Aiman Musakhodzhayeva violin is a Laureate of the Belgrade International
Competition (Yugoslavia), Paganini International Competitions (Genoa, Italy),
the Tokyo International Competition (Japan), Sibelius International
Competition (Helsinki, Finland), and the Eighth Tchaikovsky International
Competition (Moscow, Russia) and now is a member of the Association of the
Tchaikovsky International Competition.
Aiman is an increasingly frequent presence on the major stages of Europe as well as being
the founder of the Kazakhstan National Academy of Music and the Kazakhstan State
Chamber Orchestra and UNESCO 'Artist for Peace'. As a champion of new Kazakh music,
she has given world premiere performances of pieces by M.Tulebayev, E.Brusilovsky,
G.Zhubanova, S.Mukhamedzhanov, and E.Rakhmadiyev.

Eleonora Bekova is the pianist of the legendary Bekova Piano Trio who have
recorded and broadcast extensively and performed worldwide. As an
independent chamber musician she has appeared in the major concert halls
of most major cities and has appeared in concerti with orchestras such as the
St Petersburg Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and
Royal Philharmonic.
As a promoter of new music, Eleonora has been the dedicatee and first performer of works
by Steven Gerber, Sergey Zhukhov, Michael Finnessey and the Kazakh composer Timur
Tleukhan. In recent years she has done much to promote Britsh-Kazakh cultural relations.

Anar Bukenova will perform Akku by Nurgisa Tlendiyev and the world
premiere of Vocalise by Serik Yerkimbekov together with Aiman
Musakhodzhayeva. This young Kazakh concert pianist graduated with
distinction from the prestigious Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow and is
now training at the Royal Academy of Music. She has distinguished herself in
many international competitions and performed as soloist with a number of renowned
symphony and chamber orchestras in Russia and Kazakhstan.