Jan Yrgagy, Music from Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgystan

Jan Yrgagy was set up at the wake of independence of Kyrgyzstan in the early 1990s. It is a loose group of artists, strictly following the tradition of Kyrgyz classical music, the artists play only solo, although Bakyt experimented, for the first time last February, to play with other Kyrgyz and Mongolian artists for the final part of a very successful concert at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. Bakyt is a researcher, a pedagogue and one of the best kyl kyak players in modern Kyrgyzstan. His music is recorded on CDs with Smithsonian Institute, in Czech Republic. He has travelled extensively for festivals such as Silk Road Festival in Washington in 2002 and Prague European Centre of Culture in 2000.
Nurzat is a young artist with promising dexterity and sharp sense of rhythm for traditional melodies. She has also travelled abroad for performances (Malaysia in 2001 and Hungary in 2004).
Aiday is Bakyt’s student with a very beautiful voice, Viljandi will be her first performance abroad.

• Baktybek Chytyrbaev – kyl kyak (a bowed two string instrument)
• Nurzat Orozalieva – komuz, temir komuz
• Aiday Stamkulova – komuz, kyl kyak, vocal

• Baktybek Chytyrbaev: +996 502 508 633 (mobile) Chytyrbaev@yandex.ru