Dimash Qudaibergen

Qudaibergen was brought up in a close-knit musical family, and his grandparents played a major role in his upbringing, which followed largely traditional Kazakh customs.

[15] From 2010 to 2013, Dimash participated in and won four major singing competitions, in Kazakhstan (Sonorous Voices of Baikonur, 2010, and Zhas Kanat, 2012), Ukraine (Oriental Bazaar, 2012), and Kyrgyzstan (Meikin Asia, 2013).

During this time he composed the music for two of his future hits, "Körkemim" (Kazakh: Көркемім) with lyrics written by his father and "Unforgettable Day" based on a poem by Baisengir.

In 2015, he was invited to participate at the Slavic Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus,[7] an annual international contest for prominent singers, after one of the organizers had seen him perform live in Kazakhstan.

His guest performances included at Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy; at the theatrical show Mangilik El, dedicated to the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate; at the 2015 Eurasia International Film Festival in Almaty; and at an Astana Opera Concert that was attended by the Chinese President Xi Jinping[36] Dimash released his second own composition "Unforgettable Day" in August 2015.

[41] In March and April, he went on tour with the Kazakh University of Arts Symphony Orchestra in Vienna, Austria; Maribor, Slovenia; and Belgrade, Serbia, performing "SOS d'un terrien en détresse" and "Daididau".

In July 2016, he was invited to perform at the Slavic Bazaar opening ceremony in Belarus, where he sang a duet with Nagima Eskalieva, and was also honored to raise the flag of the festival.

[52] In early 2017, Dimash appeared in the fifth season of Hunan Television's I Am a Singer (Chinese: 歌手2017),[53][9] under the recommendation of director Hong Tao, and signed a contract with Black Gold Talent in Beijing.

[60] Between the recordings of episodes 3 and 4, Dimash performed at the 2017 Winter Universiade Opening Ceremony, singing Sarah Brightman's "A Question of Honor" with Zarina Altynbayeva.

[86] Most of the three-hour concert was accompanied by a live orchestra; guest singers included Terry Lin, Loreen, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Marat Aitimov; and Dimash performed duets with Maira Mukhamedkyzy, Kristina Orbakaitė and with his parents, Svetlana Aitbayeva and Kanat Aitbayev.

[94] In 2017, the Kazakh figure skater Denis Ten, who was an Olympic medalist and friend of Dimash,[95] began using his rendition of "SOS d'un terrien en détresse" for his skating programs.

[101] In December, he performed his own composition "Unforgettable Day" at the Miss World 2018 Final,[102] and Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" at the Hainan International Film Festival.

[106] In July, he appeared at the Slavic Bazaar 2018 in Vitebsk, Belarus, as a judge and guest performer, and sang "SOS d'un terrien en détresse".

[citation needed] In September, he participated as a guest at the international contest for young pop singers New Wave in Sochi, Russia, where he performed "Sinful Passion" for the first time, and sang "Adagio" at the closing ceremony.

[citation needed] Many performances in Russia followed and in December, at the annual "Pesnya Goda" Gala in Moscow, "Love of Tired Swans" was awarded one of the best songs of 2018.

[114] He held his second large-scale solo concert, Arnau (Kazakh: Арнау) (Dedication), in the Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on 29 June 2019, and the sell-out performance attracted 40,000 people.

[125] In early 2020, he appeared on two movie soundtracks, singing Hāi pí yíxià (Chinese: 嗨皮一下) for Vanguard[126] and Across Endless Dimensions, theme song of Creators: The Past.

[128] In May, he performed on live stream at Tokyo Jazz Festival (jp),[129] and in June appeared on CCTV1's Everlasting Classics (zh) singing Tang dynasty poetry by Zhang Jiuling.

On 18 June 2020, IPZUSA, a company based in New Jersey, officially announced on its website that a contract had been signed with Qudaibergen, to provide family-focused management, representation and consulting.

[130] On 30 September, it was announced that Dimash would debut a Kazakh language song,[131] being the first artist from Kazakhstan to appear on the official YouTube channel of MTV USA.

[144] For 29 Weeks, from October 2020 to June 2021, there have been five top rated Dimash music videos streamed by MTV USA Friday Livestream to the North American market and around the world.

In March 2021 and May 2021 Dimash released videos of his singles for Kazakhstan celebrations, "Golden" for Nauryz, along with "Amanat" and "Kieli Meken", and "Qairan Elim" for the Unity Day.

[250] The Grand Charity Ball was organized by the Alpamys Sharimov Foundation, and the funds were donated to children with visual impairments, to this boarding school and to the regional orphanage.

[254] Dimash donated an autographed dombra to an auction of the Smile Angel Foundation, a Chinese charity which aims to help children born with cleft lips and palates.

[258] Dimash became goodwill ambassador of the "Listen Project" by the Audiology Development Foundation of China Trust Fund that provides hearing aid devices and education to hearing-impaired children.

[259] A charitable performance was given at the Opening Gala of the Kazakh Snow Leopard Foundation whose goal is to save the endangered population and to preserve their natural habitat by creating protected areas.

[234] When he was in the Russian city of Kazan for his performance at the WorldSkills 2019, he visited the local children's hospice to see a seriously ill fan who couldn't attend Dimash's concert due to chemotherapy.

[267] Dimash and his fans actively participated in the PR campaign during October and November, to draw people's attention to the problem of world hunger through support for the WFP.

[272] At that time, the president of Project C.U.R.E., Dr Douglas Jackson, confirmed that partial proceeds of the Dimash Digital Show had been donated to healthcare in Kazakhstan.

On September 14, 2022, Dimash met with Pope Francis and received a commemorative medal from him about the pontiff's visit to the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Nur-Sultan.