Yelaman Yernur was born in Kazakhstan. He graduated from the A. Zhubanov Kazakh Republican Specialized Music Boarding School for Gifted Children (class of Gulzhan Kazybekova), then from the P. I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and completed his postgraduate studies there (under Professor Alexander Mndoyants, Honored Artist of the RSFSR). He also honed his skills under the tutelage of Ekaterina Mechetina, Honored Artist of Russia.

Yelaman Yernur is an award-winning pianist, having won the Grand Prix at the International Competition for Young Talents named after A. Zhubanov in Almaty (Kazakhstan, 2012), 2nd prize at the Abu Dhabi International Piano Competition (UAE, 2015), 5th prize at the Almaty International Piano Competition (Kazakhstan, 2017), Finalist diploma at the International Competition "Cidade de Vigo" (Spain, 2020), 1st prize at the International Competition of Creative Youth "Shabyt" in Astana (Kazakhstan, 2022), participant of the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition (Russia, 2023), Top16 prize at the International Piano Competition in Cleveland (USA, 2024), 3rd prize at the IV International Competition in Memory of N.K. Medtner in St. Petersburg (Russia, 2025), participant in the II Rachmaninoff International Competition for pianists, composers and conductors (Russia, 2025), and others.

His most recent concert activities include collaboration
with the Leningrad Region Symphony Orchestra at the International musicfestival "Palaces of St. Petersburg" and a solo concert at the Astana Opera as part of the "Operalia-2025" festival.