Since his debut in New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall in 1996 Arcadi Volodos has earned his status as one of the world\u2019s most highly respected pianists. He has worked with some of the finest orchestras across the globe, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and the New York Philharmonic, along with such major conducting names as Seiji Ozawa, Riccardo Chailly and Zubin Mehta. However, the focus of Volodos\u2019s career lies in his solo recitals where, with his colourful touch and total immersion in major works by classics of the piano repertoire, he has fascinated his audiences in the world\u2019s most prestigious venues. He returns to the Rudolf Firku\u0161n\u00fd Piano Festival after a four-year absence to present a programme featuring the rarely performed Davidsb\u00fcndlert\u00e4nze <\/em>by Robert Schumann, his own, extremely virtuosic arrangement of Franz Liszt\u2019s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13<\/em> and the supreme Sonata in A major<\/em> by Franz Schubert. When Volodos recorded this piece for Sony Classical, the British magazine Gramophone<\/em> was in raptures: \u201cEvery phrase is so exquisitely turned, so perfectly graded in its nuances, so ideally blended \u2013 harmonically, melodically and in relation to what comes before and after \u2013 that it could be placed on exhibit for all to wonder at<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\n ![\"Arcadi](\"https:\/\/firkusny.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arcadi-Volodos-\u00a9-Marco-Borggreve-Sony-Classical-2.jpg\")
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