Erik Kurmangaliev (2 January 1959 – 13 November 2007) was a Russian-Kazakh opera singer, actor and a leading public figure in Russia's perestroika music scene.^[1][2]

Kurmangaliev was born in Kazakhstan, which at the time was part of the Soviet Union.^[3] He attended a music conservatory in the city of Almaty,^[1] and later transferred to the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow.^[1] He was known for an unusual countertenor voice.^[1]

Kurmangaliev debuted in 1980 at the Leningrad Philharmonia.^[1] He later performed in Alfred Shnitke's Second Symphony and Dr. Faust cantata during his career.^[1] His career reached his peak when he teamed up with director Roman Viktyuk in the early 1990s, when he appeared in the Russian language version of David Hwang's M. Butterfly.^[1] Kurmangaliev made his last appearance in film appearance in Rustam Khamdamov's Parallel Voices.^[1]

At one time, Kurmangaliev acted under nickname Erik Salim-Meruert, which are the combined names of his father and mother.

He died in Moscow on November 13, 2007, of a liver infection at the age of 47.^[1]