Baygali Serkebaev is a famous Soviet and Kazakh musician, pianist, arranger and author songs. Born in 1958 in Almaty in the family of the famous opera singer Ermek Serkebaev. The father dreamed for Baigali to become a classical musician, and from the age of five the boy began to study piano.

After graduating from the conservatory, he began working in the group "Arai" under the leadership of Roza Rymbaeva. Musicians Batyrkhan Shukenov and Vladimir joined the team In In the late 1980s, Serkebaev and his colleagues founded the group Almaty, which later transformed into A-Studio. Their first

album "Alma-Ata-Studio" combined genres new wave and funk with elements of Kazakh folk music.

The breakthrough was the hit “Julia,” which was heard by Philip Kirkorov. Alla Pugacheva invited the group to “Christmas Meetings,” after which “A-Studio” became popular throughout the USSR and Russia. Since then, the group has remained one one of the most successful pop groups, and Baygali Serkebaev is its permanent leader.