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 Volodos (born on February 24, 1972) is a famous pianist from Russia. He is known around the world for his amazing piano playing. Many people consider him one of the best pianists alive today. He has won several important awards, like the Echo Klassik and the Gramophone Award, for his music recordings. Volodos is especially admired for his powerful playing, the beautiful sounds he creates, and how deeply he understands the music. He often plays music from the Romantic period.
About Arcadi Volodos
Arcadi Volodos was born in Leningrad, Russia, in 1972. His parents were singers, so he first studied singing. Later, he learned to be a conductor, which is someone who leads an orchestra. He went to music schools in Saint Petersburg for this.
Even though he started playing the piano when he was eight, he didn't focus on it seriously until 1987. He then studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory Music College. He also studied in Paris and Madrid with famous piano teachers like Dmitri Bashkirov and Galina Eguiazarova. Today, he is a French citizen and lives in Spain with his family.
His Amazing Talent
Even though he didn't study piano for a very long time, Arcadi Volodos quickly became one of the world's top pianists. Thomas Frost, who produced many recordings for another famous pianist named Vladimir Horowitz, also produced Volodos's recordings. Frost said that Volodos "has everything." He meant that Volodos has great imagination, can create many different sounds, plays with strong feelings, and has incredible skill to make his musical ideas happen.
Awards and Nominations
Arcadi Volodos has received many important awards for his music. In 2003, he won the German Echo Klassik award as the best instrumentalist. He also won the Gramophone Award for best instrumental recording several times:
- 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 nomination was for his 1996 recording of piano transcriptions. 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 Recordings
Here is a list of some of Arcadi Volodos's recordings:
- 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
