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In 2015 she recorded an EP under her real name in an orchestral cinematic style playing most violin parts herself.

In 2012 Akmaral worked in cinema post production at the Kazakhfilm Studios as sound director, sound engineer, foley artist and ADR editor.

In 2012–2013 she became head of Bilim Media Group Recording Studios working on her third album entitled Qazaq Lounge as the producer engrossing more than 40 professionals including other producers, vocalists and musicians. Qazaq Lounge is the mix of ethnic, instrumental, electronic, jazz and classic music.

At 16 she started writing her first poems under alias Mergen which she then records and self-produces into songs. A debut album 13 was released in 2009. Akmaral graduated from the MI with the Outstanding Project Award beating other 120 artists. In 2011 she released the second album AYAN.

Born and raised in Almaty, she graduated from Kazakh National Conservatory of Music in 2008 and Musicians Institute, LA, USA in 2010. She has released and produced independently three studio albums and an EP under different eponyms. As a classically trained violinist Akmaral has worked in the National Youth Symphony and performed in Konzerthaus Berlin, London's Barbican and other concert halls around Europe.

Akmaral Zykayeva (Kazakh: Ақмарал Ұланқызы Зықаева , Aqmaral Ulanqyzy Zyqaeva; born 21 December 1985), better known by the stage name Mergen, is a Kazakh artist, singer, songwriter, violinist, a sound producer, sound engineer, composer, arranger.