Akhmedyarov Karshymbai - kiui performer and composer. People’s Artist of Kazakhstan, State prizewinner of the Republic of Kazakhstan, laureate of the «Parasat» orders. Born in 1946 in Atyrau Region. Graduated from Alma-Ata Conservatory, the Department of Folk Instruments (the class of K.Mukhitova). He worked as dombra player,          orchestra leader, and artistic council member of the Kurmangazy Kazakh Academic Folk Orchestra. Akhmedyarov’s repertoire includes compositions            of Russian and modern composers and also Russian and foreign classics. He is the composer of arrangements and interpretations of many Kazakh folk compositions. More than 50 kiuis were created by K.Akhmedyarov, among them «Naryn», «Kuanysh», «Ak kain», «Zheldirme», «Sagynysh» are most well known. Akhmedyarov can be rightly called the performer who introduced the world to the performance of Kazakh kiuis.