DENIS ZHDANOV - cello teacher
From this Teacher:
Cello Masterclasses
Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Hochschule Musik Dresden
Denis Zhdanov was born in Magadan, Siberia.
He began his piano studies at the age of 8 and started his cello studies at 11. He studied with Prof. Galina Zubareva at the Central Music School in Moscow. He graduated from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 2002, and one year later, due to a Europa Stipendium, Denis Zhdanov continued his studies with Professor Peter Bruns at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden. Later, he studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelsohn-Bartholdy in Leipzig.
Prize Winner of Important Cello Competitions
Denis won the International A. Rubinstein Competition (Moscow, 1997) and was awarded by the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation in the same year.
Denis won the First Prize and Audience Prize at the International Brahms Competition and at the International Aram Khachaturian Competition.
In 2004, Denis Zhdanov won the First Prize, as well as the Audience Prize, at the International Brahms Competition and gave his German debut at the “Semperoper” performing the Second Cello Concerto of D. Shostakovich.
Two years later, Denis Zhdanov received the Audience Prize and Special Prize at the International Aram Khachaturian Competition in Armenia.
During this competition, Denis Zhdanov became acquainted with Prof. Wolfgang Böttcher while participating in his masterclasses and studying privately with him.
Working with Great Musicians
Working with so many great musicians such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Gennadi Rojdestvenski,
Antoni Wit, Vasiliy Sinaisky, Dmitry Yablonsky, Dmitri Shebalin, Bernard Greenhouse, Natalia Shahovskaya, Tatiana Grindenko, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Jury Simonov, and Anne Bylsma have had a huge influence on Denis Zhdanov during his artistically formative years.
Current Activities
Together with music partner and violinist Uliana Zhdanov, he founded the „Zhdanov- Konzerte“- Artist Agency in 2016 and organizes concerts and events Europe-wide.
He collaborates as a chamber musician with Eric Le Sage, Tatjana Masurenko, Roman Patkolo, Julia Deneka, Olena Baeva, and Dmitri Demashkin, among others.
As an orchestral player, Denis Zhdanov has worked with Staatskapelle Dresden, Münchner Rundfunk, Staatskapelle Weimar, and Saarländisches Staatsorchester, among others.
He is currently the Principal Solo Cellist of the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Denis Zhdanov’s rich repertoire encompasses works from the early Baroque to the 21st century.