Arman Surtaev was born in Almaty. He graduated from the Akhmet Zhubanov Special Music School for Gifted Children and the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory (2002–2008). He has been working in the musicAeterna orchestra since 2022.

He studied with Zh. Imankarin, M. Bisengaliev (Kazakhstan), Simon Wills (Great Britain), Jacques Mauger (Switzerland), and Fabrice Millischer (France-Germany).

During his studies at the school and the conservatory he became a laureate of several national and international competitions and festivals.