Shamshi Kaldayakov
Shamshi Kaldayakov (Template:Lang-kz, Şämşi Qaldayaqov; Template:Lang-ru) (August 15, 1937 in Temirlanovka, South Kazakhstan Province — February 29, 1992 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, aged 56) was a Kazakhstani composer. He was born Shamshi Donbaiev, but ran away from school and changed his name to avoid the police.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> He started playing music aged 17 and mainly wrote songs in a waltz style,<ref name=":0" /> but in 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song My Kazakhstan.<ref>Embassy of Kazakhstan in New Delhi, India : Weekly News</ref> It was adopted in 2006 to be the Kazakhstan national anthem by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev after a few modifications in the lyrics.<ref>http://www.kyzmet.kz/?lang=ru&id_1=45 Template:Ru icon</ref>
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