Arcadi Volodos facts for kids
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Volodos at a concert in Basel
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| Born | 24 February 1972 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Labels | Sony Classical |
Arcadi Arcadievich Volodos (born February 24, 1972) is a famous pianist from Russia. He is now a French citizen. Many people consider him one of the best pianists in the world. He has won many important awards for his music recordings, such as the Echo Klassik and the Gramophone Award.
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About Arcadi Volodos
Arcadi Volodos was born in Saint Petersburg (which was called Leningrad at the time) in 1972. His parents were singers, so he first studied singing. Later, he learned to be a conductor. Even though he played the piano from age eight, he didn't start serious piano lessons until 1987.
His Piano Training
He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory Music College. His main teacher there was Galina Eguiazarova. He also studied at the Paris Conservatory and the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid. In Madrid, he continued to learn from Dmitri Bashkirov and Galina Eguiazarova. Today, Arcadi Volodos lives in Spain with his wife and daughter. He is a French citizen.
A Top Pianist
Even though he didn't study piano for a very long time, Arcadi Volodos quickly became one of the world's most respected pianists. Thomas Frost, who produced many recordings for famous pianists like Vladimir Horowitz, said that Volodos has everything. He praised Volodos's imagination, musical colors, passion, and amazing piano skills.
Awards and Nominations
Arcadi Volodos has received many awards for his talent.
- He won the German award Echo Klassik in 2003 as the best instrumentalist.
- He has won the Gramophone Award multiple times for his recordings:
- In 1999 for Arcadi Volodos Live at Carnegie Hall.
- In 2010 for Volodos in Vienna.
- In 2014 for Volodos plays Mompou.
- In 2018 for Volodos plays Brahms.
- He was also nominated for two Grammy Awards. One was for his 1996 album of piano pieces. The other was for his 1999 live recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3. For this recording, he played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor James Levine.
Music Albums
Here are some of the music albums Arcadi Volodos has released:
- Volodos: Piano Transcriptions (1997), Sony Classical
- Volodos, Live at Carnegie Hall (1999), Sony Classical
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Solo Piano Works (2000), Sony Classical
- Schubert: Solo Piano Works (2002), Sony Classical
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Rachmaninoff: Solo Piano Works (2003), Sony Classical
- Volodos Plays Liszt (2007), Sony Classical
- Volodos in Vienna (2010), Sony Classical
- Volodos plays Mompou (2013), Sony Classical
- Volodos plays Brahms (2017), Sony Classical
- Volodos: Schubert Piano Sonata D.959 & Minuets D. 334, D. 335, D. 600 (2019), Sony Classical
See Also
In Spanish: Arkadi Volodos para niños
