Shamshi Kaldayakov (Kazakh: Шәмші Қалдаяқов) (August 15, 1937 in Otyrar District, South Kazakhstan Province — February 29, 1992 in Almaty) was a Kazakhstani composer. In 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song My Kazakhstan.[1] It was adopted in 2006 to be the Kazakhstan national anthem by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev after a few modifications in the lyrics.[2]
References
- ^ Embassy of Kazakhstan in New Delhi, India : Weekly News
- ^ http://www.kyzmet.kz/?lang=ru&id_1=45 (Russian)
External links
- Biography (Russian)
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