Turan Ensemble

The Turan Ensemble (aka Turan Ethno-Folk Ensemble) was founded in 2008 by students of the National Kazakh Conservatory Kurmangazy in Almaty Kazakhstan. The ensemble consists of five members who have found their own way to play Kazakh folk music on traditional instruments such as Dombra, Kyl Kobyz, Zhetigen, Sybyzgy, Shankobyz. Ensemble members are Serik Nurmoldaev: Sybyzgy, Dombra / Maksat Medeubek: Kyl Kobyz /Bauirzhan Berkmukhanbetov: Dombra / Erzghigit Aliyev: Zhetigen / Abzal Arykbaev: Dombra, Throat singing