died on 2 June 1988. Cihanov wrote eight operas (notably Altınçäç and Cälil), three ballets, 15 symphonies, other symphonic works (Qırlay, Suite on Tatar Themes, Näfisä, Symphonic novellas, and Symphonic Songs among them), the cantata Republic of Mine (1960), camera-instrumental compositions, and romances and songs. Granted the titles of People's Artist of the USSR (1957) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1981), Cihanov served as artistic leader of the Tatar Opera and Ballet from 1941 to 1943, chairman of Tatarstan's Composers Union from 1939 to 1977, and rector of Kazan Conservatory from 1945 to 1988. He was made professor in 1953; Kazan Conservatory was renamed in his honor in 2000. Importantly, Cihanov was one of the founders of the State Symphony Orchestra of Tatarstan. In his capacity as statesman, he served as a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR (1951–1959), the Tatar ASSR (1963–1967, 1977–1988), and indeed the Soviet Union (1966–1970).
Pantheon has 2 people classified as composers born between 1823 and 1911. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased composers include Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev and Näcip Cihanov.
