[1] In 1969, Bisengaliev began training in violin at the K. Bayseitov Republican Secondary Special Music School, graduating in 1979.
He attended the Kurmangazy Alma-Ata State Conservatoire from 1979 to 1981, and then pursued postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory.
He completed his studies in 1988 with a solo concert performing Beethoven's violin concerto at the Conservatory's Great Hall with the Russia State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the USSR.
At one of the concerts, Marat performed the violin concerto by Jean Sibelius and received acclaim for his emotional emancipation and depth of interpretation.
In 1995, The New York Times says that Bisengaliev "has taken to heart a style of playing that was a hallmark of violin virtuosity early in the century".
He visited libraries and houses related to Elgar, collected all possible materials about him and recorded a complete anthology of his works.
In 2000, Bisengaliev received the Independent Platinum Tarlan Award and the Government Medal of Honour in Kazakhstan.
In 1990, Bisengaliev moved to England and married British flutist Stina Wilson, a member of the Opera North orchestra in Leeds.