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More Than a Hundred Contestants Have Already Applied for the Umai Award

The Umai National Award, established by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, aroused great interest among the art community. Over a few months, the organizing committee at Astana Opera received more than a hundred applications from all over Kazakhstan, but cultural figures from the regions turned out to be the most active.

Akhmed Agadi: “I Wish for Zhibek Zholy Festival to Be Talked about All Over the World”

On November 12, Mukan Tulebayev’s legendary opera Birzhan – Sara opened Zhibek Zholy International Music Festival. World opera star, People’s Artist of Tatarstan, Honoured Artist of Russia Akhmed Agadi portrayed Birzhan. Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra and Choir, as well as the opera house’s soloists performed under the baton of the Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan, music director of the production, Maestro Abzal Mukhitdin.