Shamshi Kaldayakov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetShamshi Kaldayakov
Kazakhstani musician
Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1930
Place of Birth: Otyrar District, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakhstan
Date of Death: 29-Feb-1992
Profession: composer
Nationality: Kazakhstan
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Shamshi Kaldayakov
- Shamshi Kaldayakov (Kazakh: ????? ?????????, Shámshi Qaldaiaqov; Russian: ????? ?????????, Šamši Kaldajakov; August 15, 1937 in Temirlanovka, South Kazakhstan Province – February 29, 1992 in Almaty, Kazakhstan) was a Kazakhstani composer.
- He was born Shamshi Donbaiev, 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.
- 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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