Yuriy Galkin

Who is Yuriy Galkin?

Yuriy Galkin is a double-bassist and jazz composer of Russian origin, based in the United Kingdom.

Yuriy Galkin started his musical studies as a classical pianist at the age of seven. Later, he switched to acoustic and electric bass inspired by jazz music. Yuriy Galkin studied at Gnessin Russian Academy of Music along with accomplishing a Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering.

He completed his post-graduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music under a full scholarship and has been based in London since 2005.

While at the Royal Academy, Galkin was studying under Jeff Clyne, Duncan Hopkins, Gerard Presencer, Pete Churchill and Hans Koller.

In 2007 Yuriy Galkin won the UK composition competition led by Tim Garland. His piece was performed and recorded on tour by the Northern Underground Orchestra.

In 2008 Yuriy Galkin founded the nine-piece Symbiosis Jazz Orchestra performing his own compositions. In October 2009, the orchestra recorded its first CD which contained seven of Galkin's original works.

Yuriy Galkin's composition "Evolvent" won the 2010 Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition.