Asankhan Dzhumakhmatov

Asankhan Dzhumakhmatov Асанкан Жумакматов
Dzhumakhmatov on a 2023 stamp
Background information
Born	(1923-06-16)June 16, 1923 Arashan, Russian Empire (present-day Kyrgyzstan)
Died	June 21, 2008(2008-06-21) (aged 85) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor
Instrument	Percussion

Asankhan Dzhumakhmatov^[a] (16 June 1923 – 21 June 2008) was a Soviet and Kyrgyzstani composer and conductor of the Soviet era, born in Arashan. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1944, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1958, and held various posts in the Kirghiz SSR. He also received the Toktogul State Prize of the Kirghiz SSR in 1972.

• Dzhumakhmatov, Asankhan from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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