Tokzhan Karatai
Tokzhan Karatai is a Composer, performer, and improviser from Kazakhstan. Tokzhan is positioning herself as a performer of contemporary music on a traditional Kazakh instrument, the kobyz, a two-stringed fiddle with horsehair strings. Her music is based on both traditional and contemporary music, with the goal of connecting these two areas. Tokzhan Karatai has joined international music projects that have furthered her skills as a composer-performer-improviser.