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Latif Hamidi - a composer, teacher, People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR, winner of the State Prize, collector and ethnographer of Kazakh folk music - was born on June 17, 1906, in the village of Buvali, Kazan province, now the Republic of Tatarstan.
The future composer went to school in 1913. Just at that time, the family moved to Uzbekistan, the city of Katta-Kurgan. From an early age, he studied piano and violin. After school, he entered the Tashkent Institute of Education, then the 1st Moscow Music College at the theoretical and compositional faculty of Professor B. L. Yavorsky. In 1938, he graduated from the Tatar Opera Studio at the Moscow Conservatory.
The talented actor moved to Almaty in 1933 at the invitation of the management of the Kazakh State Drama Theater. Here his creative activity began. In 1938, he was appointed the head of the Kazakh Orchestra of Folk Instruments.
Since 1940, he was the head and conductor of the Kazakh State Orchestra. Time, full of inspiration, gave him the opportunity to create one of his most beautiful works – "Kazakh Waltz" to S. Mukanov's radio play "Two Holidays". It was the first waltz in the national Kazakh music.
The work became legendary thanks to the brilliant performance of the outstanding Kazakh singer Kulyash Baiseitova. "Kazakh Waltz" has become a favorite song of all people.
Since 1942, Latif Abdulkhaevich was working at the music school in Alma-Ata. Since 1943, he directed the Kazakh People's Orchestra of the Radio Committee. In the same period, the composer was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR.
Heading the Department of Folk Instruments of the Alma-Ata State Conservatory in 1944, L. Hamidi wrote together with Akhmet Zhubanov the opera "Abai" for the 100th anniversary of the Kazakh educator.
This monumental work surprisingly managed to reveal the joyful and sad pages in the life of the great Abai, becoming one of the brightest achievements of the opera art of Kazakhstan.
The work in line with the topic dedicated to Abai continues. In 1945, the composer wrote the music for the film "Songs of Abai" and the song "Bulbul" was born. Once again, his music becomes fantastically popular, thanks to its first performer Kulyash Bayseitova.
Latif Hamidi is one of the authors of the music for the anthem of the Kazakh SSR. The main song of the Soviet republic was created in collaboration with M. Tulebaev and E. Brusilovsky.
The talented composer wrote more than 50 songs and romances. His music is played in well-known dramatic performances and films. Latif Abdulkhaevich recorded the best samples of Abai's songs, as well as more than 200 folk songs and instrumental works, made over 100 adaptations of Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek and Turkmen songs.
Latif Hamidi made a huge contribution to the development of Kazakh opera art. The composer wrote such works as the operas "Tolegen Toktarov", "Zhambyl", the musical play "Zhambyl and Aikumis", the operetta "Balbulak". In 1950, L. Hamidi wrote the opera "Zhambul" about the great Kazakh akyn. In addition, he co-authored with B. Gizatov the textbook "School of playing the dombra", with H. Tastanov – "The basics of conductor mastery" and others.
In 1959, Latif Abdulkhaevich was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In 1966, he received the title of People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR. Composer Latif Hamidi passed away at the age of 77 in 1983.
The memoirs of his son Radik Hamidi are published in open sources: "My father had three main hobbies: a movie camera with a camera, a tape recorder and working on the ground. My father grew everything: fruits, flowers, and vegetables. The land attracted him, gave him strength and vigor. My father was also a great humorist. His phrases always contained a hint, a play on words, or a second, funny meaning. He called it laughter therapy. Perhaps, thanks to such a sparkle, my father was fresh-faced and active until the age of 77".
The book collection of the Library of Elbasy contains many publications about the life and work of People's Artist Latif Hamidi. Among them, the book "Latif Hamidi" compiled by A. K. Omarova. The collection was published for the 100th anniversary of the composer, it includes articles by Latif Abdulkhaevich, published in different years in periodicals and essays-memoirs of contemporaries and students of the music teacher.