Praised for his “absorbing melodic shadings” and “glittering passage work,” Van Cliburn gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko performs Handel’s Suite in F Major, HWV 427; Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310; Beethoven’s Andante favori; Debussy’s Children’s Corner and Pour le piano; and Balakirev’s Islamey (“Oriental Fantasy”). Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Kholodenko also won First Prize at the 2011 Schubert Piano Competition (Dortmund, Germany), First Prize at the 2010 Sendai Piano Competition (Sendai, Japan) and at the Maria Callas Competition (Athens, Greece).