Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly

Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly
Qurmangazy equestrian statue in Astrakhan, Russia.
Background information
Genres	Instrumental music Folk music
Occupation(s)	Composer
Instruments	Dombyra

Qurmangazy Sagyrbaiuly (Kazakh: Құрманғазы Сағырбайұлы; Russian: Курмангазы Сагырбаев; 1823–1896) was a Qazaq composer, instrumentalist, and folk artist.

He was born in 1823 in the Bukey Horde (nowadays Zhanakala District, West Kazakhstan Region). He is buried in the Astrakhan region of Lower Volga in today's Russian Federation.

Sagybraev image has been used on the 5 Kazakhstani Tenge banknote in 1993 and on a Khazakh stamp in 1998.