Olga Katkova
Violin Tutor
Native from Bulgaria, Olga Katkova-Trevino studied music since the age of five. She won a number of national competitions, toured all over Europe, and was featured on the Bulgarian National TV, before she arrived in the US on a full musical scholarship to pursue a degree in Violin Performance.
Olga Katkova-Trevino is most delighted to serve as the Concertmistress of the Millennium Chamber Players (mcplayers.com), a professional ensemble in Chicago. As the group’s leading violinist, Olga has presented solo, chamber music performances, and newly written music. In addition, she led the Millennium Chamber Players orchestra in the recent performances of the operas “The Rape of Lucretia” by Britten, “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart, and Puccini’s “La Boheme”.
In the past year, Olga was engaged as a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. She has also performed as a member or guest of a number of prestigious orchestras such as Illinois Symphony, Sinfonia di Concertante, Da Cornetto Opera, Rockford Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, South Bend Symphony, and Ohio Light Opera.
Ms. Katkova-Trevino is passionate about teaching. She is collaborating with the Chicago Opera Theater as a Teaching Fellow in their opera outreach project directed to inner city schools; her work was featured on the news broadcast of ABC Chicago. She also teaches violin to adult professionals and children in her studios in the British School and in Downtown Chicago. Her most recent appointment is on the faculty of Colombia College in Chicago. Olga lives in Chicago with her husband, conductor Robert Katkov-Trevino.
Olga Katkova-Trevino is most delighted to serve as the Concertmistress of the Millennium Chamber Players (mcplayers.com), a professional ensemble in Chicago. As the group’s leading violinist, Olga has presented solo, chamber music performances, and newly written music. In addition, she led the Millennium Chamber Players orchestra in the recent performances of the operas “The Rape of Lucretia” by Britten, “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart, and Puccini’s “La Boheme”.
In the past year, Olga was engaged as a member of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. She has also performed as a member or guest of a number of prestigious orchestras such as Illinois Symphony, Sinfonia di Concertante, Da Cornetto Opera, Rockford Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, South Bend Symphony, and Ohio Light Opera.
Ms. Katkova-Trevino is passionate about teaching. She is collaborating with the Chicago Opera Theater as a Teaching Fellow in their opera outreach project directed to inner city schools; her work was featured on the news broadcast of ABC Chicago. She also teaches violin to adult professionals and children in her studios in the British School and in Downtown Chicago. Her most recent appointment is on the faculty of Colombia College in Chicago. Olga lives in Chicago with her husband, conductor Robert Katkov-Trevino.