Kuermanjiang Zikereya
Lineage & School of Heritage
He studied under Nuernbai and later learned dombra kui (dombra instrumental pieces) with Jiabuhubai and Dawulieti Mazhake.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Kazakh ethnicity, born in June 1964, a native of Tekes County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In his youth he attended the Ili Prefecture Art School and later studied at Xinjiang University, acquiring a certain grounding in music theory; in 2001 he joined the Ili Prefecture Song and Dance Ensemble as principal dombra player, and he can sing to his own accompaniment in performing the Kazakh Liushier Kuon'er (the sixty-two kuon'er). He has composed dozens of Kazakh folk songs, which are deeply loved by the Kazakh people and widely sung. He has gone deep into folk communities to collect and organise Kazakh folk music and has published four monographs.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Hasakeliushierkuoener, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has taken part in competitions of various kinds with good results, and is currently a member of the expert committee of the Xinjiang Musicians Association.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Hasakeliushierkuoener Ⅱ-126
Profile
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