The Kat Trio Biography
This unique classical ensemble known as the Ekaterinburg Classical Trio, aka the Kat Trio, was born in the
summer of 1998 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Vasil Galiulin, Victoria Gorbich, and Vladislav Gorbich, all graduates
of the Ural State Conservatory, decided to take their love of music and their violin-clarinet-piano arrangements
to festivals and concert venues throughout the Urals. They spent much of that summer playing to enthusiastic
audiences in town halls and indoor stages. The audience feedback was encouraging, even inspiring, all the
while reinforcing the overpowering feeling that their calling was to take their new impressions of classical
music and their heartfelt performances to a much greater audience. Their first US tour in the spring of 2000
was a major success and these world class players return as often as possible to play for their appreciative
American audiences. On the Kat Trio's 2006 Tour of the US, violinist Victoria Gorbich and clarinetist Vladislav
Gorbich were joined by pianist Viatcheslav Ovchinnikov. Like Vikki and Vlad, Viatcheslav (nickname: Slava)
is a graduate of Ural State Conservatory in Ekaterinburg.
Here are some brief individual notes on each of the trio members:
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Victoria Gorbich
- violin - |
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Vladislav Gorbich
- clarinet - |
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Viatcheslav Ovchinnikov
- piano - |
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Vasil Galiulin
- piano - |
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Photo by Vladimir Pletnev |
