Talgat Berdigulov
Colonel Talgat Aidzhanuly Berdigulov is a Kazakhstani composer. He is the current director of the Presidential Band of the State Security Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He is also concurrently the Senior Director of Music of the Military Band Service. He began his service in the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan as a musician in the military brass band of the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School (now the Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces). He is a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he graduated in 1999. He is the composer of many Kazakh military marches, including the March of Ablai Khan. He is also a laureate of national and international music competitions.
He currently lives in Astana with his wife and three children.