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Zakhar Katsman (French horn)

Age 31 - Russia

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Began his French horn studies at the Music School №38 in St. Petersburg (class of Gennady Ermilov). A graduate of the Mussorgsky St. Petersburg Music College (class of docent Anatoly Chepkov). In 2013 he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory with the same teacher.

Won the III All-Russian Open Competition for Winds Ensembles (Kazan, 2010) as a member of woodwinds quintet of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Second prize winner at the II All-Russian Music Competition (Moscow, 2016). Was a soloist of the Buryat Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2013 he became an artist of the Mariinsky Youth Orchestra. Since 2017 has been a concertmaster of the Mariinsky Orchestra.