Tengir-Too ensemble - Ker özön (Wide walley) (KY) | Текст песни

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Language(s) Kyrgyz
Composer: Murataaly Küröngkeev (1860-1949)
Performer: Baktybek Chytyrbaev, kyl kiyak

The wide valley represented in this piece is said to be that of the Chui River, in northern Kyrgyzstan. Although performed on the kyl kiyak, a bowl fiddle with two horsehair strings, “Ker özön” evokes the sound of the surnai, a loud oboe associated with military music, according to performer Baktybek (Bakyt) Chytyrbaev. “No one plays the surnai now in Kyrgyzstan,” says Bakyt, “but there are recordings of it.”

Bakyt grew up in the countryside of mountainous Naryn Region and began his musical studies at age seven. These studies, however, focused on European music. “I was 19 or 20 when I started to play kyl kiyak,” he recounts, “and when I started playing, there was only one person in Kyrgyzstan who was playing the kiyak, and he had only one instrument. I searched inside the music to try to find its essence. I have students now; kids come to me to listen and learn.” When not playing the kyl kiyak, Bakyt works as a computer system administrator. He is also a serious practitioner of tai chi.