Kurmangazy Sagyrbajuly – 1818 – 1889. is a great composer of kui – an instrumental piece of music, and a famous dombra player. Kurmangazy since his childhood liked to play on dombra. His first teacher was kuishy – Uzak. Then he learnt to play kui of such known kuishy composers of the Bokey Horde as Bayzhuma, Balamaysyn, Baybakty, Sokyr Eszhan, Sherkesh and finished the play on dombra to perfection. Later he began to play on dombra professionally. All life of the composer was directed on struggle against social injustice, oppression and violence. For justice persecutions volost biys – respected judges could not break the Composer-fighter. Kui in which his freedom-loving thoughts were stated resisted to violence. One of the first kui of Kurmangazy "Kishkentay” was devoted the leader of liberation movement in the Western Kazakhstan, in the 1830’s - Isatai Taimanuly. Birth of every kui was accompanied by internal pain and experiences for the oppressed people and bravery of Kazakh hero. And in kuis "Akbai", «Aksak kiyik», «Turmeden kashkan», "Adai", etc. are stated dreams of the simple people of independence, its insults and animosities on existing injustice, i.e. all with what Kurmangazy in a life struggled.
Located in the city of Atyrau on the avenue Azattyk, near the business center.
