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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name            = Ulytau <br/> Ұлытау
| image             = 
| background      = group_or_band
| origin          = [[Kazakhstan]]
| genre           = [[Folk metal]]<br />[[Neo-classical metal]]
| years_active    = 2001 &ndash; present
| website             = [http://www.ulytau.kz www.ulytau.kz]
| current_members = Nurgaisha Sadvakasova<br />Yerzhan Alimbetov<br />Makism Kichigin
| notable_instruments = [[Dombra]]
}}

'''Ulytau''' ({{lang-kz|Ұлытау}}), literally meaning "the great mountain", is a popular [[Turkic_peoples|Turkic]] neopagan instrumental [[folk metal]] trio from [[Kazakhstan]].<ref name="KMC">{{cite web |title=The Music of Ulytau |url=http://www.kazakhstanmediacentre.com/history/arts/ulytau.cfm |publisher=Kazakhstanmediacentre.com |accessdate=May 6, 2008}}</ref> Their music combines the sound of the violin and electric guitar with the [[dombra]], a traditional two stringed instrument from their country.

The band is named after the district of Ulytau in Central Kazakhstan, the mythical birthplace of the nation.

==Biography==
Ulytau was conceived as a project by producer Kydyrali Bolmanov in 2001 to merge Western and Eastern music with arrangements of classical music from such composers as [[Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly]], [[Antonio Vivaldi]], [[Niccolò Paganini]] and [[Johann Sebastian Bach]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Creation |url=http://www.ulytau.kz/en/pages/2.jsp |publisher=Ulytau.kz |accessdate=May 6, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401042539/http://www.ulytau.kz/en/pages/2.jsp |archivedate=April 1, 2008 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> They have since toured Germany, England, Scotland, Poland, USA, Turkey, China, Japan and Russia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ulytau |publisher=Darksage.ru (In Russian) |url=http://darksage.ru/page/ULYTAU |accessdate=May 6, 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} (Google translation: ''Despite the youth, musicians have already visited with tours in Germany, England, Scotland, Poland, USA, Turkey, China, Japan and, of course, Russia.'')</ref> The band was awarded the "Golden Disc" in 2001 for their song "Aday" that was based on a composition from Kurmangazy of the same name.<ref>[http://home-of-rock-news.blog.de/2009/06/19/ulytau-wanderer-welten-6345638/ ULYTAU – Wanderer zwischen Welten]</ref> The song was also featured on the [[Rough Guides|Rough Guide]] compilation to the music of Central Asia.<ref>{{cite web |author=Greenberg, Adam |title=''The Rough Guide to the Music of Central Asia'' review |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r727247|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=May 6, 2008}}</ref> 

==Discography==
*''Jumyr-Kylysh'' (2006) (In Germany released 2009 as ''Two Warriors'')

==Members==
===Line-up===
*Erjan Alimbetov - [[Dombra]]
*Maxim Kichigin - Guitar
*Alua Makanova - Violin

===Session musicians===
*Roman Adonin - Keyboards
*Oleg Tarnovskiy - Guitar
*Serik Sansyzbayev - Bass
*Rafael Arslanov - Drums

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.ulytau.kz/index.php?til=1}}

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[[Category:Folk metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani musicians]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2001]]

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