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Vadym Kholodenko / piano
Vadym Kholodenko is fast building a reputation
as one of the most musically dynamic and
technically gifted performers of the new
generation of pianists. Gold Medallist of the
Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition, in 2013, Kholodenko captured
the attention of jury, audience, and critics
alike for powerful, exhilarating performances
that “showed the guts of a true super-artist”
(San Francisco Classical Voice). Also taking
home prizes for Best Performance of the
Piano Quintet and Best Performance of the
Commissioned Work, he further demonstrated
his artistry with a stunning cadenza in Mozart’s
Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467
– which
he composed himself on the plane to the
Competition. Since then, Kholodenko has
continued to build an international reputation
for interpretations that are impeccable, tasteful
and vibrant. Kholodenko has collaborated with
distinguished conductors including Valery
Gergiev, Leonard Slatkin, Yuri Bashmet, and
Vladimir Spivakov. Kholodenko has appeared
with some of the world’s leading orchestras
including Philadelphia Orchestra, Rochester
Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, BBC
Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian
Radio Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España.
His first recording for Harmonia Mundi was
released in 2013, featuring Stravinsky’s
Trois
mouvements de Petrouchka
and the complete
Liszt
Transcendental Etudes
. In 2015, he
released the Grieg Piano Concerto and the Saint-
Saëns Piano Concerto No.2 with the Norwegian
Radio Orchestra under the baton of Miguel
Harth-Bedoya, which was awarded “Editor’s
Choice” in Gramophone and was identified
as “a truly outstanding recording”. His latest
release for the label – the first instalment of his
Prokofiev Concerto Cycle (Nos 2 & 5) – was
praised by Gramophone for its “forthright, lithe
ad virile performances”. The rest of the cycle is
planned for release later in 2017.
Alena Baeva