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Azamat Kairatovich Zheltyrguzov (born June 29, 1986, Taldy-Kurgan) - Kazakh opera singer (baritone); Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2011).

Biography
After graduating from the N. Tlendiev Music School in Taldykorgan in 2001, he studied at the Department of Choral Conducting (class of L. I. Terentyeva), since 2005 at the Department of Solo Singing (class of Professor K. N. Omarbayev) of the Kazakh National Academy of Music, which he graduated in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in vocal art.

Since 2006 - soloist of the Philharmonic (Astana), at the same time since 2007 - soloist of the opera of the National Opera and Ballet Theater named after K. Baiseitova.

Since 2009 she has been teaching at the Department of Solo Singing of the Kazakh National University of Arts (since 2012 - Head of the Department). In 2010 he trained with the People's Artist of the USSR Professor E. E. Nesterenko.

He was a member of the jury of the International Festival-Competition of Children’s and Youth Creativity “Inspiration Prostors” (Astana, 2013, 2014).

Creativity.
He performs in Kazakhstan, toured in the United States (with the ensemble of violinists “Caprichia”), Russia, China, Japan, Turkey, Switzerland, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Belarus, Austria, India, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan. In the repertoire of A. Zheltyrguzov arias, romances, folk songs of foreign, Russian, Kazakh composers.

In 2007 he performed the part of baritone in Stanislav Moniuszko’s Mecce Des-dur at the III International Festival of Polish Music (Krakow).
Opera parties, National Opera and Ballet Theater named after K. Baiseitova
Omar – Kamar-Sulu by E.R. Rakhmadiyev
Abai - "Abai" A. K. Zhubanov, L. A. Hamidi
Bekezhan – “Kyz Zhibek” by E. G. Brusilovsky
Kokenai – “Kalkaman-Mamyr” B. Kydyrbek
Onegin – “Eugene Onegin” by P. I. Tchaikovsky
Robert – “Iolanta” by P. I. Tchaikovsky
Montana as "Othello" by J. Verdi
White Clown – Magical Music by M. A. Minkov
Germont as La Traviata by J. Verdi

Awards and prizes
1st prize of the XXVI Republican contest of young performers (Shymkent, 2005)
2nd Prize of the VIII International Competition “The Charm of Romance” (Shymkent, 2005)
Special prize "Tilep" and the prize "Hope" of the Republican Vocal Competition named after K. Baiseitova (Astana, 2005)
2nd prize of the I Zhubanova Interregional Competition (Astana, 2005)
2nd prize of the I International Competition "Zhubanov Koktem - 2006" (Aktobe, 2006)
Gold medal of the IV Youth Delphic Games of the CIS member states (Astana, 2006)
1st prize of the IX International competition "Shabyt" (Astana, 2006)
Special prize of the Polish Academy of Music at the VI S. Moniuszko International Vocal Competition (Warsaw, 2007)
diploma and prize "Beginning" of the I International Baritone Competition named after Pavel Lisitsian (Moscow, 2008)
Grand Prix and Prize of Astana Akim at the I International Nurgisa Tlendiyev Competition (Astana, 2008)
1st Prize of the XXIII International Competition “Young Talents” (San Bartolomeo, Italy, 2008)
4th Prize of the International Golden Oak Competition (Italy, 2008)
participant of the XI festival of opera art of Turkic countries "Turksoy"