On May 23, the bright opening of the first festival of folklore music "Folk-symphony Kokshetau" took place on the stage of the regional philharmonic society named after Ukili Ybyray.

The concert program included works of the folklore genre performed by the "Ainakol" ensemble, Elmira Toleubayeva, soloist of the "Madeniet salasynyn uzdigi" philharmonic society, and invited guests.

A professional musician, laureate of republican competitions, a master in the manufacture of ancient Kazakh musical instruments - Azamat Bakhiya performed works on such ancient instruments as sazsyrnai, zhetygen and shankobyz.

The author and performer of Shor songs, winner and laureate of international and Russian competitions and festivals, master of throat singing - Chyltys Tannagasheva (Kemerovo, Russia) presented the culture of her people to the Kokshetau audience by performing melodies on national instruments kai komus and temir komus .

Composer, well-known multi-instrumentalist, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan - Yedil Kusainov performed author's works on zhetygen, sybyzgy and shankobyz.

The decoration of the musical numbers was dance performances from the ensemble "Gekku", leader Gulmira Ordabayeva.