He moved to the Saint Petersburg Conservatory to study conducting with Ilya Musin and graduated in 2004 in class of Alexander Titov.
In 2005 Abzhakhanov participated in Bartok Festival Savaria Symphony in Szombathely, Hungary, and has been accepted to the master classes of Zoltán Peskó.
Late that year he participated at master classes with Vidin Philharmonic, Vienna, Austria, with Salvador Mas Conde.
The same year in September, he joined festival World Stars in Astana with Montserrat Caballé, Roberto Alagna, Valeria Esposito and many others.
[2][3] He received the award Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2013 for the professional achievements and contribution to the formation of world classical art.