Rakhmadiyev (Rakhmadiev) (Rachmadiev), Yerkegali (Erkegali) Rakhmadiyevich 1.aug.1932-9.apr.2013 Kazakhstan Semipalatinsk, Medeniyet - Alma Ata
1957 graduated under Yevgeny Brusilovsky from Alma Ata Conservatory, 1957-1958 studied with Genrikh Litinsky in Moscow, 1958 taught at Alma Ata Conservatory, 1967-1975 director of the Alma Ata State Conservatory, 1968-1995 chairman of the Kazakh Union of Composers, 1990-1993 minister of culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan