Anatoly Zatin (Anatoli Zatine, russian: link=no, Анатолий Борисович Затин) (born 23 March 1954,

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Soviet Ukraine The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

; now

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), is a composer, pianist,

orchestral conductor Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duties ...

and

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

. Born in the USSR, he acquired

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in 1996.

Education

Born into a musical family, Zatin began his music education at age 3. In 1968 he won first prize at a competition for young composers and pianists in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

. In 1979, Zatin joined the

USSR Union of Composers The Union of Russian Composers (formerly the Union of Soviet Composers, Order of Lenin Union of Composers of USSR () (1932- ), and Union of Soviet Composers of the USSR) is a state-created organization for musicians and musicologists created in 193 ...

and the

St Petersburg Union of Composers The St. Petersburg Union of Composers, (Soyuz Kompositorov- Russian: Союз композиторов) is a professional and creative musical association with its headquarters at the former mansion of the Princess Vera F. Gagarina at 45 Bolshaya ...

Professional career

Zatin taught at the Modest Mussorgsky Music College in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, and upon graduating from the conservatory in 1981 served as faculty of composition,

orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", or ...

and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ...

at the

Leningrad Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

(1981–1983). Since 1992, Zatin lives and works in

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

. He taught at the

University of Guadalajara The University of Guadalajara ( es, Universidad de Guadalajara) is a public higher education institution in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The university has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are distr ...

in 1991–2001 and founded the Anatoly Zatin International Music Academy (AIMAZ) in

Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadala ...

, in 1996. Since 2001 he is professor at the

University of Colima The University of Colima (in Spanish: ''Universidad de Colima'') is a Mexican public university with several campuses across the state of Colima, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It was created on September 16, 1940 by the President Lázaro Cárd ...

, where he coordinated the music department in 2001–2011 and served as

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at the

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Institute (IUBA) in 2011–2016. In 2003, with pianist Vlada Vassilieva, Zatin founded

Duo Petrof Duo Petrof is a piano-duo composed of Anatoly Zatin (born 23 March 1954, in Uzhhorod) and Vlada Vassilieva (born 10 July 1985, in Moscow). Anatoly Zatin is a pianist, composer and conductor graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory, member of t ...

. In 2008, Zatin was named

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Artist internationally. Zatin has collaborated with such musicians as

Timofei Dokschitzer Timofei Aleksandrovich Dokschitzer (russian: Тимофей Александрович Докшицер, 13 December 1921, Nizhyn, Ukraine — 16 March 2005, Vilnius) was a Soviet Russian trumpeter, and a professor in Gnesins Musical College. He wa ...

Vitaly Buyanovsky Vitaly Mikhailovich Bujanovsky or Buyanovsky (russian: link=no, Виталий Михайлович Буяновский; 27 August 1928, in Leningrad – 5 May 1993, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian classical horn player, music teacher a ...

, Vladimir Kafelnikov, Onorio Zaralli, Ravil Martynov,

Vladimir Viardo Vladimir Viardo (born 1949 in Krasnaya Polyana, Soviet Union), is a Russian pianist. Career The first steps in music were taken with his mother, the classical singer, voice teacher and pianist Nathalia Viardo. Viardo studied with Irina Naumov ...

Dmitri Bashkirov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Bashkirov (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Башки́ров; November 1, 1931 – March 7, 2021) was a Russian pianist and academic teacher. Trained in his hometown Tbilisi and Moscow, he began an in ...

, Jean Dubé and Shigeyuki Takano.

Works

Concertos: *

Triple concerto A triple concerto (Italian: ''Concerto triplo'', German: ''Tripelkonzert'') is a concerto with three Solo (music), soloists. Such concertos have been composed from the Baroque music, Baroque period, including works by Arcangelo Corelli, Corelli, An ...

for

French Horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

, Trumpet, Piano and Orchestra *

Double concerto A double concerto (Italian: ''Doppio concerto''; German: ''Doppelkonzert'') is a concerto featuring two performers—as opposed to the usual single performer, in the solo role. The two performers' instruments may be of the same type, as in Bach's ...

for Flute,

Harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a ...

and Orchestra * Double concerto for Trumpet, Piano and Strings *

Rhapsody Rhapsody may refer to: * A work of epic poetry, or part of one, that is suitable for recitation at one time ** Rhapsode, a classical Greek professional performer of epic poetry Computer software * Rhapsody (online music service), an online mu ...

for Piano and Orchestra on themes by

Nino Rota Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (; 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota (), was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Vis ...

Opera/Musical: * Беспечный Гражданин / “Careless Citizen” (Musical Scenes) * Кошмарные Сновидения в Херсонской Губернии / “Terrible Nightmares in the Kherson province” (

Opera Buffa ''Opera buffa'' (; "comic opera", plural: ''opere buffe'') is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as ''commedia in musica'', ''commedia per musica'', ''dramm ...

) * Любовь до гроба / “Love to death” (Musical Spectacle) Ballet: * Вождь Краснокожих / “The Ransom of Red Chief” * Фея / “The Fairy” Piano Solo: * Sonata nº. 1 * Sonata nº. 2 ("Shadows") * “ Paganini" Fantasy in 6 etudes * Poem (2006) * 3 Pieces: Invention, Funeral Music, Dance * Variations for piano * Preludes Orchestral: * Symphony * Concerto for Orchestra * Music for Orchestra Ensemble: * “Dedication” for violin ensemble * “Melody” for cello ensemble * Sonata for French Horn and Piano * Sonata for Viola and Piano * Polka for piano 4 hands and whistle (also for string quintet and piano 4 hands) * Suite from Sergei Slonimsky's ballet

Icarus In Greek mythology, Icarus (; grc, Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos sus ...

for 2 pianos (2008) *

Jarabe Tapatio The jarabe is one of the most traditional song forms of the mariachi genre. In the Spanish language, ''jarabe'' literally means ''syrup'', which probably refers to the mixture of meters within one ''jarabe'' (compare ''salsa''). Typically, a jar ...

for two pianos (2010) *

Hexameron The term Hexameron (Greek: Ἡ Ἑξαήμερος Δημιουργία ''Hē Hexaēmeros Dēmiourgia'') refers either to the genre of theological treatise that describes God's work on the six days of creation or to the six days of creation them ...

for 2 pianos, 12 hands (after

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, 2011). *

Pictures at an exhibition ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', french: Tableaux d'une exposition, link=no is a suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied Promenade theme, composed by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The piece is Mussorgsky's most famous pia ...

(after

Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

) for 2 pianos (2019). Vocal Music: * Веселые Истории/ ''“Fun Stories”'' cantata for children's choir * Romances Cinema: * Воздушный хоровод / ''“Aerial Dance”'' (I. Trachtengerz, Russia). * Водная фантазия / ''“Water Fantasy”'' (I. Trachtengerz, Russia). * Опасный человек / ''“Dangerous Person”'' (I. Shadkhan, Russia, 1988). * Abril, el mes más cruel / ''“Abril, the cruelest month”'' (Boris Goldenblanc, Mexico, 1993). Works for other instruments: * 3 Etudes for

Violoncello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

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