Rakhmadiyev, Yerkegali Rakhmadiyevich
(*1932)
Rakhmadiyev [Ruhkhmadéeyiff], Yerkegali Rakhmadiyevich (8–1–1932, Semipalatinsk distr.). Kazakh pedagogue and comp. Grad. 1957 from the Alma-Ata Cons., where he was a pupil of Brusilovsky. Continued his training with Litinsky in M. (1957–58), then joined the faculty of the Alma-Ata Cons. (1958) and held administrative positions (1959-), incl. head of the Kazakh Union of Composers (since 1968). Is considered the creator of the symphonic kyuy genre, based on the traditional Kazakh two-part…