Bishkek, Sept. 10 (BNA): Kyrgyzstan has celebrated with great pride the komuz, a three-stringed musical instrument that has become a national icon venerated by leaders and people with a day – ...

If you've always wanted to see a Kyrgyz komuz, a kind of three-stringed lute played one-handed, upside-down, and with elaborate gestures that look like a hand ballet; and if you live in the United ...

A concert is held to celebrate the Komuz Day in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 9, 2020. Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday celebrated Komuz Day, which falls on Sept. 9 annually, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

They played with a wide array of traditional instruments from Central Asian nomadic life, including a two-stringed instrument called a “qobyz” and a “jygach ooz komuz,” a wooden plate held ...

Berklee College attracts jazz fans from all over the world and it is there that he met his wife, Chinara Sharshenova - a brilliant violinist who also plays the komuz, a stringed instrument from ...