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The Great Kat

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Katherine Thomas (born June 6, 1966), best known by her stage name The Great Kat, is an American guitarist and singer best known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music. Most feature her using the electric guitar, but on some she uses the violin. Thomas is a classically trained violinist, graduating from the Juilliard School and touring for a time playing conventional classical music before crossing over to metal.

Her classical background, technical skills and self-promotion are sometimes compared to Yngwie Malmsteen . In an interview in metallian.com she claimed to be the reincarnation of Beethoven.

Her public persona, as portrayed in her publicity photos and videos, is mainly compared to that of a dominatrix, albeit in an over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek manner.

In 1990, Swiss black metal band Mordor recorded for their first demo tape "Odes" a tribute song for Thomas, titled "The Great Kat Is God".

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The Great Kat (née Katherine Thomas en 1966 à Swindon) est une guitariste née au Royaume-Uni et élevée à New York, majoritairement connue pour ses interprétations thrash metal de morceaux de musique classique européenne les plus connus. Elle joue la plupart du temps à la guitare électrique, mais elle se sert également parfois du violon. Thomas a en fait eu une formation classique de violon ; diplômée de Juilliard School, elle fait ses débuts dans la musique classique conventionnelle, avant de glisser vers le metal.

Le magazine Guitar One l'a décrite comme l'une des « plus grandes shreddeuses de tous les temps ». Sa formation classique, sa virtuosité et le soin qu'elle porte à son image font qu'elle est parfois comparée à Yngwie Malmsteen. Elle a déclaré être la réincarnation de Beethoven.

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Discography

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1996 Digital Beethoven on Cyberspeed
1996 Guitar Goddess
1998 Bloody Vivaldi
2000 Rossini’s Rape
2021 Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Shred
2021 Beethoven, Beethoven and the Reincarnation of Beethoven
2021 Katherine Thomas Violin Virtuoso
2021 Rossini, Beethoven, Paganini and Shredfest
2021 Bach, Chopin and Shredtastic
2021 Shredderrific ShredDiva Shreds
2021 Goddess, Dominatrix and Shredtacular
2021 Extreme Guitar Shred

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Singles

1990 Beethoven Mosh
2017 Chef Great Kat Cooks Paganini’s Ravioli
2017 Rossini’s The Barber of Seville
2017 Chef Great Kat Cooks Beethoven’s Macaroni and Cheese
2018 Vivaldi’s the Four Seasons
2018 Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
2018 Paganini’s Caprice #24
2018 Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #3
2018 Rossini’s William Tell Overture
2018 Bazzini’s the Round of the Goblins
2018 Wagner’s the Ride of the Valkyries
2018 Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #2

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2018 Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy
2018 Dominatrix
2018 Feast of the Dead
2018 The Flight of the Bumble‐Bee (extended version)
2018 Sarasate’s Zapateado
2018 War
2018 Torture Chamber
2018 Blood (extended version)
2018 Terror: Bach’s Toccata and Fugue
2018 Torture Techniques
2018 Humiliation
2018 Punishment
2018 Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen
2018 Bach’s the Art of the Fugue (extended version)
2019 Mozart’s the Marriage of Figaro Overture
2019 Chef Great Kat Cooks Russian Caviar and Blini With Rimsky‐Korsakov
2019 Brindisi Waltz for Violin and Piano
2019 Chef Great Kat Bakes German Apple Strudel With Mozart
2019 Czardas for Violin and Piano
2020 Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
2020 Beethoven Mosh 2
2020 Beethoven’s Minuet in G for Guitar, Violin and Piano
2020 Beethoven’s Razumovsky String Quartet for Guitar and String Quartet
2020 Beethoven’s Turkish March for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra
2020 Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony for Guitar and Symphony Orchestra
2020 Beethoven’s Für Elise for Guitar, Violin and Piano
2020 Beethoven’s Moonlight Mosh
2021 Goddess
2021 Humoresque for Guitar, Violin and Piano
2021 Humoreske for Classical Violin
2021 Shred 101
2021 Extreme Guitar Shred
2021 Can-Can by Offenbach for Guitar, Violin and Symphony Orchestra
2021 Can-Can Classical Violin By Offenbach
2021 Shredderrific
2021 Shredssissimo

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