Outreach College presents Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko

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Posted: Jan 15, 2014

Vadym Kholodenko
Vadym Kholodenko

UH Mānoa's Outreach College presents a piano performance by Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko. Born in Kiev, Kholodenko won first prize at both the International Schubert Competition in Dortmund in 2012, and the Sendai International Music Competition in 2010. 

The performance will be held on Tuesday, February 18, from 7:30-9 p.m. in Orvis Auditorium. It is part of a Performing Arts Presenters of Hawai'i tour.

He has worked with Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Spivakov, and other distinguished conductors, and has performed across the globe in Austria, China, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, and the United States. 

He released recordings of Liszt, Rachmaninov, and Medtner on Russia`s TV Culture label in 2009. An avid chamber musician as well, he performed and recorded a CD with violinist Alena Baeva, and formed a piano duo with Andrey Gugnin which they dubbed `iDuo.` 

Kholodenko currently resides in Moscow, where he attends the Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

Tickets are $10 to $35 and are available online at www.etickethawaii.com, by phone at 944-2697, or visit UH Ticket outlets (Stan Sheriff Center and the UH Mānoa Campus Center ticket office), service charges apply. For more information call 956-8246.

For more information, visit: http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/community/