Marat Bisengaliev is a Kazakh violinist and conductor of both the West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra and TuranAlem Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra.
17 Facts About Marat Bisengaliev
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Marat Bisengaliev is the founding Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra of India.
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In 1969, Bisengaliev began training in violin at the K Bayseitov Republican Secondary Special Music School, graduating in 1979.
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Marat Bisengaliev attended the Kurmangazy Alma-Ata State Conservatoire from 1979 to 1981, and then pursued postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory.
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Marat Bisengaliev completed his studies in 1988 with a solo concert performing Beethoven's violin concerto at the Conservatory's Great Hall with the Russia State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the USSR.
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In 1989, Bisengaliev created a chamber orchestra "Altyn-Alma" in Alma-Ata.
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At one of the concerts, Marat Bisengaliev performed the violin concerto by Jean Sibelius and received acclaim for his emotional emancipation and depth of interpretation.
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Marat Bisengaliev was a prize winner at the Leipzig International Bach Competition in 1988, and in 1991 won first prize at the International Nicanor Zabaleta Competition in Spain, receiving the special virtuoso prize for the most outstanding performance of the competition.
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In 1995, The New York Times says that Marat Bisengaliev "has taken to heart a style of playing that was a hallmark of violin virtuosity early in the century".
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For three years, Marat Bisengaliev lived in the small English town of Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, where the famous English composer Edward Elgar was born.
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Marat Bisengaliev was invited there as a "musician in the residence" while working as a scientist.
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Marat Bisengaliev visited libraries and houses related to Elgar, collected all possible materials about him and recorded a complete anthology of his works.
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Marat Bisengaliev has stated regards this as his most significant achievement.
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In 2000, Marat Bisengaliev received the Independent Platinum Tarlan Award and the Government Medal of Honour in Kazakhstan.
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Marat Bisengaliev has given concerts in over 35 countries and performed with such famous orchestras as Northern Sinfonia, Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
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In 1990, Marat Bisengaliev moved to England and married British flutist Stina Wilson, a member of the Opera North orchestra in Leeds.
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Marat Bisengaliev has bases in Crete, Almaty, Uralsk, Bombay, and New Zealand.