Мовсар Минцаев

(April 8, 1952, Karaganda, Karaganda region, Kazakh SSR, USSR) - Opera and pop singer, bass, teacher, Honored Artist of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the pop Song Contest in Sochi (1980), the Glinka competition (1982), the E. Vila-Lobos competition in Rio de Janeiro (1983), international competition named after Fedor Chaliapin (1993).