Vadym Kholodenko Piano Recital

This is not the first time that Vadim Cholodenko appears in the MVM Concerts – The Piano series showcasing world-famous pianists. The Ukrainian instrumentalist won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition of Texas five years ago, in the process swinging the spotlight squarely on this brilliant artist. Similarly to many of his East European predecessors, Cholodenko selects pieces from the Romantic and Russian repertoire for this recital. After Chopin’s Two Nocturnes (1841) he moves to the Polish-French composer’s B minor piano sonata, including the famous Funeral March. The second half brings us the Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 8; the three-movement work was composed during the Second World War.