Indira Zhangabayeva

Music Producer & Composer versed in collaborating with musicians and performing artists to coordinate both live and studio-based projects.

Compose and produce original music for films, documentaries and TV shows across a wide variety of genres.

Detail-orientated in preparing new pieces, adapting existing works and readying for performances. Skilled in developing unique and engaging scores and compositions for diverse projects. Analyses of scripts to determine sound requirements. Familiar with production and post-production requirements. Familiarity with cinematic and musical trends and techniques. A professional with musical background and technical knowledge.
- Supervise music production, including orchestration,
recording, mixing, and mastering
- Attend spotting sessions and work closely with the directors
and producers to understand the music needs
- Collaborated with creative teams to understand the project's needs and vision
- Created music and storyboards that enhances the visuals and supports the story

• 2022 Music of the Earth - Music for a project Music of the Earth - 4-movement mini-symphony and emotional appeal inspired by research about our planet and climate and environmental change at large. It is a co-production by Imperial College PhD students and 7 emerging composers from around the world, and features field recordings submitted by members of the public. A project to raise awareness and draw attention to climate issues through art. The project is designed to take place in museums and various other venues, with the goal of raising awareness about this topic. The works will be presented through live performances. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/education/science-and-solutions-for-a-changing-planet-dtp/programme/challenge-teams/project-list-2021-22/music-of-the-earth/

• 2023 Extended Bodies - electro-acoustic composition for an audio-visual live event focusing on the interface between humans and the contemporary environment. The performances present a range of artistic perspectives exploring how radioactivity, mining, construction and chemical proliferation shape our environment.

https://socialconvention.org/event/extended-bodies/?fbclid=IwAR12e9PNib_BC0b9lB7yE9RnchOni3olYppoysdOtg_Wnv0vuFyw32Uzg6o

• 2023 Music for Parks - Composition for Music for Parks live event, a platform that invited composers to compose meditative and harmonious compositions designed to resonate with both the natural world and our inner essence. Composers and musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama perform a new electro-acoustic work from the Ruskin Park bandstand. ''Music for Parks'' reflects both on the natural world around us and on the power of music to elicit a mindful state of being, providing an immersive soundscape and calming backdrop to one of London's greatest free sources of public well-being: the park.

• 2023 Silent film live music Barbican - Music for an excerpt from silent film Menilmontant for Barbican venue screening and live music event. Ménilmontant screens here with the director’s later short Autumn Mists (1928) and a selection of works by his contemporary, Germaine Dulac, with music composed by Guildhall composers.

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2023/event/silent-film-live-music-menilmontant-shorts

2014 - First Place Award in the Republican Piano Competition

2016 - First Place Award in the International Piano Competition

2018 - Third Prize in the Republic Composer's Competition by the Kazakh Conservatory

2018 - Special Prize for Outstanding Improvisation in the Composer's Competition by the Kazakh Conservatory

2018 - First Prize in the International Piano Competitio