Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev


Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev was a Kazakh composer, instrumentalist, and folk artist. He was born in 1818 in the Bukey Horde. He is buried in the Astrakhan region of Lower Volga in today's Russian Federation.

Legacy

In 1993, Sagyrbaev's image has been used on the 5 Kazakhstani tenge banknote, and on a Khazakh stamp in 1998.
The Kazakh National Conservatory is officially named after Sagyrbaev.