THE GREAT KAT GUITAR/VIOLIN DOUBLE VIRTUOSO AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:
GUITAR AWARDS:
-"Top 10 Fastest Shredders Of All Time" - Guitar One Magazine
-"20 Of The Fastest Guitarists In The World Today" - MusicRadar
-"50 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time" - Guitar World Magazine
-"The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes" - Classic Rock Magazine
-Winner of "Who Plays The Fastest" - Guitar Player Magazine’s Reader Poll
"Top Ten Fastest Guitar Shredders" - The Top Tens
-"8 Iconic Women In Metal" - Stack Magazine
-"Rock On, Queens of Noise: 10 Killer Heavy Metal Frontwomen" - VH1
"Top 10 Most Famous Women Rockers" -
Glitzyworld
-"10 Phenomenal Female Guitarists That
Deserve Your Attention" - WhatCulture!
-"Top-10 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time" -
Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll
-"12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists" -
Elle Magazine
-Honored with a STAR in the "Guitar Hero
Galaxy" - Spin Magazine
-"8 Of The World's Fastest Shredders" -
Gibson Lifestyle
-"Top Female Guitarists with Amazing Guitar
Playing Skills" - KeytarHQ
-#1 In "The 12 Best Guitarists Of The World"
- Guitarra Atalho
-"Fastest Guitar Players In The World" -
Graphs.net
-"The 13 Most Powerful 'O' Faces Of Rock" -
BuzzFeed
-"The 25 Best Rock Guitarists In The World"
- Maximum Rock Magazine
-"Top 8 Female Electric Guitarists Of All
Time" - NME
-"The Best Rock Female Guitarists" - Kurier
-"Top-10 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time" -
Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll
-"Best American Female Guitarists –
Shredding Sirens" - Itcher Magazine
-"Famous Juilliard School Alumni" -
Ranker.com
VIOLIN AWARDS:
-Juilliard Honors Graduate as a Violin Virtuoso
-Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra
-Winner of the Artists International Competition on Violin
-Carnegie Recital Hall Debut on Solo Violin
-Winner of the Great Neck Symphony's Young Musicians Competition
-Winner of the Gallery Concert Series Young Artists Award
-Winner of the New York State Music Teachers Association Collegiate Artists Competition
-Winner of the "Robert Hufstader Scholarship" in Composition and Theory at Juilliard
-Collaborator with Timothy Leary on the song "Right Brain Lover"
-Awarded "Certificate of Merit" from New York Governor Mario Cuomo
-Prodigy Violin Soloist for NYC Mayor Ed Koch at Gracie Mansion
-Prodigy Violin Soloist for
Governor Oscar Flores Tapia in Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
-Steve Allen especially composed the Violin piece "Sonatina" for Katherine, which she performed in England
-"The New Woman To Watch" - New Woman Magazine
-Recipient of a German violin made in 1850 from The Friends of Mozart Society.
-Violin Soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Coahuila in Mexico and in recitals under the auspices of Fondo para Actividades Sociales y Culturales del Estado, Bellas Artes, Banca Serfin and other organizations in Mexico.
-Winner of "Palma Julia de Burgos Award" from The Association for Puerto Rican - Hispanic Culture, Inc.
Wildly entertaining HOT Classical/Metal Female Shredder, The Great Kat Shreds BOTH Guitar AND Violin with her All-Male Stud Band, "Vlad the Impaler" & "Franz Liszt"! from Upcoming New Great Kat DVD!
"HABANERA" - HOT GYPSY VIOLIN RECORDING of KATHERINE THOMAS (THE GREAT KAT) performance of SARASATE'S "CARMEN FANTASY" from BIZET'S OPERA "CARMEN"! http://youtu.be/jiC6B_LPFyU
The Great Kat & Niccolo Paganini - HISTORY'S
ONLY Violin/Guitar Virtuosos performing BOTH Guitar AND Violin with
INHUMAN Feats of VIRTUOSITY!
The Great Kat is the famous Juilliard graduate Classical
Violin Virtuoso-turned Shred Guitar Virtuoso, WORLD'S FASTEST GUITAR
SHREDDER who is RESURRECTING Beethoven with VICIOUS METAL, PURE
CLASSICAL and TOTAL VIRTUOSITY and showcases her phenomenal guitar
and violin pyrotechnics in "Beethoven Shreds" CD and "Beethoven's Guitar Shred"
DVD!
The Great Kat is the Juilliard graduate Violin Virtuoso and
multi-talented Goddess who has performed Solo Violin Classical
Concerts at Carnegie Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Juilliard, for
NYC Mayor Ed Koch at Gracie Mansion, for Mexico Governor Tapia, on
NBC-TV's "FANTASY" Show and much more before BECOMING the
REVOLUTIONARY METAL GUITARIST/VIOLINIST, the WORLD’S
FASTEST GUITAR SHREDDER and REINCARNATION of BEETHOVEN! THE GREAT
KAT IS GOD!!
The Great Kat was born Katherine Thomas
in Swindon, England (on a U.S. Air Force Base Military Hospital) and
moved to the U.S at the age of 3. After listening to
Beethoven since birth, The Great Kat realized that her
mission was to become a composer and musical revolutionary.Kat began Classical piano
studies at 7.At the age of 9, she began
Classical violin studies in New York.
At the age of 15, The Great Kat won a Full Scholarship to attend the
prestigious
Juilliard School in New York City as a Violin
Student.The Great Kat became the Concertmaster of the
Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra and won the "Robert
Hufstader Scholarship" in Composition and Theory at Juilliard.
The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed for NYC Mayor Ed Koch
at Gracie Mansion as a Prodigy Violin Soloist. The Great
Kat graduated with Honors from The Juilliard School
and began performing, first as a Classical violin soloist at
Carnegie Recital Hall as winner of the
exclusive "Artists International Competition" and then
soloing extensively in Mexico, the U.S. and Europe.
The Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) is also the winner of numerous
competitions, including Gallery Concert Series Young Artists
Award, the New York State Music Teachers Association Collegiate
Artists Competition, the Great Neck Symphony's Young Musicians
Competition and
named "The New Woman To Watch" for two consecutive years by
New Woman Magazine. The
Great Kat (Katherine Thomas)
performed as a violin soloist on the Young Artists Showcase on
WQXR radio and is
the recipient of a German violin made in 1850 from The Friends of
Mozart Society. The Great
Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed as a violin soloist at
Alice Tully Hall on The Juilliard School's "Wednesday One O'Clock
Concert Series."
New York Governor Mario Cuomo awarded The
Great Kat (Katherine Thomas)
the Certificate of Merit as "Recipient of the Palma Julia
de Burgos Award in recognition of her outstanding musical
achievements". This certificate has the Seal of the State of New York
and Governor Cuomo's signature. Katherine Thomas is the winner of
the cultural award "Palma Julia de Burgos Award" from The
Association for Puerto Rican - Hispanic Culture, Inc.
The
Great Kat (Katherine Thomas) performed as a Prodigy Violin Soloist for Governor
Oscar Flores Tapia in Coahuila, Mexico at the Centennial of
General Vito Alessio Robles’ birth and at the famous Teatro
Fernando Soler as a Prodigy Violin Soloist in Saltillo, Mexico. The
Great Kat (Katherine Thomas)
has toured as a guest violin soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica
de Coahuila in Mexico and in recitals under the auspices of
Fondo para Actividades Sociales y Culturales del Estado, Bellas
Artes, Banca Serfin and other organizations in Mexico. The Great
Kat (Katherine Thomas)
performed as a violin soloist at the United Nations Association
of the United States of America (Mid-Long Island Chapter). The
Great Kat (Katherine Thomas)
performed numerous times as a violin soloist on The Joe Franklin
Show and appeared in the Warner Brothers Movie "Soup For One". The
Great Kat (Katherine Thomas)
appeared on
NBC-TV's "Fantasy" Show (Hosts Peter Marshall and Leslie
Uggams) performing violin as the featured
soloist. Steve Allen, the comedian and composer, especially composed a
jazz piece, "Sonatina", for Katherine Thomas (The Great Kat).
Katherine performed the World Premiere of the work as a Violin Soloist at the
Thamesdown-Hambro festival in Swindon,
England. The
Great Kat (Katherine Thomas)
performed as a violin soloist on The Ray Heatherton Radio Show,
who bestowed the title "The Little Paganini" on Katherine. Timothy Leary, famous Harvard psychology professor and
mind-altering guru collaborated with Kat Thomas - The Great Kat
violin virtuoso on the rock song "Right Brain Lover". Timothy
Leary wrote the wild psychedelic lyrics and Kat composed the music.
Timothy Leary and Kat recorded "Right Brain Lover" starring Kat's
electric violin virtuosity and rock singing and Leary rapping the
lyrics with his inimitable voice. "Timothy Leary Papers" at The
New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts Features Timothy
Leary & Kat Thomas' (The Great Kat) "RIGHT BRAIN LOVER" Song. Stay tuned to hear this HISTORIC
masterpiece.
After touring the world, The Great Kat realized that Classical music
was dead, so she began updating Classical Music with Speed Metal and
transcribed intricate violin solos to the guitar. Kat developed a
new genre of music:“SHRED/CLASSICAL” Music
-- Fast, Furious, and Virtuosic.
The Great Kat Shred Guitar Virtuoso is the only musician taking note-for-note
authentic Classical Music scores (from Vivaldi, Beethoven,
Bach, Wagner, Liszt, Paganini, Sarasate, Bazzini, Rossini and more)
and entering the original Classical Music scores into music-notation
software. The Great Kat then edits, arranges, and orchestrates the
entire scores with Shred Guitar and Violin virtuosity and mixes it with Speed
Metal band and Classical orchestra.
The Great Kat’s music is known worldwide for its phenomenal speeds,
complicated Classical motives, counterpoint layering, guitar riffs,
maniacal screams, heavy rhythms and thrashing sounds. Known as the “High Priestess of
Guitar Shred,”
The Great Kat was recently the WINNER of
"Who Plays The Fastest" by Guitar Player Magazine’s Reader Poll
and awarded
"Shock Treatment: 10 Shock Rock Albums"
by Iisalmen Sanomat (Finland), "8 Iconic Women In Metal"
- by Stack Magazine,
"Fastest Guitarists"
by Rocker.sk,"Rock
On, Queens of Noise: 10 MORE Killer Heavy Metal Frontwomen"
by VH1,
"10 Hottest Super Bowl Photoshoots" by
In My Group Celebrity Site,
"Top Ten Fastest Guitar Shredders" by The Top Tens,
"Top Female Guitarists with Amazing Guitar Playing Skills" - by KeytarHQ, "Top 10 Most Famous Women
Rockers"by
Glitzyworld,#1 In "The 12 Best Guitarists Of The World"by
Guitarra Atalho, "Top 10
Shred Guitar Heroes" and "Top 10 Greatest Speed Guitar Heroes" by
Bopian.com (China), "The 25
Best Rock Guitarists In The World" by Maximum
Rock Magazine, "Best American Female Guitarists – Shredding
Sirens" by Itcher Magazine, "10
Phenomenal Female Guitarists That Deserve Your Attention In 2013"
by WhatCulture!,
"Famous Juilliard School Alumni"
by Ranker.com, Top 10 "Fastest Guitar
Players In The World"
by Graphs.net, "20 Of The Fastest Guitarists In The World Today"
by MusicRadar.com, "50 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time," by Guitar World Magazine, "Top 10 Fastest Shredders Of All Time" by
Guitar One Magazine,"The 13 Most Powerful 'O' Faces
Of Rock"
by BuzzFeed, "The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes"by Classic Rock Magazine,
"Top 8 Female Electric Guitarists Of All Time" byNME,
"Top-10 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time" by
Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll, "12 Greatest Female
Electric Guitarists" by Elle Magazine,"8 Of The World's Fastest Shredders" by
Gibson Lifestyle, "20
Extraordinary Female Guitarists"by
Guitar Player Magazine's "Guts & Glitter" and "Ten Women Composers and Guitarists In The Last 20 Years"
by Agencia N22 Informacion Cultural (Mexico).
The Great Kat's NEO-CLASSICAL MUSIC
is continuing to spread to all aspects of entertainment with
TESCO, the world’s second largest retailer (after Wal-Mart) and
U.K.’s largest retailer, featuring The Great Kat’s Vivaldi's "The
Four Seasons" music in the new TV commercial for the
wildly popular Activision video game "CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS".
Rhapsody Shred Radio is featuringThe Great Kat's
"virtuoso fretwork" ShredClassical Music.The
Great Kat’s Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody #2” isfeatured in the
comedy film “BLUNT MOVIE”. The Great Kat recently
captivated audiences and performed on NBC TV's “WEEKEND
TODAY IN NY” as The “World's Fastest Female
Guitarist” on the virtuoso showpieces “The Flight
Of The Bumble-Bee” and Liszt's “Hungarian Rhapsody #2”.
The Great Kat has also appeared on
TV on Entertainment Tonight, CyberLife TV Show on the
Discovery Channel, Good Day New York, Live with
Regis, The Joan Rivers Show, The Maury Povich Show
and has been featured on
Sirius XM Liquid Metal, CNN’s Measure To Measure, National Public
Radio and more. “BLENDER.COM VIDEOS” features the entire music video of The Great Kat's “The Flight
Of The Bumble-Bee”.
YouTube just launched
"YOUTUBE - THE GREAT KAT" Channel, featuring tons of insane
guitar shred Great Kat Music Videos and TV Shows: "Metal Messiah",
"Beethoven Mosh", Paganini's "Caprice #24", "The Flight Of The
Bumble-Bee", "Good Day New York", "The Morton Downey
Jr. Show" & much more.
The Great Kat's "BEETHOVEN'S GUITAR SHRED" DVD
features Shred/Classical Music Videos of the famous "The
Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" (performed by Kat at 300 BPM!), Paganini's
insanely technical
"Caprice #24" (for guitar and violin), Beethoven's "5th Symphony" and
Bach's Baroque Masterpiece "Brandenburg Concerto #3" for
6 Shred Guitars, 3 Violins, Chamber Orchestra and Metal band,
plus original outrageously theatrical SPEED METAL Wagnerian
Mini-Operas.
The Great Kat's "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD is now featured on
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON ONLINE and MEVIO MUSIC.
The Great Kat is recently featured
on
AXS.com's "The Great Kat unleashes her version of Liszt’s Hungarian
Rhapsody #2", Guitar World Magazine’s “The Great Kat Previews New
Shred/Classical DVD — Video", the Exclusive Column
for Rock Confidential: "The Great Kat Screams!",
Classical MPR's "Happy Easter from the Great Kat",
MyM Magazine's Interview
"The
Great Kat Is A Force of Nature...One of the Fastest Guitarists Alive",Classical Minnesota Public
Radio’s"Interview: The Great Kat, violin-guitar virtuoso and
self-styled Beethoven reincarnate”, in the new
book "BEETHOVEN IN AMERICA" in the chapter entitled
"Beethoven in Popular Music", in the new book "WICKED
WOMAN" in chapter four "PRINCESSES OF HELL: WOMEN IN GLAM,
SPEED AND THRASH", WQXR Classical Radio in "How
Beethoven Became an American Icon", on WENN - The Celebrity
World Entertainment News Network’s "Sensation The Great Kat Has
Become Known For Her Heavy Metal Take On Classical Music",
Uber Rock's "Midnite Mixtape Massacre - The Great Kat",
L.A.'s Morning News - News Talk 980, Examiner.com’s "Roll Over
Beethoven: The Great Kat's 'Beethoven Shreds' restyles famed
composer", Gigwise in "The Naked And Famous: Stars Who Can't
Keep Their Clothes On" and Total Guitar Magazine in
"Beethoven Symphony No 5 (1st Movement)". Spin Magazine
recently honored The Great Kat with a Star in the "GUITAR
HERO GALAXY".
SiriusXM Radio's Jay Thomas, of "Mork & Mindy" and "Cheers"
fame, interviewed The Great Kat on "THE JAY THOMAS SHOW" Live
on SiriusXM. BBC Culture features The Great Kat in "THE
NEED FOR SPEED: MUSIC'S FASTEST AND MOST FURIOUS".
BBC
features The Great Kat in “8 BBC Radio Docs That Will Change the
Way You Listen to Music” and BBC’s “The Arts Hour” features The
Great Kat Shredding Beethoven's "5th Symphony" and Interview
from “Fast And Furioso” Show (heard on BBC Radio 4). Zero Magazine features The Great Kat in "THE GREAT KAT
CELEBRATES PAGANINI ON THE 233 ANNIVERSARY".
The
Great Kat is a DOUBLE Virtuoso - Guitar AND Violin - and Great Kat’s
unique guitar and violin virtuosity shine on the new
"BEETHOVEN SHREDS" CD, which features songs from The Great Kat’s
highly-acclaimed, ground-breaking
“Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” DVD: “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee”,
Beethoven's “5th Symphony”, Paganini’s “Caprice #24”, Bach's
“Brandenburg Concerto #3” and more. “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD
combines metal and classical music for a speed thrill unchallenged
in the music industry. The Great Kat's "Beethoven Shreds" CD
and "Beethoven's Guitar Shred" DVD is now featured on ABC-TV's Take Five & Company TV Show and is chosen by
iTunes as the top
“New & Noteworthy” Metal Music.
The
Great Kat's Revolutionary Albums,
“Beethoven On Speed” and "Beethoven Shreds" are now featured in
“America’s Beethoven” Exhibit at the
“American Beethoven Society”.
iTunes Videos and Amazon Prime have the World Premiere of The Great
Kat's new Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" and Vivaldi's "The Four
Seasons" Music Videos.
iTunes now features The Great Kat's Virtuoso ShredClassical
Ringtones (Beethoven, Paganini, Bach, Vivaldi & more for your
iPhone),
Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" Music Video, Rossini's "William Tell Overture" Music Video, Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" Music Video,
"Beethoven’s Guitar Shred" DVD Music Videos and
"Extreme Guitar Shred" DVD Music Videos for download
(http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-great-kat/id368743108),
"Goddess Shreds Live in Chicago" Single, and
Shred/Classical CDs, "Beethoven Shreds", "Wagner’s War", "Rossini’s Rape", "Bloody Vivaldi" & "Guitar Goddess" for download
(http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/great-kat/id384709526).
The Great Kat DVDs and CDs are now available worldwide through major
retail stores, online stores, and at
www.greatkat.com.
The Great Kat is bringing Shred/Classical Music to the
entire world through the use of LIVE and MIDI instruments, computer
technology and the Internet on The Great Kat Guitar Shredder Web
Site at: http://www.greatkat.com
.
The Great Kat Classical Futurist takes BEETHOVEN
into the FUTURE with “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD, “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR
SHRED” DVD, "BEETHOVEN ON SPEED" CD and “DIGITAL BEETHOVEN ON
CYBERSPEED” CD/CD-ROM! More genius BEETHOVEN to come!
SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC:
Shred Guitar/Symphonic Versions of Beethoven, Wagner,
Vivaldi, Paganini, Bach, Rossini, Sarasate, Liszt, Bazzini, Chopin
and MORE CLASSICAL GENIUSES!Taking
Classical MUSIC SOARING into the 21st
Century with SHREDDING Guitars,
RAW, VICIOUS metal arrangements, BLISTERING violin virtuosity,
INSANE TEMPOS, OUTRAGEOUS Imagery, HIGH-SPEED Thrashing,
and the One Of A Kind Personality, Leader, and
GENIUS that we all know as "THE GREAT KAT"!!!!
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