Erlan Ryskali – Performer of traditional and folk songs, representative of the Arka traditional music school. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, laureate of the Prize of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

    Education:

2001-2005 - Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy with a specialization in "Folk singing". 

2005-2007 - Has passed training in a class of the National actor of Kazakhstan Kairat Baibosynov in the Kazakh national conservatory of a name of Kurmangazy.

    Creative achievements:

- 2003-2004 - Prize-winner of the Mayra Ualikyzy International Competition; the Elebekov Republican Competition; the Aset Naymanbaev Regional Festival; and the Asyl Mura Republican Competition; 

- 2005-2006 - The winner of Madi contests is Bapiuly 

- 2009  - Laureate of the first degree of the International Tilendiyev Contest among singers and Kuishi; laureate of the VII Republican Contest among performers Amre Kashaubayev

- 2011 - The main prize in the nomination "Solo Performing Arts" at the International Ethnographic Competition "Voices of the Golden Steppe" (Astrakhan, Russia). 

- Released collections of songs "Manmanger", "Bozkaragan" and "Arka anderi". 

- Compositions of Akan seri in the play "Akan seri, Illias and Kulager" in German by I. Muller (Cologne, Germany) were used in the performance of Erlan Ryskali. 

- Member of the editorial board of Anthology "Kazaktyn dasturly 1000 ani", published in 2010 within the framework of the program "Madeni mura".