Almaty celebrates 100 Days Countdown to the 2017 WU

ALMATY – Today, on 21 October, Almaty celebrates 100 days prior to the 28^th Winter Universiade. Over 1,000 students gathered together in front of the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in order to be among the first to hear the main musical theme of the Winter Universiade. During the event, the Mayor of Almaty Bauyrzhan Baibek awarded local cultural figures with Universiade Ambassadors certificates.

100 days before the start of the international student games in Almaty the main musical theme of the Winter Universiade was presented. The composition was written by famous author and composer Islam Rakhimzhanov, the three times winner of the award ‘Gold Gramophone’ and two times award winner of the television festival ‘Song of the Year’.

The musical composition was presented during the celebration of the 100 days prior to the Winter Universiade and was performed by famous singers Nurlan Abduillin, Loren and the author himself.

“The brightest events of the years 2016-2017, such as the 1,000-year anniversary of Almaty and Universiade 2017 inspired me for the creation of this composition. We are delighted to be the citizens of our city. Such songs must be created and inspire citizens to do great and good deeds that form our history, as a message for our future generation. This song is a song of memory, gratitude and love. We are happy with the fact we could make the song modern and timeless at the same time. It is a very sincere, pure and kind song. We believe that it will be positively received by the citizens of Almaty”, the author and composer noted.

The song includes parts of typical national instruments such as kobyz, dombra, kyl kobyz, saz syrnay and shan kobyz performed by the legendary musical group ‘The Magic of Nomads’ formed of Gaziz Gabdrakhimov and Zhalgabek Iles.

During the celebration of 100-days prior to the Winter Universiade, the Mayor of Almaty Bauyrzhan Baibek awarded the local celebrities with the Universiade Ambassador certificates.

The honour to be an official representative of the Winter Universiade in Almaty were given to the honoured cultural worker Kydyrali Bolmanov, winner of the international song contest ‘Turkvision’, Zhanar Dugalova, famous singer, dancer, composer Ali Okapov and laureate of the international song contest ‘New Wave 2009’ Nurzhan Kermenbayev.

Besides, during the event, the winners of the first day of the second stage of the Short Track Cup of Kazakhstan were awarded by certificates. The competition takes place in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace during these three days and serves as a test event prior to the Winter Universiade. At the end of the event, the 2017 WU volunteers, together with the mascot of the games, the young falcon ‘Sunkar’ performed a flash mob.

(Source: OC Almaty 2017)