MEMORY PAGE...

On February 15, 2024, a presentation of the piano collection “In Memory of a Page” by composer Alexander Romanov took place at the Kazakh National University of Arts. Compilers of the collection: teachers of KazNUA Marianna and Dmitry Ostankovich. The presentation was attended by Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan S.Zh.Erkimbekov, Doctor of Art History, Professor U.R. Dzhumakova, candidate of art history T.V. Kharlamova, Dean of the Faculty of Musicology and Piano, Associate Professor D.V.Ostankovich. The presentation was attended by a 1st year student of the KazNUA College Zhumangarina Togzhan, who performed “On the Waltz Waltz”, “Two Fantastic Dances” and other works by Alexander Romanov.

Alexander Dmitrievich Romanov is one of the brightest figures in the musical art of the republic in the second half of the 20th and first half of the 21st centuries. Soviet and Kazakh composer, member of the Union of Composers of the USSR, member of the Union of Composers of Kazakhstan, member of the Music Fund of the USSR, pianist, music teacher. Founder of the professional South Kazakhstan composing school. Veteran of labor, winner of the scholarship of the Akim of the South Kazakhstan region “Madeniet kairatkeri”, “Eren enbegi ushin”. Name Romanov A.D. recorded in the book of honor of the Shymkent College of Music, as well as in the Encyclopedia of Cultural and Art Workers of the South Kazakhstan Region. In 2010, a star was named after him on the alley of stars of cultural figures of the South Kazakhstan region in the park named after Sh. Kaldayakov in the city of Shymkent.

The composer's creative heritage is very rich. Author of more than five hundred works of various genres, including oratorios, cantatas, symphonies, concertos, music for films, numerous works of chamber, vocal and program music, music for theatrical productions.

The library has A. Romanov’s collection “An Offering to the Portrait of Bach”, and we are glad that our collection has been replenished with another collection by a talented composer and pianist. As the composer’s daughter, Marianna Ostankovich, notes, the collection “In Memory of the Page” includes plays from the early period of Alexander Romanov’s work. The plays are varied in intonation material, genre and range of artistic images. The publication is addressed to performers of a high level of professional training.

We are waiting for everyone who is interested in the collection in the library!