Turan Ensemble (also named Тұран, or Turan Ethno Folk Band) is a Kazakh folk music band, which was created in 2008 by several students of Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy. The Turan ensemble is a band composed of five members: Abzal Arykbaev who is the group's throat singer, Maxat (Maksat) Medeubek, Bauirzhan Bekmukhanbetov, Serik Nurmoldaev, Erzhigit Aliyev. The band usually play popular folk instruments such as

dombra The ''dombra'', also known as ''dombyra'' ( kz, домбыра, uz, dombira, ba, думбыра) is a long-necked Kazakh, Uzbek and Bashkir lute and a musical string instrument. The dombyra shares certain characteristics with the komuz a ...

, zhetigen,

kobyz The Kobyz ( kk, қобыз, ''Qobyz''; ba, ҡумыҙ; tt-Cyrl, кубыз) or ''kylkobyz'' ( kk, қылқобыз, ''qylqobyz''; ba, ҡыл ҡумыҙ; tt-Cyrl, кылкубыз) is an ancient Turkic bowed string instrument, spread among Ka ...

sybyzgy The sybyzgy ( ky, сыбызгы, sybyzǵy) is a Kyrgyz sideblown flute traditionally played by shepherds and horse herders, made from apricot wood or the wood of mountain bushes. Length 600–650 mm. The sybyzgy sound scale is estimated fr ...

, sherter, shankobyz and some others. In their performances the Turan ensemble often wears traditional Kazakh costume to invoke links to an ancient Turkic past. As artists-in-residence at the Museum of Kazakh Folk Musical Instruments, the Turan ensemble seeks new ways to remodel folk music by using these traditional Kazakh musical instruments.

Experience

Under the auspices of the Kazakh Ministry of Culture, the Turan ensemble has toured Central Asia, Europe and the United States. The ensemble has participated in a number of international events, and has released recordings of their work: *From 2008 to 2015, Turan ensemble attend a lot of music festivals, and made numerous successful performances all over the world. *In August 2008, Turan became a member of the international festival "Young Euro Classic" in Berlin, and their performance in Germany received a good response *In November 2009, the Turan ensemble made a very successful concert tour of the United States, performing in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston and New York. *Spring 2010, the ensemble's first CD ''Turan'' was released. *April 2010, Turan conduct a solo concert in Israel. *August 2010, Ensemble became a member of the World Grand kurultay "Turan" in Hungary. The world media reported their performance. *In 2011, Turan ensemble performed in many countries representing

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. *Performance In Bundestkunsthalle (Berlin). *Attend the opening of the first Kazakh cinema festival "Kazakhstan: a kaleidoscope of pictures" in Los Angeles, USA. *performance in

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. *Award winner at ethnic festival "Sharq Taronalari-2011" in Samarkand, Uzbekistan *Solo concert in

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, in

Yekaterinburg, Russia Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administrati ...

, in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf (Germany). *Release the second album "El turan" *October 2013, performed at the 8-day "IIC Experience" festival in New Delhi, India *November 2013, Turan ensemble conduct "Величие кюя" concert-lecture in Museum of Kazakh folk musical instruments. *November 2014, solo concert in an exhibition about Kazakhstan culture, at Place du Palais-Royal, Paris, France, for the opening of direct

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airline (.Pictures has been taken during this event. *December 2014, made a solo concert called "Ер Тұран" for the independence of Kazakhstan. *October 2015, Turan attended the World Music Shanghai in China and performed at several places in Beijing and Shanghai.

Photographs

Turan.Abzal Arykbaev.Shankubyz.Шанкубыз.口弦-斯尔那依.jpg, Abzal Arykbaev
shankubyz Turan.Bauirzhan Bekmukhanbetov.dombra.домбра.冬不拉.jpg, Bauirzhan Bekmukhanbetov

Turan.Erzhigit Aliyev.Jetigen-жетіген.节特根.jpg, Erzhigit Aliyev

jetigen The jetigen ( kk, жетіген, , or dzhetigan or zhetygen) is a Kazakh plucked zither. Similar to Chinese guzheng, yazheng and se, Japanese koto, Korean gayageum and ajaeng, Mongolian yatga, Vietnamese đàn tranh, and Sundanese kacap ...

Turan.Maxat Medeubek.kobyz.Қобыз.库布孜.jpg, Maxat Medeubek

Turan.Serik Nurmoldaev.tambour chaman.shaman drum.萨满鼓.jpg, Serik Nurmoldaev
shaman

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

Classical tracks

Their classical tracks include: *01-Er Turan【Anshilik-Аңшылық】<Ер Тұран> *02-Er Turan【Elim ai-Елім ай】<Ер Тұран> *03-Er Turan【Er Turan-Ер Тұран】<Ер Тұран> *04-Er Turan【Inspiration-Вдохновение】<Ер Тұран> *05-Er Turan【Jarapazan-Жарапазан】 *06-Er Turan【Kara jorga-Кара жорга】<Ер Тұран> *07-Er Turan【Kazajstan-Қазақстан】 *08-Er Turan【Kazak land-Казак елi】<Тұран> *09-Er Turan【Koroglu-Короглы】<Ер Тұран> *10-Er Turan【Kossbassar】 *11-Er Turan【Lullaby-Колыбельная】<Тұран> *12-Er Turan【Mothers Hand-Ана алақаны】<Тұран> *13-Er Turan【Mukkagali Tolgyi-Мұқағали толғауы】<Ер Тұран> *14-Er Turan【Orteke-Ортеке】<Ер Тұран> *15-Er Turan【Koroglu-Короглы】<Тұран> *16-Er Turan【Secret of feeling-Сезім сыры】<Тұран> *17-Er Turan【Shaman】 *18-Er Turan【Swan-Аққу】<Ер Тұран> *19-Er Turan【Tolgau-Толгау】<Тұран> *20-Er Turan【Toy duman-Тоң думан】<Тұран> *21-Er Turan【Zharapazan】 *22-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Uly Turan Mangilik-Ұлы Тұран - Мәңгілік】<Тұран> *23-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Eagle-Бүркіт】<Тұран> *24-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Difficult time - Қилы заман】<Тұран> *25-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Syrlasu - Сырласу】<Тұран> *26-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Ansa janym - Аңса жаным】<Тұран> *27-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Lame Kulan - Ақсақ құлан】 <Тұран> *28-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Caravan - Керуен】 <Тұран> *29-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Zheldirme - Желдірме】 <Тұран> *30-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Balbobek -Балбөбек】 <Тұран> *31-Uly Turan Mangilik 【Kara jorga-Кара жорга】 <Тұран>

References

External links

* {{Authority control Kazakhstani musical groups Folk music groups