{"id":8161,"date":"2026-05-18T22:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veveyspringclassic.ch\/?page_id=8161"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:25:48","slug":"alexei-volodin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/veveyspringclassic.ch\/en\/alexei-volodin\/","title":{"rendered":"ALEXEI VOLODIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-e2867e1a-cf86-48d2-9ca7-f75a96d71da2\"><strong>Piano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"block-51a6abd4-a8e6-482e-9418-c8090b749d9c\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/veveyspringclassic.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Volodin_full-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"L\u2019attribut alt de cette image est vide, son nom de fichier est Volodin_full-1024x689.jpg.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ad01ee7b-9efc-48dd-b6bd-377fb3c9b9c5\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7a7e5a46-72d0-4859-bbea-fe3c8f3765d4\">Born in 1977 in Leningrad, Alexei Volodin entered the prestigious Gnessin Institute in Moscow at the age of ten. 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He now performs in the world&#8217;s most prestigious venues: Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie de Paris. The leading orchestras seek him out &#8211; BBC Symphony, NHK Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Mariinsky under Gergiev, Philharmonia Orchestra &#8211; as do the major festivals, from La Roque d&#8217;Anth\u00e9ron to the White Nights of St Petersburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-a5e1baa8-04c3-4e26-a2bc-33d70c6ce065\">A committed chamber musician, he maintains long-standing partnerships with Sol Gabetta, Igor Levit, Claire Huangci, Janine Jansen and Mischa Maisky, and regularly performs in duo with his wife Edith Pe\u00f1a. His repertoire spans from Beethoven to Medtner, Brahms to Prokofiev, with a marked affinity for Scriabin and Rachmaninov. His recordings for Challenge Classics &#8211; Chopin, Schumann, Ravel, Scriabin &#8211; earned him a Choc de Classica and five stars from Diapason. 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