Pianist

Pacific Symphony’s contribution to the inaugural California Festival, a treasure trove of music celebrating the Golden State’s legacy of experimentation and free-spirited artistry: The concert features a new composition by Gabriella Smith, whose work is described as “high-voltage and wildly imaginative,” along with other pieces inspired by the diversity and richness of our state

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California Dreamin'

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Award-winning Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko has captured audiences across the globe with his depth of sound, exceptional refinement of expression, and consummate virtuosity. Praising Kholodenko, New York Classical Review writes he “exudes a sense of excitement that comes straight out of his personality…closer to an experience of absolute improvisation than one will ever find in the classical repertoire.”

Vadym Kholodenko, piano

Mandel Hall

Vadym Kholodenko

De Anza College

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. His latest solo disc on harmonia mundi, works by Scriabin, won a prestigious Diapason d’Or de l’année. Previous awards include First Prizes at both the Schubert Piano Competition, Dortmund (2011) and Sendai Piano Competition (2010).

Soka Performing Arts Center

Since winning the 2013 Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Vadym Kholodenko has continually proved himself to be one of the most musically dynamic and technically gifted musicians of his generation. In addition to his many celebrated performances across the world, Kholodenko has also received critical acclaim for his recordings, including being awarded Gramophone's "Editor's Choice" for his recording of Grieg's Piano Concerto and Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2 (2015).

In 1897, the disastrous première of Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony threw his promising career as a composer into disarray. For three agonizing years, he was unable to create anything significant. He found relief with the help of Dr. Nikolai Dahl, a psychoanalyst. “The material for a new concerto accumulated, and new musical ideas began to stir within me,” he wrote. “By autumn I had completed two movements (the second and third)….These I played that same season at a charity concert, with gratifying success….By the spring of 1901, I had finished the first movement. Out of gratitude to Dr. Dahl, I dedicated the concerto to him.”</p>
<p>The reasons for its enormous popularity are clear. It displays its emotions directly, particularly warmth and melancholy. The themes are attractive and memorable, and Rachmaninoff clothed them in lush orchestral colors. The solo part is brilliant, mirroring the power and expressiveness of the composer’s magnificent performing skills. He performed it no fewer than 143 times, and recorded it twice.

Vadym Kholodenko

Pianist

Events

16 - 18 Nov, 2023

California Dreamin' · Segerstrom Center For The Arts

Oct 13, 2023

Vadym Kholodenko, piano · UChicago Presents

Nov 12, 2022

Vadym Kholodenko · Steinway Society The Bay Area

Oct 30, 2022

Vadym Kholodenko · Soka Performing Arts Center

Feb 6, 2022

Vadym Kholodenko, piano · Philharmonic Society of Orange County

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