A twelve-year-old musician from Karaganda took first place at an international competition

Young musicians from Karaganda became the winners of the Vlll International Piano Training Competition among students and students of various specialties EURASIA PIANO FORUM in Astana.

About 200 pupils of specialized schools and college students of Kazakhstan and China showed their skills in creative competitions.

The jury included artists of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan – Bayan Mukusheva, Zufar Arzayev, Narmina Guliyeva, Elena Shin and Lyubov Glinka.

From the specialized music boarding school of Karaganda, 16 people took part in the competition, nine of them were laureates, the rest were awarded diplomas.

A student of the 6th grade of a specialized music boarding school, Danil Habibrakhmanov, became a first-degree laureate, he also received special prizes from the jury members and for the best performance of a play by a Kazakh composer.

– I'm 12 years old. I've been doing music since I was five. At the competition in Astana, he played two compositions – "Little Hungarian Rhapsody" and "The Tale of the Koshchey Kingdom". And took the first place. There were about 40 participants in my group from 4th to 6th grade. I am grateful to my piano teacher Aizhan Boltashevna Beispekova. Music is already an integral part of my life, and I plan to develop this direction further," said Danil Habibrakhmanov, a student of the 6th grade of specialized music boarding school.

A special prize from the jury was also awarded to Karima Maksut and Dayana Geisten.

The competition was held on the basis of the Kazakh National University of Arts. This year the university celebrates 25 years since its foundation.