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{{Infobox musical artist
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|name = Dina Nurpeisova
|image = Dina Nurpeisova with dombyra.jpg
|caption = Dina Nurpeisova with dombyra
|birth_date = 1861
|death_date = January 31, 1955
|occupation = musician, composer
|death_place = Almaty
|instrument = dombyra}}

'''Dina Nurpeisova''' or Nurpeissova (1861- January 31, 1955) was a composer from the Western part of [[Kazakhstan]] in the [[Ural Mountains|Uralsk]] area.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://eurasia.travel/kazakhstan/cities_towns_places/western_kazakhstan/uralsk_oral/|title = Uralsk (Oral)|date = |accessdate = 6 January 2016|website = Kazakhstan|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> She was also a noted [[Dombra|dombyra]] player.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://kazmusmuseum.kz/en/famous-kazakh-composers |title=Famous Kazakh Composers |date= |accessdate=6 January 2016 |website=Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments |publisher= |last= |first= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110012908/http://kazmusmuseum.kz:80/en/famous-kazakh-composers |archivedate=10 November 2015 |df= }}</ref> For her musical accomplishments, she was recognized as the National Artist of Kazakhstan.<ref name=":0" /> An orchestra, the Academic Folk Orchestra of Dina Nurpeisova, is named after her,<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://azh.kz/en/news/view/4714|title = Academic folk orchestra of Dina Nurpeisova opens its 57th season in Atyrau Drama Theatre|last = Urynbassarova|first = Zeena|date = 7 October 2014|work = Ak Zhaik|access-date = 6 January 2016|via = }}</ref> as well as a small village, Dina Nurpeisova. On the 150th anniversary of her birth, in 2011, a [[postage stamp]] was issued to commemorate her.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://home.nestor.minsk.by/fsunews/kazakhstan/2011/kz725sh.html|title = 150th Birth Anniversary of Dina Nurpeisova|date = |accessdate = 6 January 2016|website = FSU Postage Stamps Catalogue|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Nurpeisova was born in the village of Beketay-kum, currently in [[West Kazakhstan Region]] of Kazakhstan,<ref name="tarih">{{cite web|url=http://www.tarih.spring.kz/ru/history/postwar/figures/nurpeisova/|title=Нурпеисова Дина (1861–1955 гг.)|publisher=«Тарих» - История Казахстана - школьникам|language=Russian|accessdate=12 February 2016}}</ref> and her father, a dombyra player, taught her how to play at a young age.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = http://culturemap.kz/en/object/pamyatnik-diny-nurpeisovoiy|title = The Monument of Dina Nupeyisova|date = |accessdate = 6 January 2016|website = Culture Map of Kazakhstan|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> As a young girl, she met the composer, [[Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly|Kurmangazy]], who became her mentor.<ref name=":1" /> He mentored her from 1870 until around 1880, when she married her first husband.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url = http://www.kazakhstanlive.ru/society/person/face.php?ID=198|title = Дина Нурпеисова|date = |accessdate = 6 January 2016|website = Казахстане Live|publisher = |last = |first = |language = Russian}}</ref>

In 1885, her first husband died, and she married his younger brother.<ref name=":2" /> In 1922, she was living in the [[Astrakhan]] region and in that year her second husband and several of her children died.<ref name=":1" />

In 1937, she met Smagul Koshekbaev, who persuaded Nurpeisova to move to [[Almaty]], where she became nationally recognized as a player and composer.<ref name=":1" /> She was hired at the Kazakh Philharmonic that year.<ref name=":2" /> She continued to play and compete in various competitions.<ref name=":2" /> Her last concert was given in 1952.<ref name=":2" />

Nurpeisova died in Almaty on January 31, 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://silkadv.com/en/content/monument-dina-nurpeisova|title = Monument Dina Nurpeisova|date = |accessdate = 6 January 2016|website = Silk Road Adventures|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>

== Work ==
Nurpeisova's interpretations of traditional music created a link between the past and modern dombyra music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kazakhstan.travel/en/attractions/attraction/279 |title=The Monument to Dina Nurpeisova |date= |accessdate=6 January 2016 |website=Monuments of Atyrau |publisher= |last= |first= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042901/http://kazakhstan.travel/en/attractions/attraction/279 |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df= }}</ref> The type of traditional Kazakh folk music she worked with was called ''kyuy''<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://e-history.kz/en/contents/view/284|title = Artistic Culture. Press|date = |accessdate = 6 January 2016|website = History of Kazakhstan|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> or ''kyui''.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife|last = |first = |publisher = Greenwood Press|year = 2009|isbn = 9780313340529|location = |pages = 540|volume = 2|editor-last = Locke|editor-first = Liz|editor-last2 = Vaughan|editor-first2 = Theresa A.|editor-last3 = Greenhill|editor-first3 = Pauline}}</ref> V. Belyaev, a Soviet [[Musicology|musicologist]], wrote that she "raised the value of folk musical instruments."<ref name=":2" />

== Selected compositions ==
* ''Ana buirigi''
* ''Bulbul''
* ''Bayzhuma''
* ''Enbek ery''
* ''Kogentup''
* ''Nauai''
* ''Sauynshy''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPkDWidvrDs Dina Nurpeisov] (video)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQKMuppo_xQ Nauai, performed by Asset Pazylov] (video)

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