In addition, he is head of the Uralsk International Violin Competition and currently working as the Music Director of the Symphony Orchestra of India. Bisengaliev is also the father of singer Aruhan Galieva. Oh, Kazakhstan | Sound Tracks | Public Broadcasting Service.
He was a prize winner at the Leipzig International Bach Competition in 1988, and in 1991 won first prize at the International Nicanor Zabaleta Competition in Spain, also receiving the special virtuoso prize for the most outstanding performance of the competition. In 2000 Bisengaliev received the Independent "Platinum Tarlan" Award and the Government "Medal of Honour" in Kazakhstan.
