Alexei Volodin

Alexei Volodin

Alexei Volodin (Russian: Алексей Володин; born 1977) is a Russian pianist.

Volodin began taking piano lessons in St. Petersburg at the age of nine. A year later he moved to Moscow, where he studied first with Irina Chaklina and later with Tatiana Zelikman at the Gnessin Music School.He graduated from Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Prof. Eliso Virsaladze. In 2003, Volodin won 1st prize at Géza Anda International Piano Competition. Volodin gave recitals all over the world, and has performed with prestigious orchestras.

Discography

• Sergei Rachmaninov - Piano Works
• Miroirs
• Frederic Chopin - Piano works
• Beethoven: Sonatas op. 109, E-dur & op. 106, B-dur ("für das Hammerklavier")
• Beethoven: Sonata c-moll op. 111; Rachmaninov: 6 Moments musicaux op. 16; Prokofiev: Sonata no. 7 op. 83
• TCHAIKOVSKY; STRAVINSKY

External links

• Alexei Volodin official website
• HarrisonParrott website
• Alexei Volodin on a site of opera and ballet
• The New York Times (2009)
• Avery Fisher Hall with Valery Gergiev
• Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
• Total Immersion: The Rite of Spring, Barbican: в The Telegraph
• Alexei Volodin at Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad
• Alexei Volodin in Harrison&Parrot