Asankhan Dzhumakhmatov
Asankhan Dzhumakhmatovich Dzhumakhmatov was a Kyrgyzstani composer and conductor of the Soviet era, born in Arashan. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1974, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1958, and held various posts in the Kirghiz SSR. He also received the Toktogul State Prize of the Kirghiz SSR in 1972.
