Yurii Pogoretskyi graduated from the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine and interned at Northern Kentucky University and Nederlandse Strijkkwartet Academie. He also received scholarships from the President of Ukraine Fund and Vladimir Spivakov Fund.
As a chamber performer Pogoretskyi is a founder member of the Collegium Quartet, and led a cello group formed of players of the Kyiv Soloists chamber ensemble. As a soloist and ensemble player he has performed in Europe, Japan, the United States and Russia.
He is also a former artistic director of the ChamberArtMusic festival and taught at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy from 2010 to 2014. He has been a cofounder and solo cellist of the Kyiv Virtuosi chamber orchestra since 2016.