About Us

The Kazakh National Academy of Arts (abbr. KazNAA) is the main theatre, film, drama, and fine arts and design school in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Academy (Kazakh: Т. Қ. Жүргенов атындағы Қазақ ұлттық өнер академиясы, T. Q. Jürgenov atyndağy Qazaq ūlttyq öner akademiasy) began as the theatrical faculty of the Kurmangazy Institute of Arts, known today as the Kazakh National Conservatory, in 1955.[1][2][3] It was named after Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898-1939)[4] in 1989.At the Academy of Arts. T.K. Zhurgenova runs a student television studio, which is an important educational platform for developing students' creativity and demonstrating the result of their work in public. The Academy carries out work on the international educational programs Erasmus +, Mevlana, DAAD.