The Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory (Kazakh: Құрманғазы атындағы Қазақ ұлттық консерваториясы) is a high musical institution in Kazakhstan which trains composers, musicologists, conductors of the choir and folk orchestras, pianists, vocalists, art managers, performers on all instruments of the symphony orchestra and folk instruments.
Pupils of the conservatory work in professional collectives from near and far abroad such as in Russia, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Israel, USA, France, Czech Republic, Canada, Korea, China and others.
[1] In the 1981–1982 academic year, more than 1200 students studied at the conservatory, 234 teachers worked, including over 20 professors and doctors of sciences, about 50 associate professors and candidates of sciences, 5 people's artists of the Soviet Union, 7 people's artists of the Kazakh SSR.
In March 2023 the journal was renamed to "Saryn"[3] The institution is provided by 4 faculties: There are also a number of university-wide departments: The building is an example of the "national style" in 1930's Almaty architecture.
[4] On 10 November 2010, a new State List of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Local Significance of the city of Almaty was approved, simultaneously with which all previous decisions on this matter were declared invalid.