He graduated from Al-Farabi University in 1950 as a mathematician and then became a faculty member of the School of Math and Sciences there.

He held a position of Music Director and Principal Conductor with this orchestra till 1962.

Since 1968 Mansurov became a Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Musa Cälil.

From 1989 and till his death in 2010, Mansurov was a Principal Conductor and Music Director of Tatar State Symphony Orchestra in Kazan.

In 1991 Mansurov conducted the Bolshoi at the New York Metropolitan Opera for performances of Mlada and Eugene Onegin.