Gaziza Zhubanova

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Gaziza Zhubanova
Born(1927-12-02)December 2, 1927
Jurun District,
Aktyubinsk
DiedDecember 13, 1993(1993-12-13) (aged 66)
NationalityKazakh
EducationAttended school in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Occupation(s)Composer, pedagogue

Gaziza Akhmetkyzy Zhubanova (Kazakh: Ғазиза Ахметқызы Жұбанова, Ǵazıza Ahmetqyzy Jubanova; Russian: Газиза Ахметовна Жубанова with middle name "Akhmetovna"; December 2, 1927 – December 13, 1993) was a Soviet and Kazakh composer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1981).

Life

Gaziza Zhubanova was born December 2, 1927, in a village in the Jurun District,

Aktyubinsk. Zhubanova attended school in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, and graduated with honors. She was the daughter of Akhmet Zhubanov
, a university educated musician, and grew up in a musical environment.

In 1945 Gaziza Zhubanova began studying at

Moscow Conservatoire
. After graduating in 1954, she took additional studies in composition and then in 1957 began a career as a composer.

In 1954, she participated in the Seventh Plenary Meeting of the Kazakh Union of Composers. Gaziza Zhubanova has been Chairman of Kazakh Union of Composers, a member of the board of the USSR Union of Composers and Deputy to the Alma-Ata City Soviet. She often works with the Kazakh Song and Dance Company.[1][2]

Selected works

Gaziza Zhubanova uses subjects and images from the Kazakh history and folklore. She has composed in different forms, including piano, violin, voice, chorus, string quartet and popular songs.

  • Aksak Kulan (1953–1954), symphonic poem
  • Booming in the night (1916), opera
  • Violin Concerto (1957)
  • Melody (Мелодия) in C minor for viola and piano (1950)
  • Night Light in the Ural (1957), cantata (words by Khamit Ergaliev)
  • Incidental music for On the Banks of the Irtysh (play by S. Kusainov)
  • Ode to the Communist Party
  • Glory to the Cosmonaut
  • Embrace
  • Ye Millions!
  • Song of Virgin Lands Enthusiasts
  • The Song Is the Voice of My Heart
  • The Earth, the Moon and Sputnik, ballet (choreography by V. Vainonen)
  • Ballade of Mukhtar Auezov, cantata
  • A Legend of the White Bird, ballet

References

  1. ^ "Gaziza Zhubanova". Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  2. . Retrieved 4 October 2010.