Vadym Kholodenko-Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist

Enjoy an evening of classical and Romantic music at Wesleyan on
Valentine’s Day at this concert by 27-year old Ukrainian pianist Vadym
Kholodenko, the Gold Medalist of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition. At Wesleyan, he will perform works by Frédéric Chopin, Johannes
Brahms, and Nikolai Medtner. Born in Kiev, Mr. Kholodenko has performed across
the globe. He competed against 29 other pianists during May and June 2013 in
Fort Worth, Texas. This concert will be his Connecticut debut, and his first
performance in New England as the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medalist. The
sensational victory by pianist Van Cliburn (1934-2013) at the first Tchaikovsky
International Competition in Moscow in 1958 heralded a new confidence in the
quality of American music-making, as well as a new era in cultural relations
between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Van Cliburn International
Piano Competition, dedicated to the discovery of the world's finest pianists,
has taken place every four years since 1962. A Crowell Concert Series event
presented by the Music Department and the Center for the Arts. Pre-concert talk by
Artist in Residence and University Organist Ronald Ebrecht at 7:15pm.















$22
general public; $18 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni,
non-Wesleyan students; $6 Wesleyan students.