Renat Salavatov was born on November 5, 1949 in Shymkent, Kazakh SSR. Soviet conductor and composer. People's Artist of Kazakhstan and Tatarstan, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Chief conductor of the Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Musa Jalil, conductor of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, conductor of Royal Opera in the Stockholm. He Works as a guest conductor with leading orchestras around the world.