Vadym Kholodenko was born in 1986
in Kiev, Ukraine. The first musician in his family, in 1994
he enrolled at Kiev’s Mykola Lysenko Special Music School under Professor
Natalia Grydneva and Professor Borys Fedorov. From the age of just 13,
Kholodenko made his first appearances in the USA, China, Hungary and
Croatia. In 2004 Kholodenko was awarded the Russian Youth National
Prize
Triumph, and in 2005 moved to Moscow to study
at the Moscow State Conservatory under the tutelage of the
Honoured Artist of the USSR, Professor Vera Gornostaeva. In 2011 he
won First Prize at the Schubert Piano Competition (Dortmund, Germany)
and in 2010 First Prize at the Sendai Piano Competition (2010,
Sendai, Japan), preceded by another notable victory at the Maria
Callas Competition in Athens, Greece, where he received the Grand
Prix. The special Maria Callas’ commemorative concert
at the Herod Atticus theatre marked his debut with the
Novaya
Rossiya (
New Russia) orchestra, led by the orchestra’s Chief
Conductor Yuri Bashmet. Kholodenko has enjoyed an enriching collaboration
with Yuri Bashmet and his orchestra since.
Vadym Kholodenko has played in recital and as soloist with orchestras
throughout the Ukraine, Russia, USA, China, Japan, France, Italy, Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Lithuania and
Israel. He has collaborated with many distinguished conductors including Yuri
Bashmet, Vladimir Spivakov, Mark Gorenstein, Alexander Rudin, Dmitry Liss,
Eugeny Bushkov and Alexander Sladkovskiy. Also he has collaborated
in concert and on a recording project with violinist Alena Baeva
in Japan. Since 2007 he has been collaborating with pianist Andrey Gugnin,
subsequently founding the duet iDuo, touring throughout Europe and
Russia, and recording together. Kholodenko has also made many other
CD recordings, featuring works by Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Medtner
and various contemporary composers.
In June 2013 Vadym Kholodenko became the recipient of the
prestigious Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal
at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
The coming season promises to be a busy and exciting time
for the young pianist, with extensive touring throughout Europe, Asia
and the USA.