Shamshi Kaldayakov
Shamshi Kaldayakov (15 August 1930 – 29 February 1992) was a Kazakh composer. He was born Şämşı Donbaev, but ran away from school and changed his name to avoid the police. He started playing music aged 17 and mainly wrote songs in a waltz style, but in 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song My Kazakhstan.
Shamshi Kaldayakov
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- Name
- Şämşı Qaldaiaqov
- Birth Name
- Jamshid Anapiya uly Donbaev
- Born
- 15 August 1930
- Birthplace
- Shauyldyr aul, Otyrar District, Kazakh SSR, USSR
- Died
- 29 February 1992 (aged 61)
- Place of death
- Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Nationality
- Kazakhstan · Soviet Union
- Fields
- estrada · waltz
- Known for
- Menıñ Qazaqstanym
- Honours
- Hero of Labour of Kazakhstan · Order of Fatherland
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Shamshi Kaldayakov (15 August 1930 – 29 February 1992) was a Kazakh composer. He was born Şämşı Donbaev, but ran away from school and changed his name to avoid the police. He started playing music aged 17 and mainly wrote songs in a waltz style, but in 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song My Kazakhstan.
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It was adopted in 2006 to be the Kazakhstan national anthem by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev after a few modifications in the lyrics.
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• Name — Şämşı Qaldaiaqov • Birth Name — Jamshid Anapiya uly Donbaev • Born — 15 August 1930 • Birthplace — Shauyldyr aul, Otyrar District, Kazakh SSR, USSR • Died — 29 February 1992 (aged 61) • Place of death — Almaty, Kazakhstan • Occupation — * Composer • Singer
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Shamshi Kaldayakov is recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded as a citizen of Soviet Union. Classed in the genre estrada music. Classed in the genre waltz.
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1992
Shamshi Kaldayakov died on 29 February 1992.
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- 1.Kazakhstan Marks 95 Years of Waltz Genius and National Anthem Author Shamshi Kaldayakov. The Astana Times. 2025-08-15.
- 2.Alex Marshall: Republic or Death! Travels in Search of National Anthems. Random House Books, London 2015, ISBN 978-1-84794-741-3, S. 140–144.
- 3.Der Verfassungsrat.
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