The audience applauded all the participants, as well as the skill and professionalism of the maestro, Erlan Baktygerey, chief conductor of the Tattimbet Orchestra, winner of the title "Conductor of the Year" in 2009 and 2023, thanks to whom the concert was held in one breath. It should be noted that the famous team was applauded by viewers in more than 50 countries around the world.

The beautiful evening of the "Operalia" festival featured invited soloist, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan Erlan Ryskali and talented soloists of the opera troupe, artists of the Astana Opera choir.

After the end of the musical evening, maestro Erlan Baktygerey spoke about the participation of the Tattimbet Academic Orchestra of Kazakh Folk Instruments in the Operalia festival, as well as about the significance of Sydyk Mukhamedzhanov's work for the ensemble and about the impressions he received from the festival.

- I would like to note that our team has a long creative life. In 1988, the premiere of the Tattimbet Academic Orchestra of Kazakh Folk Instruments took place, featuring People's Artists of the USSR Ermek Serkebayev, Bibigul Tulegenova, and Shamgon Kazhgaliyev. Shamgon Sagaddinovich worked as the artistic director and chief conductor of this orchestra from 1991 until the end of his life. The history and repertoire of our orchestra are very rich, today it employs more than 70 people, - commented Erlan Baktygerey. - We have been working with opera and operetta genres for many years. Our repertoire includes the opera "Kyz Zhibek", which we perform with a folk instrument orchestra. In 2013, together with the TURKSOY organization, we recorded the operetta "Arshin Mal Alan" by the famous Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibekov for the Kazakh folk instrument orchestra. In addition, we participated in the creation of a ballet performance dedicated to Nurgisa Tlendiev, on the stage of the K. Baiseitova Opera and Ballet Theater.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the composer Sydyk Mukhamedzhanov. He is a native of the Karaganda region, so the musical group is especially proud of the opportunity to perform his works. The composer paid special attention to the genre of comedy in his creative works. In addition, Sydyk Mukhamedzhanov was the first to write a concerto for an orchestra of Kazakh folk instruments, dombra and kobyz. In each of his works, "the spirit of the Kazakh steppe and the smell of wormwood hovers." On the eve of the anniversary of the great classic, the Tattimbet Academic Orchestra of Kazakh Folk Instruments was invited to participate in the Operalia festival, which is taking place these days at the Astana Opera Theater. The musicians prepared a large program, composed of works by S. Mukhamedzhanov, as well as works by other composers, and added Kazakh folk songs and tunes,

Together with the Tattimbet Academic Orchestra of Kazakh Folk Instruments, singers of the Karaganda Concert Association named after K. Baizhanov came to the Operalia festival and performed wonderfully in the "Darkhan Dala" concert. Among them are the figure of culture of Kazakhstan and Mongolia Meruyesh Bashay, laureate of international competitions Rysty Rakhymzhan, Cavalier of the Order "Kurmet" Serzhan Musaiyn. This wonderful concert was also decorated by soloists of the Astana Opera opera troupe - Honored Workers of Kazakhstan Aigul Niyazova, Bibigul Zhanuzak, Zhanat Shybykbayeva, Cavalier of the Order "Kurmet" Aizada Kaponova, laureate of international competitions Alikhan Zeinolla. The program of the evening was completed by Zh. Tursynbaev's cantata "Birlygin bolsyn, agaiyn" performed by the famous singer, Honored Worker of Kazakhstan Erlan Ryskali, as well as the Tattimbet Academic Orchestra of Kazakh Folk Instruments and the Astana Opera choir.