Erkegali Rakhmadiyev (Kazakh: Еркеғали Рахмадиұлы Рахмадиев, Erkeğali Rahmadiūly Rahmadiev, 1 August 1932 – 9 April 2013)[1] was a Soviet and Kazakhstani composer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1981).[2] Hero of Labour of Kazakhstan (2010).[3]

Erkegali Rakhmadiyev
Еркеғали Рахмадиев
Rakhmadiyev in 2012
Born
Erkegali Rakhmadiyevich Rakhmadiyev

(1932-08-01)1 August 1932
Died9 April 2013(2013-04-09) (aged 80)
Alma materThe Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory
Occupation(s)Composer, music pedagogue
Awards

Biography edit

Erkegali Rakhmadiyev was born in Shubartau, East Kazakhstan Region,[4] to the family of Rakhmadi Zhabykbayev, a well-known aqyn and musician. From a tender age Erkegali was surrounded with folk music, he listened to performances by aqyns and dombra players and learned to play and perform as well.[5]

In 1952, he graduated from Tchaikovsky Alma-Ata Music Academy and joined Kurmangazy Kazakh Conservatoire to study under the well-known composer Yevgeny Brusilovsky (he finished these studies in 1957).[6]

Erkegali’s first job was that of a music teacher, and he already became the head of Kurmangazy Kazakh State Conservatoire at the age of 35. In 1969 he was awarded the academic degree of docent and a professor’s degree followed in 1979. Rakhmadiyev became the Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Union of Composers in 1968.[7]

He was an active public figure, serving as a member of the 7th through 11th Supreme Soviets of the Kazakh SSR and a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[8]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, at the dawn of newly found sovereignty, Kazakhstani authorities invited Erkegali Rakhmadiyev to head the State Committee for Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[9] Later he was appointed in a position of Minister of Culture of Kazakhstan.[10]

Mr. Rakhmadiyev spent his twilight years living in Astana and working as a consultant to the National Opera Theater named after Baiseitova. He died in Almaty on April 9, 2013.[11]

Awards and honors edit

Selected works edit

Operas edit

  • Kamar-Sulu(1963);[17]
  • Alpamys (1973);[18]
  • Song of Virgin Soil (1980);[19]
  • Abylai-khan (1999).[20]

Kui edit

  • Kui Dairabay (1961);[21]
  • Kudasha-Duman (1973).[22]

Filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Творческие портреты композиторов - РАХМАДИЕВ ЕРКЕГАЛИ РАХМАДИЕВИЧ" (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  2. ^ "Жизнь, наполненная музыкой". kazpravda.kz (in Russian). 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. ^ "Назарбаев присудил звание "Герой труда" композитору Еркегали Рахмадиеву". vesti.kz (in Russian). 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  4. ^ "PROJECT "RUKHANI ZHANGYRU: MӘҢGILIK EL ALYPTARY". YERKEGALI RAKHMADIEV". presidentlib.kz. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  5. ^ "Prof. Erkegali Rahmadiyev passed away". turksoy.org. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  6. ^ "Мир музыки Еркегали Рахмадиева". informburo.kz (in Russian). 2005-11-28. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  7. ^ "Музыкальный мир Еркегали Рахмадиева". vestisemey.kz (in Russian). 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  8. ^ "Восточный Казахстан, известные имена: Рахмадиев Е. Р." esimder.pushkinlibrary.kz (in Russian). 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  9. ^ "Состав правительства Сергея Терещенко". encyclopedia.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  10. ^ "Первое правительство". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  11. ^ "President of Kazakhstan expressed condolences on Yerkegali Rakhmadiev's death". inform.kz. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  12. ^ "Музыкальные шедевры". news.ivest.kz (in Russian). 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  13. ^ "Музыка с историей". nkaraganda.kz (in Russian). 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  14. ^ "The book exhibition "Saz onerinyn sanlagy – Erkegali Rakhmadiyev" dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the outstanding statesman and public figure Yerkegali Rakhmadiyev was organized". nlrk.kz. 2022-07-20. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  15. ^ "Ушел из жизни Еркегали Рахмадиев". forbes.kz (in Russian). 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  16. ^ "Назарбаев присудил звание "Герой труда" композитору Еркегали Рахмадиеву". tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  17. ^ "Kamar Sulu (Rakhmadiev) Astana 2018". tengrinews.kz. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  18. ^ "'Alpamys' opera named premiere of the year". inform.kz. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  19. ^ "Музыкальные шедевры казахстанского композитора представят в «Астана Опера»". zakon.kz (in Russian). 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  20. ^ "Балхашская опера". time.kz (in Russian). 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  21. ^ "Сезон открыли за границей". inkaraganda.kz (in Russian). 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  22. ^ "Культурная память и современное искусство". kazpravda.kz (in Russian). 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  23. ^ "Дорога жизни". kinopoisk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  24. ^ "7 композиторов казахстанского кино о перспективах ремесла". the-steppe.com (in Russian). 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  25. ^ "…Остался с нами в музыке". dknews.kz (in Russian). 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  26. ^ "Фильмы с композициями Еркегали Рахмадиев". taxivkino.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-14.

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