Shamshi Kaldayakov is a Kazakh composer. The Honored Worker of Culture and People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR was a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of Kazakhstan, and was also awarded the State Prize in the field of literature and art of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the collection of songs "Bakyt kushagynda".
At birth, the "king of the Kazakh waltz" was named Zhamshid Dombayev. The song "My Kazakhstan", written by the popular composer, has become the country's anthem. Both children and grandchildren of the maestro are engaged in music.
The beginning of the path to the heights
Shamshi's biography began in 1930. The child was born on August 15 in the village of Temirlanovka in the family of a blacksmith. My father played the domra beautifully, composed music and poetry himself. The boy's mother also sang very well. Their son also played mandolin since childhood. Because of the noticeable birthmark on the baby's leg, they nicknamed "kaldy ayak", "birthmark". This nickname then became a famous surname. The name Jamshid given at birth was affectionately altered at home in Shamshi. The future composer became famous under him.
Kaldayakov wrote his first songs in his youth. The teenager was assigned to a factory school. From there he fled. The parents did not want their son to be forced to return to school. Therefore, the boys were sent to the veterinarian technical school under the new name Shamshi Kaldayakov.
After receiving his education, the young man worked as a livestock technician. After the army, he entered a music school in Tashkent, but could not finish it. Returning to Alma-Ata, the guy in 1956 became a student at the conservatory. The composition class has been selected.
The first patriotic song "Menin Kazakhstanym" was created by the composer at 26. On the radio it sounded very often, receiving the unofficial name "March of virgin lands". In the republic, the work became super popular, turned into a national anthem. In Mongolia and China, Kazakhs performed Shamshi's composition after the anthem of the country where they were currently living. For the first time as the official anthem of the state, the work sounded at the beginning of 2006 during the inauguration of the President of the Republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Study and creativity
Kaldayakov created many lyrical songs. Among them are "In a Boat" and "Black Eyes". In total, he wrote 55 works. Each has its own history. So, the composition "Kyz sagynyshy" is dedicated to Maira Aimanova, "Tamdy aruy" is addressed to the Uzbek Kazakhs. A lot of melodies were born during the composer's travels around the country. These are “Ak erke - Ak zhaiyk”, “Syr sluy”, “Arys zhagasynda”, “Arailym ak Keles”.
Many songs that have become famous were created in the form of waltzes. The listeners very much loved the combination of the steppe legend and the waltz motif "Kuanysh waltzi" While studying at the Conservatory, Shamshi managed to complete two courses of Kazakh State University. He studied composer at the Faculty of Journalism.
Kaldayakov does not have a complete conservatory education. He did not complete vocational training. However, all the singers of Kazakhstan willingly performed his works. Shamshi was in no hurry to join the Union of Composers.
He did not strive for high titles and awards. At the same time, he managed to become a laureate of several prestigious awards, as well as People's Artist of the Republic. In 2005 the first disc of the musician's works "Collection of famous songs" was released. Next year on 2 CDs. Fans received a new album "Meniң Kazakhstanym"
The composer was happy in his personal life. An employee of the atelier named Zhamilya became his wife. Before meeting the composer, the girl was in no hurry to get married. On the contrary, she informed all fans that she already had a boyfriend. He serves in the Far East. However, the meeting with Shamshi became fateful for both. The girl was very impressed that she attracted the attention of a conservatory student who writes music for her.
Family and vocation
Young people became husband and wife. The family has two children. The eldest son Abylkasym chose a career as a pianist, Mukhtar became a violinist. Both the wife and daughter of Abylkasim are also pianists. Shamshi's granddaughter has already won awards at two international competitions. Mukhtar became the conductor of the Abai State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. His wife is in business, and two of their three children attend a music school.
Parents do not plan to force their children to choose a musical career. And from their childhood, the composer's sons remember that their father never forced them to study. Mom has always been the initiator. She knew how to interestingly tell how long it took the head of the family to confess.
And the children and grandchildren know very well that the future composer studied at a technical school and served in the army. If he wanted to enter the Moscow Conservatory, the guy realized that without preparation he could not become a student. He started taking musical notation lessons, then began his studies in Tashkent. After that, he was able to enter the Alma-Ata Conservatory.
Memory of the "king of the Kazakh waltz"
After the wedding, the composer's wife began to work at the music school. Zhamilya really liked the play of children. Together with her sons, my mother herself mastered the instrument.
The king of the Kazakh waltz passed away on February 29, 1992. In his memory, since 1992, a republican competition-festival has been held annually. It has already become the International Festival of Songs named after Shamshi Kaldayakov “Menin Kazakhstanym”.
Based on the "Gypsy Serenade", Kaldayakov's song, a play of the same name was staged. The streets of Astana, Shymkent, Almaty are named after the musician. The Central Concert Hall of the southern capital was also renamed in his honor.
A monument was erected in Shymkent in 2006. In 2010, the Shamshi World complex grew up in the center of the city. A new monument to the composer became its center. The name of Kaldayakov is borne by a village, the South Kazakhstan Regional Philharmonic Society, and a music school.
