Akkenzhe is one of the bright piano talents recognised by Ministry of Education in Kazakhstan. At the age of 5 years old she began learning the piano. In order to pursue her musical talents, she went to Republic Boarding Music School of Zhubanov for talented children, where she was taught under the guidance of Larisa Minkina, who helped her to succeed in piano performance. In 2010 Akkenzhe was the youngest winner of the  International Gaku Piano Competition, where she was nominated for 3rd Prize.

 

Following her success, Akkenzhe was invited to perform as a soloist with National Symphony Orchestra in 2010, which progressed her career to the next level. In 2011 she took part in an international competition, where she was admitted as a student to one of the leading professors, Svetlana Masover, and received full scholarship for a Bachelor’s degree at the National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy. In 2014 Akkenzhe also started taking lesson with Michael Voskrisensky (Moscow Conservatory) and Dina Yoffe (Hamburg Conservatory).

 

After successfully finishing her Bachelor's degree in 2016, she received invitation to work in Singapore as a Master Piano Teacher for SMART students. Her work with the smart young pianist resulted in numerous awards for her students in international piano competitions (Chopin, Steinway Competition, Grand Prize Competition London and etc),while she was awarded Best Teaching Prize in International Youth Piano Competition 2017.

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Despite her age, Akkenzhe is a very experienced and highly-demanded piano teacher and concert pianist. She has developed her own unique approach to teaching on the basis of Russian and German philosophies. Akkenzhe believes that her passion and talent will benefit the future of piano music in Singapore.