Musicology Annotation << Back Piano prelude in Kazakh music: genre features and national identity Galiya T. Akparova In the work of the Kazakh composers, the piano prelude is represented by few samples. The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the genre and style interpretation of the piano preludes of the Kazakh composers. The work reveals the features of the content and composition of the prelude as a genre. There are analyzed piano preludes of Kazakh composers, such as K. Kuzhamyarov, G. Zhubanova, T. Kazhgaliyev from the point of view of the interpretation of the genre. New features in the musical content of preludes are revealed. The genre of piano prelude is studied as a holistic phenomenon. The status of novelty is the very formulation of the problem – interaction of Western European and Kazakh composition art in the genre of prelude. Keywords: piano prelude, Kazakh composers, synthesis of national and European. Contacts: E-mail: gakparova@mail.ru Pp. 03-09.