Biography

           GULDZHAMILYA KADYRBEKOVA

   
     Guldzhamilja Kadyrbekova is one of the brightest representatives of the piano school of Kazakhstan.
  
 Born in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, Gulzhamilja Kadyrbekova is Professor of piano at the Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy (Almaty) and soloist of Kazakh State Philarmony named after Jambul.
 Study at the Moscow State Conservatory named after Tchaikovsky where she was master-assistant to Professor Gleb Axelrod was followed by absolutely first prize at the 31 Viotti International Piano Competition in Vercelli, Italy(1980).

Also she has a diplom with honors by the Insitute of foreign languages  (French language, Almaty, 1999).
 Her performing career has taken her concert halls from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Rome, Torino, Cuneo, Biella, Casale, Novara, Streza ( 20th famous international music festival in Streza with Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Anne Sophie-Mutter). And also Ankara, Istanbul, Wien, Paris ( hall named after Cortot, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris) and much more.
 Her broad repertory spans all musical periods,and not unexpectedly includes numerous compositions of Russian composers Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and also European great composers from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms to R. Strauss, P.Hindemith, F.Pulenc etc.
 In reviews, she has been compared to Ciccolini, Berman, and Cziffra. Italian newspaper " Stampa Sera" wrote:
 " Her mastery of the piano has been described as a continuation of the Chopin-Liszt heritages and synthesis of the best traditions  of Scrjabin and Rachmaninoff".
 She was given concerts with many orchestra (Russian Philarmonic (conductor Dm. Kitaenko), Rumanien Philarmonic (cond. O. Balan), Georgian Philarmonic, Kazakh State Philarmonic)
 A teacher of many accomplished students (laureats of many international competitions), Professor Kadyrbekova was a member of the international jury of the French Piano Institute in 1993 (Paris,France),  and returns in 1994 as a recitalist and again as a member of jury. Also she was a president of the jury in international piano competitions in Astana ( 2003,Kazakhstan), Ekaterinburg ( 2005,Russia ), Ashgabad ( 1998,Turkmenia ). Also she was a member of jury in IV International Mozart-Wunderkind competition ( Beethoven Festival, Wien, Austria, 2009). She was given concert in Brahms-Museum in Murzzuschlag (Austria, 2009) and master-classes.

Her recent concerts included following works: Ravel, Concerto for left hand;  Gershwin, Concerto in D-major;  Beethoven, Phantasie for piano, orchestra and choir, Concerto №5 Es-dur, Triple Concerto; both concertos by Chopin;  concertos by Chaikovsky;  concertos by Rachmaninov; Brahms concerto №1 d-moll.

 Gulzhmilja Kadyrbekova was given the following titles: People's Artist of Kazakhstan(1991), cavaler of State Kazakh order " Kurmet" (2000).