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Zhubanov’s 120th Anniversary: Scholar Who Gave Kazakh Music Orchestra 

By Nagima Abuova  on 29 April 2026

ASTANA — Kazakhstan is celebrating the 120th anniversary of Ahmet Zhubanov, a composer, conductor, musicologist and scholar who helped shape Kazakhstan’s professional music. Born on April 29, 1906, in today’s Aktobe Region, he turned folk melodies, dombyra traditions and scholarly research into a foundation for national musical institutions.  Zhubanov,...