Yevgeny Brusilovsky

Yevgeny Grigoryevich Brusilovsky (Russian: Евгений Григорьевич Брусиловский; 12 November [O.S.

30 October] 1905 – 9 May 1981) was a Soviet and Russian composer who settled in Kazakhstan.

[3] In 1933, he was sent to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (then the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic) to study the folk music of the region, and stayed there for the rest of his life.

His students included A. Zatsepin, B. Baikadamov, M. Tulebaev, B. Yerzakovich, K. Kuzhamyarov, E. Rakhmadiyev and S.

Yevgeny Brusilovsky frequently used the music and legends of Kazakhstan in his compositions.