March 13 – 110th Anniversary of the Birth of the People's Artist of the USSR, Composer Mukan Tulebayev.

Mukan Tulebayev (born March 13, 1913, Karachagan Gorge, Sarkand District, Zhetysu Region; died April 2, 1960, Almaty) was an outstanding Kazakh composer, public figure, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the USSR State Prize, and one of the authors of the former anthem of Kazakhstan. In his short life, M. Tulebayev composed more than a hundred musical works. Among them, particular attention is given to his operatic, cantata-oratorio, and song-romance works. In particular, the opera «Birzhan-Sara» is not only the pinnacle of his compositional talent but also one of the most outstanding classics of Kazakh musical culture of the 20th century.