B. Baikadamov State Choral Chapel

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor:

Beyimbet Demeuov, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan

Accompanist: Askar Kulsharipov

Festival Participants:

• “Kokek” Children’s Choir (Gymnasium No. 83)

  Director: Natalya Marchenko

  Accompanist: Yerkebulan Chakim

• “Koktem” Children’s Choir (Children’s Music School No. 1)

  Director: Natalya Chechel

  Accompanist: Lyudmila Gagarina

• Special Girls’ Choir (A. Zhubanov Republican Specialized Music School-Boarding School for Gifted Children)

  Director: Assel Bakbersin

  Accompanist: Adilet Kamaldinov

• “Ak Tilek” Boys’ Choir (A. Zhubanov Republican Specialized Music School-Boarding School for Gifted Children)

  Director: Ainura Ualikhankyzy

  Accompanist: Samal Aliaskarova

• “ALAKOZ” Chamber Choir

  Director: Turum Alaguzov, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, Professor

• “Knyazhichi” Male Choir

  Director: Sergey Redkin

• Grand Choir of the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory

  Director: Yan Rudkovsky

• Girls’ Choir of the Kazakh National Women’s Teacher Training University

  Director: Daulet Zhanibek

• Chamber Choir of the Ye. Rakhmadiev State Academic Philharmonic

  Director: Gulmira Kuttybadamova

Program Highlights:

The festival program features songs by Kazakh composers, dedicated tributes to the city of Almaty, and contemporary works in free-form composition.