Collective

Tatyana Zotkina
Artist of the first bass domras group

She began her musical education in Petrozavodsk, studying domra at a music school. Later she entered the class of the Honored Cultural Worker of Russia N.K. Dmitriev of the Gnessin State Musical College. After graduating, she returned to Petrozavodsk and continued her studies at the Petrozavodsk branch of the Leningrad State Conservatory (now the Petrozavodsk State Conservatory named after A.K.Glazunov). Following her graduation, she was assigned to the Kalinin (Tver) Philharmonic, where she was a member of the folk instrument ensemble «Legend,» which included both vocal and instrumental performances.

In 1979 she was accepted into the small domras group of the State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V.V.Andreev. She combined performing activities with teaching. She taught at Leningrad Music School No. 18 and at the music school in the city of Krasnoe Selo. Since 1999, following a competition, she was transferred to the bass domras group.