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Şämşı Qaldaiaqov (/ʃæmˈʃiː ˌkældəˈjækɒf/; 15 August 1930 – 29 February 1992) was a Kazakh composer. He was born Şämşı Donbaev (/dɒnˈbaɪɛf/), but ran away from school and changed his name to avoid the police.[1] He started playing music aged 17 and mainly wrote songs in a waltz style,[1] but in 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song My Kazakhstan.[2] It was adopted in 2006 to be the Kazakhstan national anthem by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev after a few modifications in the lyrics.[citation needed]
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Birth name | Jamshid Anapiya uly Donbaev |
Born | (1930-08-15)15 August 1930 Shauyldyr aul, Otyrar District, Kazakh SSR, USSR |
Died | (1992-02-29)29 February 1992 (aged 61) Almaty, Kazakhstan |
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