Tilenchiev Karagul Amanturovich, born in 1964, holds a higher education degree from the Kyrgyz State Institute of Arts named after B. Beishenaliev (1991), as well as from the Przhevalsk Music College (1983).
He began his professional career at the Kyrgyz Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1992 as a choirmaster. Since 1995 he has been serving as the Chief Choirmaster of the Kyrgyz Opera and Ballet Theatre. He participated in the preparation and staging of opera productions and worked as a choirmaster in the following operas: “Ak-Moor” by J. Kanimetov; “The Queen of Spades” by P. Tchaikovsky; “Manas”, “Ajal Orduna” by V. Vlasov, A. Maldybaev, V. Fere; “The Magic Flute” by W. A. Mozart; “Pagliacci” by R. Leoncavallo; “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” by E. Kolmanovsky; “Aleko” by S. Rachmaninoff; “Arshin Mal Alan” by U. Hajibeyov; “Rigoletto”, “Aida”, “La Traviata” by G. Verdi; “The Barber of Seville” by G. Rossini; “Mother’s Field” by K. Moldobasanov; “Requiem” by G. Verdi; “Cavalleria Rusticana” by P. Mascagni (2006), “Carmen” by G. Bizet (2007), “Il Trovatore” by G. Verdi (April 2010), “Asta Sekin: Koluktu!” (“Attention: Bride!”) by N. Davlesov (January 2011), “Prince Igor” by A. Borodin (June 2016), as well as “Kor-Ogly” by U. Hajibeyov (September 2009), with an international cast of performers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and the Turkic republics of Russia. The production achieved great success at premiere performances at the Kyrgyz National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Maldybaev, as well as in the cities of Almaty (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Ankara (Turkey).
On September 27, 2014, a successful benefit concert dedicated to his 50th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of his creative activity took place, of which 20 years were devoted to service at his native theatre. For the first time in Kyrgyzstan, the choral masterpiece by Carl Orff – the scenic cantata “Carmina Burana” – was presented to the audience, performed by 300 choir artists of the republic accompanied by the State Academic Symphony Orchestra named after A. Jumakhmatov.
In November–December 2014 he served as the choirmaster and production choirmaster for the premiere of W. A. Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni”, carried out with the support of the Embassy of Austria in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, as well as the Honorary Consulate of Austria in Kyrgyzstan.
Since 1991 he has also worked as a part-time teacher at the Kyrgyz State Institute of Arts named after B. Beishenaliev. Since 2004 he has been a lecturer, and since 2009 to the present – a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts of the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University; since 2018 Associate Professor, and since 2026 Professor.
For his contribution to the development of theatrical art, by decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic he was awarded the “Honorary Certificate of the Kyrgyz Republic” in 2006, the “Honorary Certificate of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Kyrgyz Republic” in 2008, and the badge of the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic “Excellent Worker of Culture” in 2014. He is also a laureate of the “International Music Prize named after A. Maldybaev” (2007).
In 2016, by decree of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, he was awarded the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic”, and in 2021 the title “People’s Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic”.