Born into a family of musicians, Oleksiy Shadrin completed the master’s program at the Kronberg Academy. He won first prize at the Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition and third prize at the Prague Spring International Music Festival. Oleksiy Shadrin has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, the orchestra of the Opéra National de Montpellier, and the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz. In 2016, he made his debut at the Berliner Philharmoniker. The following year, he performed as a soloist with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, conducted by Andrew Manze at the Grosser Sendesaal in Hanover. Oleksiy Shadrin obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover, where he was taught by Leonid Gorokhov. He is currently studying under Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy. Since September 2020, he has also been an artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where he is studying under Gary Hoffman.