1. Musik: Arcadi Volodos Schliesslich ist arcadi volodos der einzige pianist weltweit, der diesen aberwitzigen «Carmen»Spuk, aber auch http://www.musikundtheater.ch/mt/interview/solisten/arcadi.html

Arcadi Volodos - pianistisches Schwergewicht aus der russischen Nachwuchsklasse Flinke Finger Die Messlatte hat er von allem Anfang an ganz Variationen von Vladimir Horowitz. Seither wird los: ein zweiter Horowitz? Bericht: Werner Pfister Diabolische Fingerfertigkeit Der Druck der jungen Karriere Arcadi Volodos

2. Arcadi Volodos But this, the first disc made for Sony by the young Russian pianist arcadi volodos, is the real thing. http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/volodos/adnews.html

The critics speak... on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 "Volodos has wed digital dexterity to a romantic spirit that drives audiences into a state of delirium unencountered in many years." San Francisco Examiner "Arcadi Volodos surpasses even Horowitz in playing this Everest of Romantic piano concertos... his rich, singing tone, the effortless clarity of line and dizzying passagework are a joy to experience... One of the finest accounts of Rach 3 ever recorded." Jeremy Nicholas, Classic CD on Volodos Piano Transcriptions "Volodos' first disc for Sony was surely one of the most impressive recording debuts of the decade..." Classic CD , March 1999 "It's not just Volodos's speed, peerless articulation and enormous power that captivate; it's the beautiful, richly-rounded tone he produces throughout, with a range of colour and long-breathed phrasing, especially in the more reflective numbers, that proclaim him as a musician of the first rank..." Jeremy Nicholas, Classic CD , April 1998 Keyboard CD of the Year, 1998

3. Arcadi Volodos arcadi volodos The official Sony Classical web site of the young Russian virtuoso pianist Schubert Solo Piano Works. pianist arcadi volodos makes his first recordings of sonatas by Franz Schubert, one of http://www.volodos.com/

4. Russian Pianist Featured In Secrest Artists Series Russian piano virtuoso arcadi volodos will perform the second concert in Wake Forest University's Secrest Artists Series on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. in Wait Chapel. http://www.wfu.edu/www-data/wfunews/2001/101001r.htm

WFU News Service QuickFind . . . WFU Home WFU News Story Archives About WFU Source Guide Staff WFU in the News Russian pianist featured in Secrest Artists Series By Cheryl V. Walker October 10, 2001 Russian piano virtuoso Arcadi Volodos will perform the second concert in Wake Forest University's Secrest Artists Series on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. in Wait Chapel. Volodos, who studied at Moscow Conservatory, made his critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in 1998. His first recording, "Volodos: Piano Transcriptions," released in 1997, drew attention from music critics across the country. His most recent recording, a live performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, was released in fall 2000 and was nominated for a Grammy. Often compared to Vladimir Horowitz, Volodos won the 1999 Gramophone Award in the Instrumental Category. The Wake Forest concert program will include works by Brahms, Schumann, Schubert and Liszt. Born in St. Petersburg in 1972, Volodos began his musical training studying voice, following the example of his parents, who were professional singers. Although he had played the piano from the age of eight, he did not devote himself to serious piano study until 1987. During the 1999-2000 season, Volodos toured the United States with the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. In addition to recital performances across Europe and North America, Volodos also performed with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony.

5. Arcadi Volodos Official website includes biography, concerts, reviews, etc.Category Arts Music Instruments Keyboard Piano pianists V...... Schubert Solo Piano Works pianist arcadi volodos makes his first recordings of sonatasby Franz Schubert, one of Vienna's greatest musical native sons, on his http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/volodos/adhome.html

"A genius, a phenomenon... a remarkably gifted musician..." San Diego Tribune October 98 Over the last few years, the 27-year-old pianist has been making his way as a quiet sensation, rising from relative anonymity to conquer the major concert halls of Europe. Since making his New York debut in 1991, Volodos has been hailed by critics as "a genius of the piano," whose performances as recitalist, concerto soloist and recording artist are noted for coupling breathtaking technical mastery with profound and eloquent musicality. Photo: Peter Zander Schubert/Liszt Piano Sonatas 2002 Gramophone Editor's Choice Award Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 was nominated for a 2001 Grammy Award! "Like a flawless trapeze artist, he flies from scale to arpeggio to octave runs with the greatest of ease." New York Times October 98 SK 89647 Available on CD Schubert: Solo Piano Works Pianist Arcadi Volodos makes his first recordings of sonatas by Franz Schubert, one of Vienna's greatest musical native sons, on his new Sony Classical disc, which was the last recording to be made in the city's most celebrated recording venue, the historic Sofiensaal. Volodos performs Schubert's Sonata in G Major, D.894, and the incomplete Sonata in E major, D.157. Volodos plays Franz Liszt's piano transcription of "Der Müller und der Bach," the penultimate song from Schubert's song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin.

6. The Seattle Times: 'Arcadi Who?' A Pianist This Audience Won't Soon Forget Arts Entertainment Thursday, February 13, 2003, 1200 a.m. A pianist this audience won't soon forget You couldn't guess from arcadi volodos' demeanor that a veritable tornado of piano technique lurks beneath his tux. Concert review. arcadi volodos, pianist, in Distinguished Artists Series recital; presented by Seattle Symphony at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/134633194_piano13.html

seattletimes.com low-graphic news index Thursday, February 13, 2003, 12:00 a.m. Pacific Concert Review 'Arcadi who?' A pianist this audience won't soon forget By Melinda Bargreen Seattle Times music critic E-mail this article Print this article Search web archive You couldn't guess from Arcadi Volodos' demeanor that a veritable tornado of piano technique lurks beneath his tux. Burly and impassive, Volodos made his calm and deliberate way to the stage, sat down and immediately launched into a program that ranks among the more astonishing displays of virtuosity to hit Seattle in the past quarter-century. Benaroya Hall wasn't exactly packed to the rafters Tuesday night. Despite the success of his CDs and his red-hot reviews in several arts capitals, Volodos is not yet a household name, and lots of potential ticket buyers were probably saying, "Arcadi who?" when they scanned their brochures last spring. Nobody who heard the Tuesday debut here, however, will ask that question again. What we have here apparently is fingers of titanium, able to leap impossible technical challenges at a single bound. When Volodos is at full throttle, it sounds as if two (maybe three) pianists are attacking that keyboard all at once. In the showpieces he was born to play, like Liszt's reworking of "Danse macabre" and Volodos' own arrangement of Rachmaninoff's "Polka Italienne," the impossibly spectacular cascades of brilliantly accurate notes can draw laughter of sheer amazed disbelief from the audience. Opera glasses flashed all over the house, as listeners focused vainly on Volodos' hands to see how in the world he does it. Not even Evgeny Kissin at his most incendiary comes close.

7. Arcadi Volodos Schubert Solo Piano Works. pianist arcadi volodos makes his first recordings of sonatas by Franz Schubert, one of http://www.volodos.com/adhome.html

"A genius, a phenomenon... a remarkably gifted musician..." San Diego Tribune October 98 Over the last few years, the 27-year-old pianist has been making his way as a quiet sensation, rising from relative anonymity to conquer the major concert halls of Europe. Since making his New York debut in 1991, Volodos has been hailed by critics as "a genius of the piano," whose performances as recitalist, concerto soloist and recording artist are noted for coupling breathtaking technical mastery with profound and eloquent musicality. Photo: Peter Zander Schubert/Liszt Piano Sonatas 2002 Gramophone Editor's Choice Award Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 was nominated for a 2001 Grammy Award! "Like a flawless trapeze artist, he flies from scale to arpeggio to octave runs with the greatest of ease." New York Times October 98 SK 89647 Available on CD Schubert: Solo Piano Works Pianist Arcadi Volodos makes his first recordings of sonatas by Franz Schubert, one of Vienna's greatest musical native sons, on his new Sony Classical disc, which was the last recording to be made in the city's most celebrated recording venue, the historic Sofiensaal. Volodos performs Schubert's Sonata in G Major, D.894, and the incomplete Sonata in E major, D.157. Volodos plays Franz Liszt's piano transcription of "Der Müller und der Bach," the penultimate song from Schubert's song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin.

8. Young Russian Pianist Arcadi Volodos Displays A Mature Talent Young Russian pianist arcadi volodos displays a mature talent. By RM CAMPBELLSEATTLE POSTINTELLIGENCER MUSIC CRITIC. MUSIC REVIEW. pianist arcadi volodos. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/classical/108346_volodos13q.shtml

Jump to Weather Traffic Mariners Seahawks ... Forums NEWS Local Neighborhoods Sports Nation/World ... Special Reports COMMENTARY Opinion Columnists Letters David Horsey ... Forums COFFEE BREAK Mike Mailway TV Listings SHOPPING Archives NWclassifieds Jobs Autos ... Online Shop P-I ANYWHERE E-mail Newsletters News Alerts PDA Cell Phones ... Desktop OUR AFFILIATES Thursday, February 13, 2003 Young Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos displays a mature talent By R.M. CAMPBELL SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER MUSIC CRITIC Russia may be in disarray on a number of fronts, but it still manages to turn out some of the most extraordinary musicians. MUSIC REVIEW PIANIST ARCADI VOLODOS WHEN: Tuesday night WHERE: Benaroya Hall On the Seattle Symphony Distinguished Artists Series alone, there has been almost a parade of phenomenal talent, the latest being pianist Arcadi Volodos in his local debut Tuesday night at Benaroya Hall. It is rare to hear a musical talent as complete and developed as Volodos, who only recently reached 30. His reputation in the United States is building; it is already made in Europe. The program was calibrated to reveal his profound musical instincts and staggering technical ability. One of the things so amazing about Volodos is the seeming ease with which he dispatches the music. Phrases flow past one another with a coherence and lucidity that few can summon. He is as much a champion of soft as loud, and of all the gradations in between. He can play very fast, but never seems to rush about like a mad dog, and very slow, but never in a precious or mannered way. He is a musician of purpose.

9. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 -- Arcadi Volodos Critically acclaimed pianist arcadi volodos performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.3 and other solo piano works http://www.sonyclassical.com/music/64384

10. Fine Recordings From Classical Artists Far And Near who has sung in Vancouver, BC, but not Seattle, has teamed up in an unusual allSchubertcollaboration with Norwegian pianist Andsnes, well arcadi volodos. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/classical/99125_cdsclassical10.shtml

Jump to Weather Traffic Mariners Seahawks ... Forums NEWS Local Neighborhoods Sports Nation/World ... Special Reports COMMENTARY Opinion Columnists Letters David Horsey ... Forums COFFEE BREAK Mike Mailway TV Listings SHOPPING Archives NWclassifieds Jobs Autos ... Online Shop P-I ANYWHERE E-mail Newsletters News Alerts PDA Cell Phones ... Desktop OUR AFFILIATES Tuesday, December 10, 2002 Fine recordings from classical artists far and near By R.M. CAMPBELL SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER MUSIC CRITIC The classical music choices seem unending, as record companies add new performers and new pieces to the warhorses of the repertoire. Holiday Central 2002 Gift guides: Books CDs Cheap Gifts DVDs ... Back to Holiday Central Those store bins full of CDS and long lists of recordings for sale on the Internet include works by some by the most celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries as well as by musicians who make their home in Seattle. Here are some of the most interesting choices this holiday season: Ewa Podles "Russian Arias," Delos The extraordinary Podles was introduced to Seattle by the Seattle Symphony a couple of seasons ago and will return, courtesy of Seattle Opera, in Bellini's "Norma," in February. On the disc, she sings music of Borodin, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and others. Hard to imagine singing that is more heartfelt, moving or deeper. There are few voices like hers. Glenn Gould "Glenn Gould The Complete Goldberg Variations," Sony Classical and Legacy Recordings

11. Volodos, Arcadi Artsworld links Classical Music, Jazz and Opera on Artsworld TV Useful websitesvolodos website, Biography arcadi volodos pianist Russia Born 1972 Hailed as http://www.artsworld.com/music-dance/biographies/v-z/volodos,-arcadi.html

categories='cat1=music'; Artsworld links Classical Music, Jazz and Opera on Artsworld TV Useful websites Volodos website Biography Arcadi Volodos pianist Russia Born Born in St. Petersburg in 1972, he first studied voice and conducting, but did not receive serious training at the piano until 1987 at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. His teacher at the Moscow Conservatory became Galina Egiazarova, in Paris he studied with Jacques Rouvier and in Madrid with Dimitri Bashkirov at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia. Volodos' first recording in 1996 featured transcriptions of works by Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Bach, Mozart, Bizet, Tchaikovsky and other composers, and transcriptions by the pianist himself and was not only highly acclaimed but also received numerous awards. Volodos made his Carnegie Hall recital debut in 1998. He has received numerous awards, such as Gramophone's 1999 Best Instrumental Award, the German Record Critics Award, 1999, and the Echo Klassik Preis 1999. Volodos has performed in recital internationally and has appeared with many of the world's most eminent orchestras and conductors, such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, led by, among others, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Zubin Mehta and Seiji Ozawa.

12. Top Pianists arcadi volodos (Russia, b1972) A remarkable pianist by any standards, arcadi volodosdidn't begin serious study of the piano until he was 16, but caused much http://www.artsworld.com/music-dance/news/top-pianists.html

British hopeful: Freddy Kempf Artsworld links Kissin in Beethoven Berlin Phil Gala Evgeny Kissin Freddy Kempf Piotr Anderszewski ... CLASSICAL MUSIC ON ARTSWORLD News Five young key players in the piano scene Artsworld's guide to the best young pianists today On 3 Nov Artsworld is showing a recital by Arcadi Volodos, one of the most astounding young piano virtuosos of the moment. Here's a brief profile of him, and the other selections in our Top Five Young Pianists of 2001.... ARCADI VOLODOS (Russia, b1972) A remarkable pianist by any standards, Arcadi Volodos didn't begin serious study of the piano until he was 16, but caused much attention with his sensational debut in 1996 - a recording of piano transcriptions of music of Bach, Bizet, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. Over the last years he has risen from relative anonymity to conquer the major concert halls of Europe. He has been hailed by critics as 'a genius of the piano' whose performances as recitalist, concerto soloist and recording artist are noted for coupling breathtaking technical mastery with profound and eloquent musicality. EVGENY KISSIN (Russia, b1971)

13. Arcadi Volodos Dirigenten, mit denen der pianist zusammenarbeitete. In der nächsten Zeit wird arcadi volodos unter anderem bei einer http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/volodos/adbio_de.html

English Photo: Kevin Mazur Arcadi Volodos Er wird als "Genie des Klaviers" bezeichnet: Arcadi Volodos hat sich mittlerweile als eine der weltweit führenden Pianisten etabliert. Seine Auftritte bei Rezital-Konzerten, als Solist und nicht zuletzt seine Einspielungen sind bekannt für ihre fesselnde, atemberaubende technische Meisterhaftigkeit gepaart mit seiner profunden und eloquenten Musikalität. SK 62691 Im April 1999 erschien die zweite CD "Live at Carnegie Hall" ( SK 60893 Mitte Oktober 2000 folgt das dritte Album von Arcadi Volodos. Rachmaninoffs drittes Klavierkonzert mit James Levine SK 64384 Seit seinem Debut in New York 1996, trat Arcadi Volodos bei verschiedenen internationalen Rezital-Konzerten und mit einigen der weltweit bekanntesten Orchestern und Dirigenten auf. Die Berliner Philharmoniker, das Israel Philharmonic Orchestra , Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra und das San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Zubin Mehta und Seiji Ozawa sind nur einige Orchester und Dirigenten, mit denen der Pianist zusammenarbeitete.

14. The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: 'Arcadi Who?' A Pianist This Audience W Concert review arcadi volodos, pianist, in Distinguished Artists Series recital;presented by Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall, Tuesday night. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/134633194_piano13.html

HOME Site index the Arts Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 12:00 a.m. Pacific Concert Review 'Arcadi who?' A pianist this audience won't soon forget By Melinda Bargreen Seattle Times music critic Arcadi Volodos put on a spec tacular show Tuesday night. E-mail this article Print this article Search web archive You couldn't guess from Arcadi Volodos' demeanor that a veritable tornado of piano technique lurks beneath his tux. Burly and impassive, Volodos made his calm and deliberate way to the stage, sat down and immediately launched into a program that ranks among the more astonishing displays of virtuosity to hit Seattle in the past quarter-century. Benaroya Hall wasn't exactly packed to the rafters Tuesday night. Despite the success of his CDs and his red-hot reviews in several arts capitals, Volodos is not yet a household name, and lots of potential ticket buyers were probably saying, "Arcadi who?" when they scanned their brochures last spring. Nobody who heard the Tuesday debut here, however, will ask that question again. What we have here apparently is fingers of titanium, able to leap impossible technical challenges at a single bound. When Volodos is at full throttle, it sounds as if two (maybe three) pianists are attacking that keyboard all at once. In the showpieces he was born to play, like Liszt's reworking of "Danse macabre" and Volodos' own arrangement of Rachmaninoff's "Polka Italienne," the impossibly spectacular cascades of brilliantly accurate notes can draw laughter of sheer amazed disbelief from the audience. Opera glasses flashed all over the house, as listeners focused vainly on Volodos' hands to see how in the world he does it. Not even Evgeny Kissin at his most incendiary comes close.

15. Volodos, Arcadi Artsworld links Classical Music, Jazz and Opera on Artsworld TV Useful websites volodos website Biography arcadi volodos pianist Russia Born 1972 Hailed as a genius of the piano and, after a 1998 performance at Avery Fisher Hall a http://www.artsworld.com/music-dance/biographies/v-z/volodos%2C-arcadi.html

categories='cat1=music'; Artsworld links Classical Music, Jazz and Opera on Artsworld TV Useful websites Volodos website Biography Arcadi Volodos pianist Russia Born Born in St. Petersburg in 1972, he first studied voice and conducting, but did not receive serious training at the piano until 1987 at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. His teacher at the Moscow Conservatory became Galina Egiazarova, in Paris he studied with Jacques Rouvier and in Madrid with Dimitri Bashkirov at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia. Volodos' first recording in 1996 featured transcriptions of works by Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Bach, Mozart, Bizet, Tchaikovsky and other composers, and transcriptions by the pianist himself and was not only highly acclaimed but also received numerous awards. Volodos made his Carnegie Hall recital debut in 1998. He has received numerous awards, such as Gramophone's 1999 Best Instrumental Award, the German Record Critics Award, 1999, and the Echo Klassik Preis 1999. Volodos has performed in recital internationally and has appeared with many of the world's most eminent orchestras and conductors, such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, led by, among others, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Zubin Mehta and Seiji Ozawa.

16. Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Schubert/Liszt, Liszt/Volodos Arcadi Volodos (piano) arcadi volodos almost seems to belong to the Golden Age volodos used a wide varietyof tonecolour to real interpretative challenge for any pianist and volodos http://www.musicweb.uk.net/SandH/2001/Dec01/Volodos.htm

Editor: Marc Bridle Founder Len Mullenger: Len@musicweb.uk.net Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Schubert/Liszt, Liszt/Volodos Arcadi Volodos (piano). Royal Festival Hall, Thursday November 29th, 2001 (CC). Arcadi Volodos almost seems to belong to the Golden Age of the piano virtuoso. His programme on this occasion would certainly stretch all but the most leonine of keyboard interpreters: he seems to positively thrive on vast swathes of semi-quavers (or demi-semi-quavers, for that matter). In fact, this event was part of a major tour: Volodos has already given this programme in Athens, Lucerne and Bologna. In December he will repeat it in four German cities (Bamberg, Berlin, Wiesbaden and Aachen). The sheer stamina of the man is amazing. Using a chair rather than the more usual stool, Volodos breathes a quiet confidence as he approaches his instrument: you just know, before he even sits down, that you are in the safest of hands. Programming Brahms’ Theme and Variations in D minor to begin with was a stroke of genius. This piece (the composer’s own transcription of the slow movement of his String Sextet No. 1 in B flat, Op. 18) requires exactly the qualities Volodos imbued it with. Here was playing of real integrity: the stately opening was richly toned and dignified. Volodos used a wide variety of tone-colour to shape the variations. He was not afraid to play drily (as in Variation 2). Only in the passionate third variation could the left hand have been even more sonorous.

17. Lucerne Piano Festival Report [PGW] harder too, though that may not be evident to the nonpianist listener. We were pleasedto have an opportunity to re-appraise arcadi volodos,left after being http://www.musicweb.uk.net/SandH/2001/Dec01/lucernepiano.htm

Editor: Marc Bridle Founder Len Mullenger: Len@musicweb.uk.net Lucerne Piano Festival Report with other pianists and keyboard players at Piano 2001 KKL Concert Hall, Lucerne 20-25 November 2001 Pletnev at Tonhalle, Zurich 26 November 2001(PGW) Lucerne's late autumn annual festival is dedicated to the piano and to showing to what advantage it can be heard in the new KKL Concert Hall , which provides the possibility for acoustical tuning of the auditorium to each artist's own preference by adjustments to the reflective canopy over the stage and to the reverberation chamber's doors, a speciality of ARTEC . For musicians, numerous testimonials describe the rare pleasure of being able to hear their own playing very much as it sounds to the audience, which makes them eager to return to Lucerne. During the week I took the opportunity to sample seating positions in many parts of the hall, right up to the high fourth gallery. It is good for listening everywhere, with absolute clarity and projection of the quietest pianissimo , but I found the best sound towards the centre at each level.

18. AN INTERVIEW WITH ARCADI VOLODOS The first time I heard of young Russian pianist arcadi volodos was via his 1997 SonyClassical CD (62691) which consisted primarily of transcriptions by Cziffra http://classicalcdreview.com/avint.htm

AN INTERVIEW WITH ARCADI VOLODOS The first time I heard of young Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos was via his 1997 Sony Classical CD SK 60893) , recorded live in Carnegie Hall in October 1998, with music of Liszt, Scriabin, Schumann and Rachmaninoff, revealing a master pianist at his best. Reviewing a November 2000 Carnegie Hall recital, Anthony Tommasini wrote in the New York Times: "...his sound was velvety and plush. You could almost hear the voice of Rosina Lhevinne, the great Russian pedagogue, proclaiming from the the beyond, 'Now, that's what I call sound!' By now talk must be spreading all over town about Mr. Volodos's knockout performance of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 . It would not seem possible to play the piano as fast as he did in the crazed dance that concludes the work...it was astonishing..." When Volodos was scheduled to make his Baltimore debut with three performances of Prokofiev's Concerto No. 2 with the Baltimore Symphony in mid-March 2001, I contacted the BSO requesting an interview with Volodos for this website. A few days later they replied in the affirmative "if it doesn't take more than 25 minutes." The BSO spokesperson warned of a potential problem: Volodos is fluent only in French and Russian and therefore I would have to supply an interpreter. This slight obstacle was easily surmounted, as my good friend Robert Rivkin speaks French and agreed to accompany me. Rivkin and I attended the BSO rehearsal Wednesday afternoon. Guest conductor James DePriest and the orchestra had already rehearsed other works on the program (the world premiere of George Tsontakis' October and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4), so all that remained was the Prokofiev Concerto No. 2. Volodos rehearsed without a score, and obviously knew the music inside and out; several times during the rehearsal when conductor or soloist requested a restart in the orchestral part, Volodos would play the starting point on the piano to make it easier for the orchestra to find where to begin. Things went so smoothly that the rehearsal ended ahead of schedule quite remarkable considering the Prokofiev Second is one of the most difficult of all concertos.

19. Arcadi Volodos Russian pianist arcadi volodos, now in his midtwenties, didn't begin serious studyof the piano until he was 16, but hearing these masterful performances one http://classicalcdreview.com/volodos1.html

ARCADI VOLODOS - Debut Recording Piano transcriptions of music of Bach, Bizet, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky Sony Classical 62691 (F) (DDD) TT: 61:20 Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos, now in his mid-twenties, didn't begin serious study of the piano until he was 16, but hearing these masterful performances one would never suspect that he has been playing but a decade. This debut Sony CD offers transcriptions, many of them Horowitz originals apparently reconstructed by Volodos: Variations on Bizet's Carmen and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 . He also dispatches Georges Cziffra's fantastic transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee (but doesn't play the repeats), Feinberg's transcription of the scherzo from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 and a Bach Largo, three songs of Schubert arranged by Liszt, three excerpts from Prokofiev's Cinderella , and his own transcriptions of two songs of Rachmaninoff and Mozart's Turkish March.

20. Über Den Pianisten Volodos / Online Musik Magazin Translate this page Der junge pianist arcadi volodos macht wieder von sich Reden und versetztdurch spektakuläre CD-Aufnahmen und Konzerte die Fachwelt ins Staunen. http://www.omm.de/feuilleton/Volo_20.html

Feuilleton Rauschzeit Von Oliver Kautny, Wuppertal November 2000 Neuerscheinung auf CD Sergei Rachmaninow 3. Klavierkonzert op.30 d-Moll Arcadi Volodos, Klavier Berliner Philharmoniker Leitung: James Levine Zu unserer Rezension Da capo al Fine http://www.omm.de Email: feuilleton@omm.de - Fine -

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