Music and Time Annotation << Back Vasily Vetoshnikov: double bass player from Orenburg A.S. Satybaldinov The article discusses the fate of Yakov Ilyich Vetoshnikov, who historically had the mission to become the first double bass player in Kazakhstan. In the first half of the twentieth century the birth of double bass art began in Orenburg – the capital of Kazakhstan in 1920–1925. Orenburg region was one of the multinational centers with prevailing traditions and infrastructure. In the history of the musical culture of this region, the famous Kazakh performers-kyushi Dauletkerey Shygayuly (1820–1887) and Kurmangazy Sagyrbay (1818–1889) played an important role. In 1893–1898, Yakov Vetoshnikov studied with G. Esterreich (1899–1910), a student of the professor at the Moscow Conservatory I. Grzhimali. For the first time, documents and certificates of activity of Ya.I. Vetoshnikov, who worked in Orenburg (1911–1949). In the process of training local cadres, famous figures of Russian culture (the Fedotov-Rostropovich dynasty) were involved. Keywords: double bass, performer, teacher, Kazakhstan, school. Contacts: - Pp. 29-32.