Anatoly Katkov was a Soviet and Russian trombonist and music teacher. He was born in Leningrad on July 10, 1935. In 1957, he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad Music College, where he studied trombone with I. Gershkovich and V. Baikov, and entered the Leningrad Conservatory that year.
From 1959 to 1969, Katkov was a member of the orchestra at the Kirov Leningrad Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. From 1969 to 1991, he was principal trombone soloist with the theatre’s symphony orchestra. He performed under conductors including B. Khaikin, K. Simeonov, V. Fedotov, Yuri Temirkanov, and Valery Gergiev. From 1991 to 1993, he was a soloist with the Classic Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. His tours took him to Europe, Japan, Korea, the United States, and Canada.
Katkov taught at the Palace of Young Pioneers music school from 1993 to 1998, at the Mravinsky School of Arts from 1998, and at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College from 2000. He received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1980. He died in Saint Petersburg on August 1, 2005.
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