Dimash Kudaibergen

Kazakh singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, university trained in classical as well as in contemporary music. He is known for his wide vocal range of 6 octaves, from D2 to D8 (and 6 octaves and 5 semitones, from A1 to D8, with vocal fry). This spans from the bottom of the bass range beyond the top of the soprano range. Kudaıbergen has performed songs in twelve different languages, his native language Kazakh, Russian, Mandarin, English, French, Ukrainian, Italian, Turkish, Serbian, Kyrgyz, German, and Spanish.

Although offered a position at Astana Opera, he decided to carve out his career in contemporary music, incorporating classical elements and traditional Kazakh music with pop music. Kudaıbergen named Michael Jackson, Ermek Serkebaev, Batyrkhan Shukenov, Celine Dion, Lara Fabian, Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli as musical influences. He has stated on numerous occasions that as a singer he aims to present Kazakhstan to the world.

He gained significant popularity in Kazakhstan and other post-Soviet countries in 2015 upon becoming the Grand Prix winner of Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus. He rose to fame in China with his participation as a "wildcard competitor" in Hunan TV's Singer 2017 (Chinese: 歌手2017).