Duo Petrof

Anatoly Zatin is a pianist, composer and conductor graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory, member of the St Petersburg Union of Composers, professor and Dean of the Fine Arts Institute at the University of Colima in Mexico.

Vlada Vassilieva studied with Anatoly Zatin at the University of Colima and later with Pavlina Dokovska at Mannes College of Music in New York City as a Fulbright grantee.

[1] The ensemble's first appearance under the name of Duo Petrof took place in December 2003 at the National Auditory in Mexico City.

Important performances include Carnegie Hall (2006), Bohemian National Hall and Merkin Concert Hall (2010) in New York City, Semper Music International Festival in South Tyrol [2][3] First International Art Festival in Kyrgyzstan (2012), Royce Hall in Los Angeles (2013),[4] the First International Festival of Chamber Music "Silver Lyre" in St Petersburg (2010),[5] Hradec Kralove Philharmony for Petrof's 150 anniversary[6] and Sofia Music Weeks in Bulgaria.

[7] The duo specializes mostly in 20th-century repertoire, performing music by Sergei Slonimsky, Grigoriy Korchmar, Bohuslav Martinu, Manuel Ponce, Joel Spiegelman, Alfred Schnittke, Francis Poulenc, Federico Ibarra, Doug Opel, Claude Bolling,[8] Aleksey Igudesman[9] and Anatoly Zatin.