Berik Zhusupov Myrzalievich

Director

Information about yourself: Year of birth: 03/07/1970.

Nationality: Kazakh

Marital status: married, has four children

Education: Almaty State Conservatory named after Kurmangazy (1987-1995), Kyzylorda State University named after Korkyt Ata (2008-2010).

Specialty: Teacher, performer, economist

Languages spoken: Kazakh, Russian

Work experience: Teacher of the College named after J. Yelebekov (1995-2003); Senior lecturer at the Department of Folk Singing of the Almaty State Conservatory. Kurmangazy (1997-2000); Head of the Department of Folk Singing (2000-2003); Manager of JSC "Zhetysu" (2003-2004); Manager for Foreign Economic Affairs of LLP "Taykazantehnoservice" (2004-2008); Head of the Department of Culture of the Kyzylorda region (2008-2013); Vice-President of JSC "Fund for the Spiritual Development of the Kazakh People" (Astana, 2013.03–2013.11); Deputy Director of Zhan I Sh LLP (Kyzylorda, 2013.11–2014.08), Consultant of the Department of Anti-Corruption Education and Public Relations of the Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs and Anti–Corruption in Almaty (04/6/2015-09/01/2015), Director of the IP "Musical culture of Kazakhstan" (09/01/2015–07/11/2016), Director of the Theater of Traditional art "Alatau" at the Departments of Culture and Archives of Almaty (08/16/2017–06.06.2019), chief manager of the "Project Office "Rukhani zhangyru" for the city of Almaty" (2019-2021). Currently, the deputy director of the same organization. Doctoral student of the M. O. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art (topic: "The problem of reproductive and creative dichotomies in epic storytelling"). The secretary of State of the newspaper "Centaur", the author and editor of the cycle of radio broadcasts "Miras" and "Kanekey, Tilim, soyleshi" of the Kazakh radio.

Scientific titles: Candidate of Philological Sciences (1999), Associate Professor of the Higher Attestation Commission. RK (2001).

Scientific works: Scholar of folklore, ethnographer, ethnomusicologist.Author of books, monographs and textbooks "Myrzastagi zhyr mektebi" (1991), "Zhideli Baysyn kuyleri" (2000), "Kuretamyr", "Zhyrdaria", "Oitumar", "Suleiler", "Adyrna", "Epicalyk zhyrshylyk dastur: reproductive-tuyndatpa, creative-shygarmashylyk egiz kosarlan maselesi" and with over 300 scientific, cognitive, theoretical, historical and methodological articles. Scientific and responsible editor of the books "Kazaktyn kaharmandyk epics "Kobylandy batyr" (2003), "Turmagambet Iztileuly shygarmalary" (2007), "Bazaar zhyrau Ondasuli shygarmalary" (2008), "Uzakbai Karamanov shygarmalary" (2018), "Zhanibek Karmenov shygarmalary" ( 2019). Author of musical anthologies "Musical heritage of ethnic groups of Kazakhstan" (2015) in three languages (Kazakh, Russian, English), "Mangystaudyn muzykalyk muralary" (2007), "Syr suleyin surasan" (2008), "Kaitalanbas dauystar – Unique voices" (2011).

Stage activities: Epic storyteller, singer, kuishi. Performance with lecture concerts in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Iran, America, China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan.

State awards: Laureate of the republican and international festivals "Zhiger" (1987), "Sharq Toranalari", "Turik duniyasy uzandary", winner of the international kaichi competitions held in Iran and Pazyryk. Winner of the TURKSOY International Prize (Turkey) in the nomination "Murager" (1999), the state youth award "Daryn" (2000). He was awarded certificates of honor by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2012) and the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation (2011), Holder of the Order of Kurmet (2019), Honorary Professor of the Kazakh National Conservatory. Kurmangazy (2021), Honorary citizen of the Aral and Zhalagash districts of the Kyzylorda region (2021), member of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan (2022).