◆Persons he respects or admires: his parents, grandparents, Marat Aitimov (his vocal teacher), Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Jackie Chan
◆Favorite music: rap, heavy metal, metal rock, classical operaAlthough known for his wide vocal range, Dimash does not emphasize on that and instead he believes that his voice is just a tool and the important thing for him is what he xpresses and what he communicates to his audience.
◆Real Name: Dinmukhanmmed Kanatuly Kudaibergen
(Kazakh: Дінмұхаммед Қанатұлы Құдайберген)
Born: 24 May 1994
◆Dimash Kudaibergen a.k.a “Dimash” was born on 24th May 1994 in Aktobe which is located in the west part of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The population in Aktobe is 370,000 and is the fifth
largest region of the country which population is 18,6 million (As of 2019).It was only two and half years before Dimash's birth, when the former Soviet Union collapsed and a newly independent nation of Kazakhstan was founded. (The historical background of Kazakhstan is a very important factor to understand Dimash and his music.)
◆Dimash’s parents met each other at Aktobe State Pedagogical Institute wheer they were both students, and got married. Then Dimash was born as their eldest son.
◆Nickname: Dimash (the common nickname for Dinmukhammed)
◆Din means ‘religion’. Mukhammad is one of the most typical Muslim name. It means ‘praised’ or ‘honorable’. Since the name Mukhammad is known as the prophet, it is very popular in Kazakhstan.
◆Kudaibergen is Kudai (god’s) + Bergen (gift).
◆Kanat means ‘wing’ (“翼 tsubasa” in Japanese) and this is very common in Kazakhstan for boys.
◆Traditionally, Kazakhs didn't have surnames. However, under the soviet rule, it became a requirement, and Kazakh people started to use their fathers' names as their family names, adding 'ov' at the end.
Sometimes Dimash's surname is spelled in the Russified version "Kudiabergennov”, but nowadays ‘Kudaibergen’ is more commonly used.
◆Old days in Kazakhstan ,there was no surname concept but, it was required under the rule of former soviet government. Thus,as surname, they started to use their anchesters name as it is or adding ‘ov’ on the end.
Sometimes Dimash's surname is spelled in the Russified version "Kudiabergennov”, but nowadays ‘Kudaibergen’ is more commonly used.
◆2010: Grand prize at “Звонкие голоса Байконура” (Sonorous Voices of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan
◆2012: First prize at “Zhas Kanat” (Young Wing) in Kazakhstan
◆2012: Runner up at “Восточный Базар” (Oriental Bazaar) in Ukraine
◆2013: Grand prize at “Мейкин Азия"(Makin Asia / Open Asia) in Kyrgyzstan
◆2013: Participated as a guest singer together with Alisher Karimov at “Türkçevizyon Gala Night”(Turkish vision Gala Night) in Turkey
◆2012: Released the single “Көркемім” (Korkemim) of his own composition and lyrics written by his father Kanat Aitbayev.
◆2015: Grand prize( Record :175 of 180 point) at “Slavic Bazaar” /Belarus
He performed
・“Blizzard Again” (RU: опять метель, by Russian singer Alla Pugacheva) on the 1st day
・“SOS d'un terrien en détresse” on the 2nd day
・”Daididau” at the gala
◆2015: Performed ‘Daididau’ as a representative of Kazakhstan at “ABU TV Song Festival” in Turkey
★He showed remarkable performance after receiving the Grand prize at Slavic Bazaar, and he was invited to many international stages from the year 2015 to 2016.
Those are:
Makin Asia 2015 (Guest performer) / Expo 2015 held in Milano, Italy / theatre show “Мəңгілік Ел” (Eternal Country) at the 550th Anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate / Eurasia International Movie Festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan / Turk World Cultural Arts and Capital Festival in Turkmenistan / Woman’s Day concert (performed with his parents) in Astana, Kazakhstan / International Woman’s Day in Kremlin Palace concert
★Beside stage performance, Dimash released a song “Unforgettable Day”
◆August 2015: Single ‘Unforgettable Day' was released.
◆December 2015: Recorded a new song “My swan” (Аққуым) as a duet with soprano singer Maira Mukhamedkyzy who highly praised him. Then performed many duets on TV and concerts.
◆ October 2016: Released EP “Dimash Kudaibergen” (mini album of 4 songs) titled by his name.
Announced music video “Аяз қырау”. This is Kazakh version of “Опять Метель” (Blizzard Again) which he sang at the Slavic Bazaar.
◆February 2016: Announced new song “Туғанжер” (My Homeland) at Commemorative concert by Lupkan Zholdasov who is a guitarist and close friend of everyone in his family. Later this song was introduced as the title of “Қазақстан” (Kazakhstan).
★In Kazakhstan, they have many songs by the same name “Туған жер” (My Homeland).
◆April 2016: Commenced on a concert tour to visit 25 places in Kazakhstan (+2 in Russia) to commemorate Kazakhstan’s 25th independence anniversary.
It was a big epic and this tour was entitled “Unforgettable Day Tour” by his song.
◆Dimash is now invited as a guest or a judge in the contests where he was once a participant.
This year, he performed a judge at Kostanay regional contest “Бала дауысы” (Bala Dausy / Child voice contest) in Kazakhstan.
◆July 2016: Performed ‘Belovezhskaya Pushcha’ duet with Nagima Eskalieva a Kazakh singer. The Bialowieza is a vast forestland located at the border between Belarus and Poland and it is a designated site of UNESCO World Heritage. In the 1970s, Alexandra Pakhmutova a Russian composer who visited to this place was deeply impressed and composed this song.
◆September 2016: Sang “Туғанжер” (My Homeland) together with Yasmin Ibrayeva, 11 years old girl. (participant from Bala Dausy) at the 1000th anniversary of Almaty Gala (planned by GAKKU). Despite the same name, this song is actually different from the song of Dimash which was composed by Lupkan Zholdasov.
◆November 2016: At the Turkic Culture Festival in Seoul, South Korea, he performed in front of the leaders of countries.
He sang a song ‘Notre Dame De Paris’ with Sundet Baigozhin a Kazakh singer at Big Opera 2016 TV competition as a guest singer. His performance drew a lot of attention.
◆Around this time, Dimash decided to open up a new world of musical activities on his own, ratherthan in the Kazakh opera world.
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Translation:
[# We have only 10 days for the BASTAU concert!. If you want to attend the concert please, do this. Like you see in this video, sing out Dimash’s new song in your town and tweet to SNS with a hushtag like #BASTAU #FanDQ. Then, send full version of your video to fundimash@gmail.com. It is your chance to take a place on huge screen broadcast at Astana Arena!. Here I made a sample of video which you can see. Are you ready? Then GO! ]
“Only 10 days left until #BASTAUShow! If you want to become a part of it, here's what you need to do: make a video of yourself like this one, sing Dimash's new song in the centre of your town, upload your video in the social networks using #BASTAU and #FanDQ hashtags, then send the full version of your video to fundimash@gmail.com. And you will have the chance of appearing on the huge screens of Astana Arena during Dimash Kudaibergen great solo concert. This video was made as an example by Dimash especially for you! Are you ready? Let's do this!”
(from his instagram, https://www.instagram.com/p/BVcvpgrFltz/?
fbclid=IwAR3XWKdL9rR6DqDD7QVHtuKAkUpMdrIrQzcPls7XqvxzN_SLRy2PLGI5MZE)
◆September: Performed as a headliner and as the ending singer at “Gakku Open-Air-Festival”
(GAKKU TV is the first music channel which contains only production in Kazakhstan. It is
broadcasted on Cable TV, Satellite TV and aims to expand music and culture of Kazakhstan and enhance patriotism.)
◆October: Denis Ten who is a figure skater and friend of Dimash, used Dimash’s song “SOS d'un terrien en détresse” for his free skating for the 2018–19 figure skating season.
★This year, he won many awards at many stages and events in China.
★This year was especially lucky for Dimash who had a friendship with Jackie Chan the movie star he wanted to meet.
After this, he launched the ongoing world tour ARNAU (As of 2020).
◆“ARNAU” subtitled EUROPE
Schedule
February 2020
Krasnodar (Russia)
Kazan (Russia)
Yekaterinburg (Russia)
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◆December 2019 ARNAU ENVOY New York Concert