EKATERINA NIkolaeva Saxophone (alto,tenor,baritone) and flute player

Nikolaeva Ekaterina.
26 years old.

From the age of six she learned to play the recorder and flute at the Lyceum No. 1 named after them Maximov, Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic.
After graduating perfectly well, she entered the Cheboksary Musical college. F. P. Pavlova, where she studied for 4 years in the class of saxophone.
She continued her studies at the Kazan State Conservatory. N. G. Zhiganova.

Had the opportunity to play with such teams as:
* State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted by A. V. Sladkovsky
* City Women's Jazz Orchestra "Fantasy" conducted by Yu. I. Kogan
* The Cheboksary Municipal Jazz Band "Range" conducted by A. L. Zinakova
* Group "Phoenix" (Cheboksary)
* Cheboksary Symphony Orchestra conducted by O. S. Nesterova
* Orchestra of the Tatar Academic Theater State Opera and Ballet. M. Jalil (conducted by Marco Boemi)
* Orchestra of folk instruments of the Kazan Conservatory, conducted by G. Mukhametdinova
* Quartet of saxophones KSC named by N. G. Zhiganova conducted by Begovatovovy M. A.
* Birdcatchers saxophone quintet conducted by Yu. A. Shcherbakov

Took part in such events as:
* Festival of Saxophones (2008-2012). Cheboksary
* Trumpline-Jazz international festival (2009), Cheboksary
* II International Competition-Festival "Commonwealth of Talents" (2010) Kazan (Laureate of II degree)
* International Competition-Festival "Musical Meetings in Northern Italy" (2010), Varese, Italy
* International competition-festival "Parisian suite" (2011). Paris, France
* Interregional contest "Magic Pipe", Cheboksary (winner)
* Open Competition-Olympiad of Wind Ensembles and Percussion Instruments, Kazan (Ensemble-Laureate, I Degree)
* Competition "Pro Talents" (2012). Cheboksary
* SwingDanceFest - BLUES WAY KAZAN 2013 Kazan
* 9th International Wind Band Festival “Murtsub pill” in Tartu 2013 Tartu (Estonia)
* Open All-Russian Competition-Festival of Young Musicians. A. Ya. Eshpaya (2013). Yoshkar-Ola
* XVIII International festival-competition of children, youth, youth, adult creative teams and performers "Vivat, Kazan!" Within the framework of the creative project "Admiralty Star "(2014). Kazan (Laureate of II degree)
* Opening of the XXXII Shalyapinsky Festival. Concert performance of the opera "Porgy and Bess" (G. Gershwin) 2014
* International festival “Sax music” (2014-2015), Zelenodolsk
* II All-Russian Competition "Instrumental Palette" (2015), Cheboksary (Laureate of I degree)
* All-Russian contest of children and youth creativity “Musical Express” (2015), Yoshkar-Ola (Grand Prix)
* Harmony Daisin Festival, 2018. Lausanne, Switzerland
* Bollywood Music Project, 2018 Mumbai, India
* Alvas Virasat - 2019 Gorakhpur, India
* 9 International Saxophone Performers Competition (Laureate), Lübeck, Germany (2019)

• There is a huge experience of collaboration with DJs, bands, celebrity singers, as well as solo.