Baikadamov Bakhytzhan Baikadamov

Bakhytzhan Baikadamov was born in 1917 in the city of Turgay, a Kazakh composer, Honored Artist of Kazakhstan. He graduated from the Almaty State Conservatory. Since 1941 - head of the Kazakh Radio Choir, in 1947-1949 - head, conductor of the female ensemble of song and dance. From 1969 until the last days of his life he taught at the Kazakh Women's Pedagogical Institute. Author of the musical drama "Mayra" (1952), symphonic poems "Bright Youth" (1952), "Kolkhoz Holiday" (1953), a suite for the choir: "On high mountain pastures", "For Peace" and others; vocal compositions, major poems for the choir - "Dream of a Girl", "Aytys", "Fruit of Labor". Bakhytzhan Baikadamov, photo from the Internet He made a great contribution to the development of the genre of choral songs in Kazakhstan. The most significant work is "For Peace" (1953), in which original techniques of national choral polyphony were found. Baikadamov organized the variety ensemble "Aigul". Now the Kazakh Choral Capella is named after him.