VI International Academic Competition for Young Musicians
"Zarina Altynbayeva Youth Music Competition"
"Zarina Altynbayeva Youth Music Competition"
Welcome to the official website of the first all-Turkic academic music competition for young musicians!
In 2026, the competition will be held with the support of the Almaty City Department of Culture and will bring together talented young musicians from Kazakhstan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
Founder and artistic director, Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, leading soloist of the Abay Opera House - ZARINA ALTYNBAYEVA.
Video submissions (Round I): September 1–25, 2026
Final auditions (Round II): October 29–November 3, 2026
Almaty, Kazakhstan
In 2026, the competition will be held with the support of the Almaty City Department of Culture and will bring together talented young musicians from Kazakhstan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
Founder and artistic director, Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, leading soloist of the Abay Opera House - ZARINA ALTYNBAYEVA.
Video submissions (Round I): September 1–25, 2026
Final auditions (Round II): October 29–November 3, 2026
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Specialties and age categories:
First category: from 10 to 14 years of age
Second category: from 15 to 17 years of age
First category: from 10 to 12 years of age
Second category: from 13 to 15 years of age
Second category: from 13 to 15 years of age
First category: from 10 to 12 years of age
Second category: from 13 to 15 years of age
Second category: from 13 to 15 years of age
Gala concert and awards ceremony of the
IV Academic Competition of Young Musicians
IV Academic Competition of Young Musicians
August 27, 2023 - Abay Opera House
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Aizara Serik - Gakku (composer: E. Brusilovsky)
Aman Duisekeyev - Nocturne (composer: Kenes Duisekeyev)
Margulan Moldabekov - Serenade of Don Quixote
Aitore Azamatuly - "Andante maestoso" from the ballet "Nutcracker ballet"
Sultan Atshybay - Karyndas (N. Tilendiev)
Ramazan Kopbaev — "Salut d'Amour", Op.12 (1888)
Nazerke Madeniyet - “Kozy Korpesh-Bayan Sulu” (solo from ballet)
Ayana Bayzulla - Eligay (Kazakh Folk Song)
Gleb Tairbergenov - Polonaise in G sharp minor, Frederic Chopin
Anna Yudenich - Trout (F. Schubert)