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Vadym Kholodenko plays Beethoven and Liszt

The Ukranian pianist Vadym Kholodenko performs works by Beethoven, Lyatoshinsky, and Liszt in concert at Wigmore Hall in London.

Having shot to fame in 2013 as Gold Medallist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Vadym Kholodenko has gone on to collaborate with Iván Fischer, Cristian Măcelaru, and Karina Canellakis, and appeared with leading orchestras across the globe. He comes to the stage here, at Wigmore Hall in London, as soloist in a concert featuring the sonata Beethoven penned after being gifted a new instrument by piano maker Thomas Broadwood, as well as the studies Liszt composed and dedicated to Clara Schumann, having himself acquired the very same keyboard years later. We'll hear, too, the impassioned preludes of Ukranian composer, Borys Lyatoshinsky, each prefaced by quotations from the poetry of Taras Shevchenko, and written during the Second World War when Lyatoshinsky had been evacuated to the city of Saratov on the River Volga.

Recorded on 9th December at Wigmore Hall in London, and presented by Martin Handley.

BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

Interval

LYATOSHINSKY
3 Preludes, Op. 38

LISZT
6 Etudes d'exécution transcendante d’après Paganini, S140

Vadym Kholodenko (piano)

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26: I. Andante. Allegro

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko. Orchestra: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Borys Lyatoshinsky

    3 Preludes, Op. 38

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Franz Liszt

    6 Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S140

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    10 Pieces Op.12: No. 4 - Mazurka

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque (version for orchestra)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

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  • Mon 26 Jan 2026 19:30
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