The Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy ( Kazakh. Құrmangazy atyndagy ҚazaҚ ұlttyқ conservatory ) is the highest musical institution of Kazakhstan , trains composers, musicologists, conductors of the choir and folk orchestras, pianists, vocalists, art managers, performers on all instruments of the symphony orchestra and.
| Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy | |
|---|---|
| Құrmanғazy atyndaғy Қазақ ұлттық conservatory | |
| Year of foundation | 1944 |
| Rector | Arman Adilkhanovich Zhudebaev |
| Location |  Kazakhstan , Alma-Ata |
| Legal address | 050000, Alma-Ata, 86 Abylay Khan Avenue |
| Site | conservatoire.kz |
Graduates of the conservatory are equipped with many creative teams of the country, educational institutions. Pupils of the conservatory work in professional teams from near and far abroad - Russia , Germany , Greece , the Netherlands , Israel , the USA , France , the Czech Republic , Canada , Korea , China and others [1] .
The Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy is:
- associate member of the Association of European Conservatories and Higher Music Schools (since 1998 ),
- initiator of creation and member of the Association of Asian Conservatories (since 2000 ),
- member of the World Association of Symmetrologists,
- member of the International Association "Music of Turkic Peoples",
- member of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), the European Seminar on Ethnomusicology (ESEM), the European Council for Psychology and Music Perception (ESCOM) [2] .
History
On July 24, 1944, the Council of People's Commissars of the Kazakh SSR decided to organize from October 1 the State Institute of Arts in the city of Alma-Ata , which was later transformed into the Alma-Ata Conservatory, in 1945 the university was named after the outstanding Kazakh kyusha of the 19th century Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev . In the first building, built in 1938, a musical and choreographic complex was located before the conservatory [1] .
In the early 1960s, another building and a dormitory was completed from 120 living rooms, 42 tutors, with a reading and sports halls and a spacious hall [1] .
In the academic year 1981–1982 , over 1200 students studied at the conservatory, 234 teachers worked, including over 20 professors and doctors of sciences, about 50 associate professors and candidates of sciences, 5 national artists of the USSR , 7 national artists of the Kazakh SSR [3] .
In November 2000, the conservatory was provided with an additional modern four-story building [1] .
Faculties
The educational process is provided by 4 faculties:
- Faculty of Vocal and Conducting
- Faculty of Instrumental Performance
- Faculty of Musicology and Management
- Faculty of Folk Music
A number of university departments also work:
- Department of Innovative Music and Pedagogical Technologies
- Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines
- Experimental Art Studio School
- Physical Education and Sports Section
- Section of Kazakh and foreign languages
Rectors
- 1944 - 1945 - Ivan Kruglykhin
- 1945 - 1951 - Akhmet Zhubanov
- 1951 - 1957 - Ivan Kruglykhin
- 1957 - 1967 - Kuddus Kuzhamyarov
- 1967 - 1975 - Erkegali Rakhmadiev
- 1975 - 1987 - Gaziz Zhubanova
- 1987 - 1997 - Dusen Kaseinov
- 1997 - 2018 - Zhania Aubakirova
- 2018 - p.t. - Arman Zhudebaev
Conservatory Building
The building was built in 1935-1937 according to the design of a typical school, with the completion of the project by architect A. Stremenov. The educational building includes 2 educational buildings and a concert hall. [four]
Initially, the building was intended for the musical and choreographic combine (now - P. Tchaikovsky Almaty College of Music).
On July 24, 1944, the Council of People's Commissars of the Kazakh SSR decided to organize a conservatory located in this building on October 1, 1944.
In 1954, the conservatory was named after the outstanding kyusha Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev.
In the 60s a new building was added to the building, and in the 1970s an organ hall was added on the east side. [five]
Architecture
The building is an example of the "national style" in the architecture of the city of Almaty in the 30s of the twentieth century. The three-story building of the conservatory is in plan an open rectangle. The main facade of the building is accented by flanking risalits with two-columned porticoes of the Corinthian style, completed with a triangular pediment, with the main entrance located in one of them. The measured rhythm of the pilots of the Corinthian order in the window space divides the facade vertically. The windows are three-part, in the end part of the risalites - two-winged. The brickwork of the walls is plastered. The layout of the building is a corridor type with rooms facing it. [6]
Monument Status
On November 10, 2010, the new State List of Monuments of History and Culture of Local Significance of the city of Almaty was approved, at the same time all previous decisions on this subject were invalidated [7] . In this Decree, the status of a monument of local importance of the building of the Kazakh National Conservatory was preserved. The boundaries of the protected areas were approved in 2014 [8] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 KazNK. From the sources (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 19, 2008. Archived on September 14, 2007.
- ↑ KazNK. International cooperation (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 19, 2008. Archived September 22, 2007.
- ↑ Alma-Ata. Encyclopedia / Ch. ed. M.K. Kozybaev . - Alma-Ata: Ch. ed. Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia, 1983. - P. 312. - 608 p. - 60,000 copies.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Almaty. Kazakh National Conservatory Kurmangazy
- ↑ Museum of Almaty. Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy
- ↑ Department of Culture of Almaty. Kazakh National Conservatory Kurmangazy
- ↑ Resolution of the Akimat of Almaty city dated November 10, 2010 N 4/840 “On approval of the State list of historical and cultural monuments of local significance in the city of Almaty”
- ↑ Decision of the ХХХI session of the maslikhat of Almaty city of V convocation dated September 10, 2014 N 261 “On approval of the boundaries of protected zones, development regulation zones and protected natural landscape zones of objects of historical and cultural heritage of the city of Almaty”