FORT WORTH–The powers-that-be of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition must have felt pretty happy with themselves Tuesday night. Returning to Bass Performance Hall, where he took first prize in the competition back in June, the 27-year-old Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko put on a pretty amazing display of virtuosity—and, not a virtue inevitably linked, musical depth.
His solo recital was all Russian, if you count a second half comprising nothing but Rachmaninoff … [visit site to read more]
