“FOLK SINGING” DEPARTMENT

  • T. N. Asanaliev — Head of Department, Associate Professor, Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic
  • Zh. M. Israilov — Associate Professor
  • G. B. Alisherova — Senior Lecturer
  • Zh. A. Koichumanov — Senior Lecturer
  • B. Zhakypov — Senior Lecturer
  • A. A. Akmatova — Lecturer
  • R. O. Zhunushov — Senior Lecturer
  • D. M. Maamytov — Lecturer
  • M. Zh. Zhunushоv — Accompanist
  • R. A. Shakirov — Accompanist

    The Department of Folk Singing has been functioning since the foundation of the Kyrgyz National Conservatory. The best teachers and performers of Kyrgyz folk music work here, special attention is paid to the training of young specialists. One of the main directions of the department's work is the preservation and support of authentic Kyrgyz folk songs.
The department was founded in 1994 "Traditional music and folklore". Its first founder was Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic Kalybek Jekshenov. The names of the senior masters who worked in the department and trained future specialists from the moment of its foundation to the present time:
1. Samara Toktakunova - People's Artist of the USSR, professor
2. Estebes Tursunaliev - People's Artist of the USSR
3. Ulukmyrza Polotov — People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic, professor
4. Roza Amanova - People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic, professor
5. Nurlan Nishanov - People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic
6. Mayram Duyshekeeva - People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic
7. Sapar Ismailov - People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic
8. Murat Kasey - docent
9. Usupbek Abdrakhmanov - associate professor
10. Kunduz Tashtanalieva - teacher
11. Oskon Duishonbiev - teacher
12. Kubanych Duishonbiev - teacher
13. Kanikey Sultanova - teacher
14. Chinara Kaligulova - teacher
15. Nuradil Sagynaliev - teacher

Preliminary creative selection and musical-theoretical requirements for applicants to the specialty "Folk singing".