Bishkek, Sept. 10 (BNA): Kyrgyzstan has celebrated with great pride the komuz, a three-stringed musical instrument that has become a national icon venerated by leaders and people with a day – ...

Russia's president receives a quick music lesson on the komuz Link Copied! Watch as Vladimir Putin is given an inpromptu lesson on the komuz during a quick taster tour of local culture in Kyrgyzstan.

The distinct tones of traditional Kyrgyz musical instruments are born in the hands of a master craftsman. In creating a komuz or kyl kiak, Maratbek Berikbaev has been giving life to raw lumps of wood ...

Putin shares a light moment in Bishkek as musicians guide him in playing the Kyrgyz komuz Add as a preferred source on Google Dubai: Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a lighter note during his ...

In Kyrgyzstan, Vladimir Putin tried the komuz, a traditional Kyrgyz lute, during a short cultural stop on his state visit. Agreements on trade, education, migration, and security were also signed. On ...

He carried his komuz, the three-stringed instrument integral to Kyrgyz folk music, everywhere he went. There were few singers more popular or accomplished in Kyrgyzstan than Malik Alikeyev, but he ...

A Kyrgyz artist is keeping alive a puppet theater tradition that dates back centuries. Esenbek Mairykov, 71, learned to carve his dancing mountain goats from his grandfather and hopes to pass on the ...