Alexei Volodin
Russian Federation, °1977
Born in Leningrad in 1977, Alexei Volodin studied at the Gnessin Academy in Moscow and later at the Moscow Conservatory under Elisso Virsaladze. He won the Géza Anda Competition in 2003. He has performed with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Mariinsky Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the SWR Symphonieorchester. This season he performs with the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Russian National Orchestra. An active chamber musician, Alexei Volodin has for several years collaborated with the Borodin Quartet ; previous chamber partners include Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Mischa Maisky, and Sol Gabetta. His discography includes a recording with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev and solo albums devoted to Rachmaninov, Schumann, Ravel, Skryabin, and Chopin. Alexei Volodin is a regular guest at celebrated festivals such as the Kaposvár International Chamber Music Festival, Les Nuits du Château de la Moutte, Les Variations Musicales de Tannay, the Kissinger Sommer, the Festival de La Roque d’Anthéron, Les Rencontres Musicales d’Évian, La Folle Journée, the White Nights Festival in St Petersburg, the St Magnus International Festival, and the Moscow Easter Festival.
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