Vadim Kholodenko
Vadym Kholodenko is fast building a reputation as one of the most musically dynamic and technically gifted young pianists, praised in his performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra “for his absorbing melodic shading [and] glittering passage work” (Philadelphia Enquirer). Winner of the 2013 Cliburn Competition, Kholodenko captivated audiences and critics alike with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra immediately appointing him their first Artist in Partnership for a period of three years. Previous awards include First Prize at the 2011 Schubert Piano Competition in Dortmund, First Prize at the 2010 Sendai Piano Competition in Japan and the Grand Prix at the Maria Callas Competition in Athens.
Kholodenko has collaborated with distinguished conductors including Valery Gergiev, Leonard Slatkin, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Kirill Karabits, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Paul Daniel, Pinchas Zukerman, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Spivakov and Kazuki Yamada. In 2013 he held a residency at the Mariinsky Concert Hall where Valery Gergiev named him Artist of the Month and recently requested him for concerto performances and recordings in Paris, Luxembourg and St Petersburg.
In North America Kholodenko has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic and San Diego Symphony Orchestras, and last season toured North America with the Staatskapelle Weimar under Kirill Karabits. He has given recitals throughout the United States including Washington, Boston and at the Aspen Music Festival.
His 2017 London debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra resulted in an immediate re-invitation whilst elsewhere in Europe he has recently worked with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitane, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra in Madrid and Orquesta Nacional de España. He has given solo recitals at Radio France in Paris, LSO St Lukes in London, Liszt Academy Budapest, Lucerne and at the SWR Schwetzignen Festspiele and Chopin Festival in Warsaw. A committed chamber musician he enjoys performing at the Spectrum Concerts series in Berlin and has collaborated with Vadim Repin, Clara-Jumi Kang, Alena Baeva, Maxim Rysanov and cellist Alexander Buzlov.
Kholodenko is a regular visitor to Japan and has performed with the Japan Philharmonic and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestras and last summer toured the country with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Malaysian Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and given recitals throughout Japan as well as in Beijing and Singapore.
Highlights of the 2018/19 season include solo recital debuts at Wigmore Hall, Salle Gaveau Paris and the Vienna Konzerthaus along with return visits to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Staaskapelle Weimar and performances with the Copenhagen Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias and Osaka Philharmonic.
Kholodenko’s recordings for Harmonia Mundi include the Grieg Piano Concerto and Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No 2 with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra / Harth-Bedoya, which was awarded Editor’s Choice in Gramophone “a truly outstanding recording” and the first instalment of his Prokofiev Piano Concerto cycle. His most recent release, solo works by Scriabin received a Diapason D’Or in August 2018. For the Arthaus label he recorded Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 5 with the Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Valery Gergiev for release on DVD.
Vadym Kholodenko was born in 1986 in Kiev, Ukraine and gave his first concerts at the age of 13 in the USA, China, Hungary and Croatia. In 2005 he moved to Moscow to study at the Moscow State Conservatoire under renowned teacher, Professor Vera Gornostaeva.