Chair of the jury, pianist, president of the Alatone Foundation. A graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, where she studied in the class of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor Gleb Akselrod, she taught for many years at the Kazakh National Conservatory in the Special Piano Department in Almaty. Since 1998, she has worked as an arts manager organizing various cultural events, including competitions, festivals, master classes, and conferences (seminars) on culture and art. She has earned diplomas in project management from Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, Project Management (St. Petersburg, Russia), several business project courses at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (Canada), and arts management (Philadelphia, USA). She also participated in the experience exchange program "Preservation of Cultural and Historical Heritage" (USA, Philadelphia). She has headed the organization of the international TransArt festival (Kazakhstan), conducted the first arts management seminars in Kazakhstan, managed the Kazakhstan Development Gateway project for the World Bank, organized the Stars of Rotary international children's music competition, and is a member of the presidium of the "Cultura Europea" conference (Pamplona, Spain), vice president of the Beethoven Festival in Vienna, Austria, and a jury member of the "Mozarteum" competition in Mürzzuschlag, Austria. She is a full corresponding member of the International Academy of Informatization. Her professional experience includes working at the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan, as director of the Central Asian Center for Arts Management (CAICAM), heading the Kazakhstan Development Gateway project, serving as artistic director of the Zhambyl Kazakh State Philharmonic, and as director of the Stars of Rotary competition.