User:Sstrange090/Досымжанов, Байгали Досымжанович

Baigali Dosymzhanovich Dosymzhanov (January 20, 1920 — July 9, 1998) — Soviet Kazakh Opera singer, theater Director, and music educator. Winner of the Stalin prize of the second degree (1949). People's artist of the Kazakh SSR (1954). A member of the CPSU since 1957

Biography
Born on January 20, 1920 in Semipalatinsk (now Semey, Kazakhstan).

He studied singing at the Alma-ATA music school under the guidance of E.V Ivanov. In 1939-1941 he studied at the Tchaikovsky Moscow state University (class of E. F. Petrenko). In 1947 he graduated from the Alma-ATA Conservatory (class of A. M. Kurganov).

1944 — soloist of the Abai Opera and ballet theatre. A singer with an expressive, soft voice of a wide range. Popularizer of Kazakh folk songs and songs of folk composers. He performed as a concert singer. Toured abroad (East Germany, Czechoslovakia, pnrm., Vietnam, Canada).

Since 1960 he was also engaged in directing. Since 1964 and until the end of life — the main Director of theatre (in 1965-1967 artistic Director).

Since 1972, head of the Department of Opera training of the Alma-ATA Conservatory (since 1986 Professor).

He died on July 9, 1998 in Almaty.