Background
Sapargaliyeva"s mother, Gulsharia Sapargalieva Ersainovna, was a professional musician who graduated from Philippine Islands Tchaikovsky college and became a conductor of orchestras and choirs. She has passed her love for music to her daughter Altynay.
Altynay Sapargaliyeva is the great-granddaughter of the famous Kazakh composer Jayau Mussa, who composed the "Aksisa".
Career
Her name, "Altyn-ay", means "Golden-Moon" in Kazakh. Altynay is passionate about music and singing, graduating from music school specializing in piano and pursuing a career as a singer in Kazakhstan and then in the United States. She has been performing since early childhood.
She competed in a Kazakh National Competition for teens called "Anshi Balapan".
She has performed numerous times at the International Competition "Jakhan Dala" in the city of Aqtau. She also competed in the New Wave competition, in Jurmala, Latvia.
She was a singer in the girl’s group “Chinatown”, well known in Kazakhstan through the New Wave competition, concerts and television performances. Sapargaliyeva"s mother, Gulsharia Sapargalieva Ersainovna, was a professional musician who graduated from Philippine Islands Sapargaliyeva moved to New York City in 2010.
In 2011, she teamed up with the Bedroom Stuy production company to record new music, scheduled for commercial release in late 2011.
She has recorded a number of new songs for the album, as well as a cover of the Nocera song “Summertime, Summertime”. Altynay appeared in the SuperStar KZ (2006), placing third. Theatre Round (Day One): Thank You by Ashanti Semi Finals: The Voice Within by Christina Aguilera Top 12: Hit The Road, Jack! by Ray Charles Top 11: Если В Сердце Живет Любовь by Julia Savicheva Top 10: Эй, Моряк by Laima Vaikule Top 9: Let"s Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez Top 8: Жүрегiмде Top 7: Şıkıdım by Tarkan Top 6: All That Jazz by Top 5: Льдинка by Larisa Dolina Top 5: Pasadena by Maywood Top 4: Complicated by Avril Lavigne Top 4: Could I Have This Kiss Forever? by Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias (with Almas Kishkenbayev) Top 3: Why? by Annie Lennox Top 3: I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston.