"Undoubtedly an exceptional artist", is how Kiev-born Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko was described in 2017. In 2017, the French daily Le Figaro wrote. Winner of the gold medal at the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the USA, Kholodenko is characterised by his fiery pianism, his extremely wide repertoire and his sophisticated, poetic-like interpretations. His extraordinary talent and skill have earned him a place among the world's classical music elite. In the 2024-2025 season, Kholodenko will play with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Filarmonica della Scala in Milan, the Netherlands Radio, the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and other leading symphony orchestras. He has also given recitals in prestigious concert halls from London, Paris and Vienna to Boston, Chicago and New York, where he has been praised for his "impeccable technique, capable of revealing moments of crystalline delicacy" (The Guardian). Kholodenko's recordings have been hailed as "truly exceptional" (Gramophone Magazine) and have won the BBC Music Magazine Editor's Choice Award and the coveted Diapason d'Or of the Year Award. In Vilnius, the renowned pianist will perform Brahms' spectacular Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83, which reveals the composer's mastery and maturity. at the age of 34. Although Sibelius had already established himself as a master of orchestration with his earlier programmatic symphonic poems, it was his First Symphony that earned the composer international acclaim. "This symphony, full of unrestrained vigour, passionate vitality and astonishing audacity, is an extraordinary work, which takes new paths, or rather rushes forward like a god in a daze," wrote Ferdinand Pfohl in the Hamburger Nachrichten.
