The Dissertation Council for the defense of doctoral dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) under the educational program «8D021 – Art» at the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after Temirbek Zhurgenov hereby announces that the dissertation work of Mukhsiynova Meruyet Zhaksybekkyzy will take place on the topic «Modification of Traditional Kazakh Singing Techniques in Contemporary Pop Performance» submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) under the educational program «8D02194 – Performing Arts» (Variety/Estrada). The thesis was prepared at the Department of «Pop Vocal» at the Temirbek Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts and is written in the kazakh language..
Scientific advisers:
KasimovaZulfiya Malikovna– Candidate of Art Studies, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Pop Vocal at the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after Temirbek Zhurgenov.
Abdullah Akat – Professor, doctor, Head of the Department of Musicology of the State Conservatory of Istanbul University (Istanbul, Turkey).
Official reviewers:
Gulnar Zhanabergenovna Kuzbakova – Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor of the «Musicology and Composition» Department of the Kazakh National University of Arts named after K. Baiseitova (Astana)
Amanova Roza Asanovna Doctor of Art Studies, Professor of the Research Center for Traditional Culture and Art under the National Academy of Sciences under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council at the defense meeting:
Alla Gadjiagaevna Bayramova – Professor at Western Caspian University, Doctor of Art Studies (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Shoista Sharafutdinovna Ganikhanova – Doctor of Art History, Professor of the «History of Music and Criticism» Department of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Amangeldy Mukan – Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor, Head of the «Theater and Cinema» Department of the Mukhtar Auezov Institute of Literature and Art of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan
The thesis defense will take place on June 23, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the rector’s office of the Temirbek Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts.
The defense will be held in a hybrid format (online/offline).
