Arcadi Volodos

Pianist Arcadi Volodos has specialized in virtuoso repertory, especially transcriptions. However, he has broadened his repertory to include works from the mainstream of German Romanticism, including those by Schubert and Brahms. Arcadi Volodos (various transliterations of his name have been used) was born in Leningrad, in the Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia), on February 24, 1972. His parents were both classical singers, and he planned a musical career. Volodos flirted with the idea of becoming a conductor and enrolled for classes at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, ...