Nurgisa Tlendiyev

Nurgisa Tlendiyev (1925–1998) was a prominent Kazakh composer, dombyra virtuoso, conductor, and pedagogue. He wrote music for many films at Kazakhfilm, including the classics My Name is Kozha and Kyz Zhibek. In 1981, he founded the folk-ethnographic orchestra Otyrar Sazy, serving as its artistic dir...