21. Gdańska Jesień Pianistyczna – Vadym Kholodenko

Vadym Kholodenko quickly established a reputation as one of the most talented pianists of our time. He impressed both the public and critics in 2013, winning the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He had already been awarded major prizes in the International Franz Schubert Piano Competition in Dortmund (2011), the Sendai International Piano Competition in Japan (2010), and the International Maria Callas Grand Prix in Athens (2004). He has collaborated with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Leonard Slatkin, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Kirill Karabits, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Paul Daniel, Pinchas Zukerman, Yuri Bashmet, and Vladimir Spivakov. He has performed with orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. He has also toured with the Staatskapelle Weimar under the direction of Kirill Karabits. He has performed with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Malaysian Philharmonic and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. His recitals have been heard throughout Japan, in Beijing and Singapore. In the 2018/2019 season, he gave his debut recitals at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Salle Gaveau in Paris, and the Konzerthaus in Vienna. He has also performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Weimar, and the Copenhagen Philharmonic, the Pacific Symphony, and the Osaka Philharmonic. He received a Diapason D’Or award (2018) for his recording of solo works by Alexander Scriabin. His latest recording is a DVD for Arthaus – the 5th Piano Concerto by Sergei Prokofiev, performed with the Maryinsky Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Valery Gergiev. Vadym Kholodenko was born in 1986 in Kyiv. He gave his first concerts at the age of 13 in the USA, China, Hungary, and Croatia. In 2005, he began studying at the Moscow State Conservatory under the direction of Professor Very Gornostayev.