Serkebaev, Ermek Bekmukhamedovich

Ermek Serkebaev was born in the city of Petropavlovsk , in 1937 he moved with his parents to Alma-Ata. It comes from the genus Argyn of the Middle Zhuz ^[1] . In 1941 - 1943 he studied at the Alma-Ata College of Music named after P. Tchaikovsky in violin, in 1951 he graduated from the Kazakh Conservatory in singing with Professor A.M. Kurganova .

He made his debut on Kazakh radio , worked as an announcer .

Since 1947 - soloist of the Kazakh Opera and Ballet Theater. Abay ( Alma-Ata ).

Since 1973 he taught at the Kazakh Conservatory, taught a vocal class. Since 1982 - professor.

He also performed as a chamber and pop singer. In his repertoire were Kazakh folk songs, works of Russian and foreign composers

He toured in Romania (1953), Pakistan (1954), France (1955), India (1955), China (1956), Belgium (1960), Indonesia (1963), Switzerland , Sweden , Finland , Cuba , etc.

Repeated member and chairman of the jury of many reputable competitions of performers, including the International Competitions named after P.I. Tchaikovsky and M.I. Glinka .

Since 1988 - Chairman of the Board of the Union of Musical Figures of the Republic of Kazakhstan and member of the Presidium of the International Union of Musical Figures (Moscow). In recent years, he combined this position with the work of an adviser to the general director at the Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Abay, where he also continued to perform on stage as a singer ^[2] .

Member of the CPSU from 1958 to 1991 . Member of the Supreme Council of the USSR of the 7th convocation. Member of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR of the 8-11th convocations.

He was a member of the Committee on Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR under the Council of Ministers of the USSR and SM of Kazakhstan .

The last time in Moscow Serkebaev performed in the Great Hall of the Conservatory on September 21, 2006 with a solo concert in connection with the 80th anniversary ^[2] .

He died on November 16, 2013 in Alma-Ata . Buried at Kensai Cemetery

• Father - Bekmukhamed Khusainovich Serkebaev (1896-1976) (according to national orders), teacher, writer, poet, playwright, one of the first members of the Writers Union of Kazakhstan, was a member of the Alash party, worked as an inspector of public education, taught the Kazakh language and literature at a technical school, then at a state pedagogical institute
• Mother - Serkebaeva Zylikha Sabirovna (1906-1997) (in the Tatar national language), elementary school teacher

Yermek Serkebaev was married four times.

• The first wife is Lebedeva Tamara Efimovna.
  • Son - Serkebaev Almas (b. 1948 ), composer, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR, laureate of the State Prize of Kazakhstan, moved to the United States in 1998 , lives with his family in Boston .
  • Son - Serkebaev Baigali (b. 1958 ), musician, leader of the popular group A-Studio , ( Moscow ).
• The second wife is Ivanova Lidia Sergeevna.
  • Daughter - Irina Serkebaeva, journalist, writer, published a biographical book about her father “Ermek Serkebaev. And life, and youth, and happiness ”(2010), lives in the United States , in Florida ^[3] .
• The third wife is Raushan.
• The fourth wife is Bayzhanova Alfiya Usmanovna.
• Brother - Serkebaev Murat Bekmuhamedovich (b. 1940 ), violinist, conductor, head of the chamber orchestra of the State Radio and Television of the Republic of Kazakhstan, People's Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan ^[4]
• Niece - Serkebaeva Zhamilya Muratovna (b. 1970 ), violinist, honored worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

• Winner of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest (2nd Prize, 1953)
• Laureate of the All-Union Competition of Vocalists and Ballet Dancers in Moscow (2nd Prize, 1956)
• Laureate of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow (2nd Prize, 1957)
• Hero of Socialist Labor ( 1986 )
• People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1958) ^[5]
• People's Artist of the USSR ( 1959 )
• USSR State Prize ( 1977 )
• State Prize of the Kazakh SSR named after K. Baiseitova ( 1972 )
• Two Orders of Lenin (including 1986 )
• Order of the October Revolution ( 1984 )
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• Order of Otan (December 10, 1997)
• Medals
• Independent national award “ Tarlan ” (“For Contribution” in the “Music” section, “Club of Patrons of Kazakhstan”, 2000)
• Winner of the festival "Man of the Year" in the nomination "For Contribution to the Musical Art of Kazakhstan " ( 2011 )
• Honorary Citizen of Petropavlovsk ( 1990 ).

Parties

Filmography

1. 1957 - Our sweet doctor - Taken
2. 1959 - On this festive evening
3. 1961 - The Song Calls - Dosai Nurlanov
4. 1968 - Angel in a skullcap - Genghis
5. 1976 - Meetings at Medeo - father Jayran, musician

• In 1957, he played in the musical comedy of S. Aimanov , where he performed A. Zatsepin ’s song “The sky is blue above me”, which immediately became popular in the country ^[6] .
• Figaro's part in the opera The Barber of Seville by J. Rossini , which demonstrated tremendous artistry, impeccable craftsmanship and a high culture of performance, brought Ermek Serkebaev wide fame. Dmitry Gnatyuk called him “the king of baritones”, Muslim Magomaev - “the best Figaro in the Soviet Union” ^[7] . With this party he performed in many opera houses in Europe and the USSR.
• Once, someone said: “Ermek Serkebaev dressed the Kazakh song in a tailcoat”, to which the singer simply answered “I put it on the gilded frame that it deserves” [1] (inaccessible link) .
• Yermek Serkebaev, People's Artist of the USSR: “I am always not shy to say that Kazakh melodies, Kazakh themes are not inferior in their beauty, well, at least to the Italian musical theme. We have such beautiful, such complex singing. Here is a Kazakh without education wrote such works - you wonder! The Kazakh language is rich and the music is rich. ”

• In 2014 , in Almaty, a memorial plaque was installed on the wall of the house where the singer Ermek Serkebaev lived, at the intersection of Bogenbai Batyr and Zheltoksan Streets ^[8] .

• Zhubanova G. Singer of the beautiful. Soviet music, 1977, No. 10.
• Serkebaev I.E. “Ermek Serkebaev. And life, and youth, and happiness ”, 2010.

Serkebaev, Ermek Bekmukhamedovich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".

• Serkebaev Ermek Baimukhanbetovich // Official Internet resource of the North Kazakhstan region