Vadym Kholodenko

Vadym Kholodenko was Gold Medallist of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; his distinguished pianism and profound artistic gifts have led to invitations from many of the world’s finest orchestras and concert halls.

Recent and forthcoming concerto highlights include those with leading international orchestras such as the Atlanta, Cincinnati, Danish National, Indianapolis, Sydney, Tokyo Metropolitan and Vienna Symphony orchestras, Philadelphia Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala and London Philharmonic Orchestra. In recent seasons he has held the position of Artist-in-Residence with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the SWR Symphony Orchestra. In 2025 he made his BBC Proms debut.

He has forged strong musical partnerships with many of the world’s leading conductors, including Karina Canellakis, Myung-Whun Chung, Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Marie Jacquot, Cristian Măcelaru, Susanna Mälkki, Gemma New, Sir Antonio Pappano, Dima Slobodeniouk, Thomas Søndergård, Krzysztof Urbański and Kazuki Yamada.

In recital he appears on the world’s leading stages. He is also in demand as chamber musician, enjoying collaborations with artists such as Clara-Jumi Kang, Anastasia Kobekina, Vadim Repin and the Belcea and Jerusalem string quartets. He has made numerous recordings with violinist Alena Baeva, with whom recent and forthcoming appearances include concerts in Florence, London and Paris.

He has an unusually large repertoire, and his discography includes solo works by J. S. Bach, Balakirev, Beethoven, Chaplygin, Kurbatov, Liszt, Medtner, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Rzewski, Schubert, Scriabin, Siloti, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, as well as concertos by Grieg, Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns. His latest release paired Beethoven’s ‘Diabelli’ Variationsand Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated!.

Vadym Kholodenko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, took his first piano lessons at the age of six, and began touring internationally at 13. He was educated at the Kyiv Lysenko State Music Lyceum and the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, studying with Natalia Gridneva, Borys Fedorov and Vera Gornostaeva. Prior to his success at the Van Cliburn, he won First Prize at the Sendai and Schubert piano competitions.

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Vadym Kholodenko oedd enillydd Medal Aur Cystadleuaeth Piano Ryngwladol Van Cliburn yn 2013; mae ei allu nodedig ar y piano a’i ddoniau artistig dyfnion wedi arwain at wahoddiadau gan lawer o gerddorfeydd a neuaddau cyngerdd gorau’r byd.

Ymhlith uchafbwyntiau concerto diweddar ac i ddod mae perfformiadau gyda cherddorfeydd rhyngwladol blaenllaw fel cerddorfeydd Symffoni Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cenedlaethol Denmarc, Indianapolis, Sydney, Tokyo Metropolitan a Fienna, Cerddorfa Philadelphia, Cerddorfa Gŵyl Budapest, Filarmonica della Scala a Cherddorfa Ffilharmonig Llundain. Yn y tymhorau diwethaf mae wedi dal swydd Artist Preswyl gyda Cherddorfa Symffoni Fort Worth a Cherddorfa Symffoni SWR. Yn 2025 gwnaeth ei ymddangosiad cyntaf yn y BBC Proms.

Mae wedi meithrin partneriaethau cerddorol cryf gyda llawer o arweinwyr mwyaf blaenllaw’r byd, gan gynnwys Karina Canellakis, Myung-Whun Chung, Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Marie Jacquot, Cristian Măcelaru, Susanna Mälkki, Gemma New, Syr Antonio Pappano, Dima Slobodeniouk, Thomas Søndergård, Krzysztof Urbański a Kazuki Yamada.

Mae’n ymddangos fel artist datganiadau ar lwyfannau blaenllaw’r byd. Mae galw mawr amdano hefyd fel cerddor siambr, ac mae’n mwynhau cydweithredu ag artistiaid fel Clara-Jumi Kang, Anastasia Kobekina, Vadim Repin a phedwarawdau llinynnol Belcea a Jerwsalem. Mae wedi gwneud sawl recordiad gyda’r feiolinydd Alena Baeva, ac yn ddiweddar mae wedi neu’n mynd i ymddangos gyda hi mewn cyngherddau yn Fflorens, Llundain a Pharis.

Mae ganddo repertoire anarferol o fawr, a’i ddisgograffeg yn cynnwys gweithiau unigol gan J. S. Bach, Balakirev, Beethoven, Chaplygin, Kurbatov, Liszt, Medtner, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Rzewski, Schubert, Scriabin, Siloti, Stravinsky a Tchaikovsky, yn ogystal â choncertos gan Grieg, Prokofiev a Saint-Saëns. Ar y ddisg ddiweddaraf iddo’i rhyddhau ceir Amrywiadau ‘Diabelli’ Beethoven a The People United Will Never Be Defeated! Rzewski.

Ganwyd Vadym Kholodenko yn Ciyf, Wcráin, cymerodd ei wersi piano cyntaf yn chwech oed, a dechreuodd deithio’n rhyngwladol yn 13. Addysgwyd ef yn Lyceum Cerddoriaeth Wladwriaethol Lysenko Ciyf a Conservatoire Tchaikovsky Gwladwriaeth Moscow, gan astudio gyda Natalia Gridneva, Borys Fedorov a Vera Gornostaeva. Cyn ei lwyddiant yn y Van Cliburn, enillodd y Wobr Gyntaf yng nghystadlaethau piano Sendai a Schubert.