By co-opting critical voices, authoritarian regimes such as Kazakhstan seek to modernize their image and manage public sentiment under a facade of tolerance, allowing limited dissent within tightly ...

ASTANA – State Counselor Erlan Karin attended the launch of the Assyl Mura (Precious Heritage) audio collection, the largest ...

Venue: Astana Opera; 1, Konayev Street. Tickets are available here.

Kazakh global sensation Dimash isn’t just a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist - he’s a man on a mission. With his ...

These artists aren't just preserving their musical heritage, they're bringing it to the world stage and redefining what Kazakh music means today.

The nomadic way of life was extinguished at a horrific human cost and traditional practices and the Kazakh language were repressed. In their place, as Stephen M. Norris points out, an ideologically ...