Yuriy Galkin

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

[2] He studied at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering.

[2] While at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Galkin studied under Jeff Clyne, Duncan Hopkins, Gerard Presencer and Pete Churchill.

[3] In October 2009, the orchestra recorded its first CD, which contained seven of Galkin's original works; it was released by the F-IRE Collective.

[6] There, he recorded his second album, ...For Its Beauty Alone,[6] which was released in 2019 and featured saxophonist David Binney, pianist Matt Mitchell, and drummer Rudy Royston.