Abstract
The relevance of the topic of this study is due to the need to disclose the processes of synthesis of the foundations of traditional Kazakh music and pop vocal creativity in modern conditions. It is based on the importance of comprehending, studying, and preserving the national musical heritage of Kazakhstan, as well as understanding the principles of its modernization, adaptation to new forms. The purpose of the article is to study the phenomenon of interaction of branches of musical, in particular, vocal art, being different in their content and origins. It consists in highlighting the leading categories of each of these industries, the mechanisms of their functioning, and ways of updating, through penetration into new genre areas, performance style, and compositional structures. To achieve it, a set of methods was used. Among them are: culturological; historiographic; systematization method; method of analysis and synthesis; method of comparative characteristics and study of structures. The results of the study made it possible to trace the process of formation, stylistic expansion, and transformation of the stage of Kazakhstan; to realize the importance of national professional music of the oral tradition; to determine the leading components of the mechanisms for the implementation in popular culture of the types of ethnic vocal performance; to highlight them as constituent elements of a large-scale complex and integral system, representing the synthesis of two different areas of musical art. The practical significance of the study is the demand for its materials in such areas as modern pop vocal performance; ethnomusicology; professional music of the oral tradition; musical pedagogy; psychology; sociology; cultural studies; medicine; religious studies; ethics; aesthetics; economy. The data of the article can be applied both in concert and performing, and scientific, pedagogical activities of musicians of various directions and specialities.