Bio
Described by critics as possessing “incredible technique and deep musical understanding”, “The pianist is simply superb!”, “The phenomenon in concert is a rare one”, “Mystically powerful pianist”, “A grand display of skill and precision that was breathtaking”, Volodymyr Vynnytsky has performed in recital in such countries as USA, France, England, Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Brazil, Canada, South Africa among many others. Internationally renowned pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky is laureate of the Margueritte Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition in Paris.
A popular television and radio guest, he has also been featured on NHK-TV (Japan) and in the Unite States on WQXR-FM in New York, and nationally on NPR. Recital and chamber music appearances have included guest invitations in numerous International Festivals in Ukraine (Kyiv Music Fest, “Virtuosi”, “Contrasts”, “Bridge of Alexandre III”), France (Masters de Pontlevoy, “Les MusiCimes”, “DSCH”), Brazil (“Virtuosi”), Curacao (Art in Avila), Canada (Niagara International Chamber Music Festival), Czech Republic (“American Spring” Festival) and USA (Artosphere Arts Festival, Chamber Players International, LWMF, Mohonk Festival of the Arts, Windham Chamber Music Festival, Southampton Festival of the Arts, Lake San Marcos Chamber Music Society, Music Mountain in Connecticut, Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, Rachmaninoff International Festival in Los Angeles, “Music at the Institute” in New York and Art Center of Greene County.
Born in Lviv, Ukraine, Volodymyr Vynnytsky studied at the Lviv Music School for Gifted Children and later at the Moscow Conservatory. After earning his doctorate from the Moscow Conservatory under the direction of Yevgeny Malinin, he taught at the Kyiv Conservatory and concertized extensively around the world. Mr. Vynnytsky has been a visiting member of the piano faculty in SUNY at Purchase, NY and at the University of Connecticut. In 2003 he was appointed Music Director of the Music and Art Center of Greene County, New York. He is also an Honorary Professor of Lviv State Academy of Music, Odesa State Music Academy and Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv Conservatory).
In October 2012 and 2015, Volodymyr served as a Chairman of the Jury of the Emil Gilels International Piano Competition in Odesa, Ukraine. Vynnytsky performed on an extensive North American tour in February of 2020 as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, one of the finest Symphony Orchestras in Europe. This tour was managed by Columbia Artists, a legendary organization in the performing arts industry and global leader in artist management. Volodymyr Vynnytsky is currently serving as Director of Chamber Music at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
Vynnytsky has performed with leading orchestras and appeared in solo recitals in many prestigious concert halls, including:
Théatre des Champs-Elysées (Paris, France)
Amphitheatre Richelieu de la Sorbonne, Salons de Boffrand de la Presidence du Senat (Paris, France)
St. John’s Smith Square (London, United Kingdom)
Dunken Kulturhus (Helsingborg, Sweden)
The Queen’s Hall (the Dronningesalen Auditorium, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Salle de Concert Marie-Stephane (École de musique Vincent d’Indy, Montreal, Canada)
Philharmonic Big Hall of Columns (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Great Hall of Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Lviv Philharmonic Hall (Ukraine)
Great Hall of Lviv National Academy of Music (Ukraine)
Odesa Philharmonic Theatre (Ukraine)
The Governor’s Palace (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles)
Teatro de Santa Isabel in Recife (Brazil)
Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg (South Africa)
Baxter Theatre Centre Concert Hall (Cape Town, South Africa)
Carnegie Hall Main Hall Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage (New York, NY)
Carnegie Hall Weil Recital Hall (New York, NY)
Merkin Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, NY)
The Phillips Gallery (Washington D.C.)
Tsai Performance Center (Boston, MA)
Gaillard Center (Charleston, SC)
Sottile Theatre (Charleston, SC)
Von der Mehden Recital Hall (UConn, CT)
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre (Arlington, VA)
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL)
Sacrest Auditorium (Zanesville OH),
Hylton Performing Arts Center (George Mason University, VA)
Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre (VA)
Moss Arts Center (Virginia Tech University)
Schar Center (Elon University, NC)
State Theatre New Jersey (New Brunswick)
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall (NY)
Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State Eisenhower Auditorium (Pennsylvania State University)
Carpenter Theatre Dominion Energy Center, (Richmond VA)
Millard Auditorium (University of Hartford, CT)
Herbert Zipper Concert Hall (Los Angeles, CA)
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale (AZ)
Hill Auditorium (UofM, Ann Arbor, MI)
Great Hall of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Russia)
Small Hall of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Russia)
Rachmaninov Hall of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Russia)