Kazakh President attended annual concert of Presidential Orchestra of Republican Guards
20:03, 28 April 2010
ASTANA. April 28. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev attended the annual concert of the Presidential Orchestra of the Republican Guards of Kazakhstan in the Astana Congress Hall on Wednesday.
This year the concert is devoted to the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and 18th anniversary of the Republican Guards.
"For the first time ever our orchestra has included several genres into its performance. The program was dominated by Kazakh musical instruments - dombra, kobyz, syrnai and sherte", conductor Tlek Yergaliyev said to a Kazinform correspondent.
The repertoire included the kui "Konil Ashar" of national composer Turkesh, Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" performed by young singer of Kazakhstan Kairat Tuntekov, Kazakh, Russian and Chinese dances and etc.