7 January 2021 08:00
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Today s Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 7th January. Related news
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Soviet and Kazakh opera singer, director, Peopleâs Artist of the Kazakh SSR and laureate of the Stalin Prize of the 2
nd degree
Kurmanbek
ZHANDARBEKOV was born in 1905 in South Kazakhstan region. He was a graduate of the Institute of Public Education in Tashkent (1925) and the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (1928-1929). He started his acting career at the Drama Theater in Kzyl-Orda and then worked at the Abai Kazakh State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet (1949-1952; 1956-1959). Kurmanbek Dzhandarbekov is considered one of the founders of the Kazakh national professional theater. He also greatly contributed to the revival of the Kazakh dance art. He passed away in 1973.