Uladzislau Khandohi – RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18 – 2022 Cliburn Competi...

Final Round Concerto II June 14, 2022 Bass Performance Hall ULADZISLAU KHANDOHI Belarus | Age 20 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, conductor RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18 Uladzislau Khandohi was born in Minsk, Belarus, to a family of musicians—dulcimer players. When his parents noticed him picking out melodies on the piano at the age of 7, they took him to music school, where he progressed quickly; he won his first grand prix (at the Mendzelevskaya Open City Competition for young pianists in Mogilev) at age 10, and the first prize of the Sviridov Competition for Young Performers in St. Petersburg a year later. In 2013, he entered the Republican Music College of the Belarusian State Academy of Music, after which he became a laureate of many international competitions, including first-prize wins at Kazakhstan’s International Astana Piano Passion Competition; International Nutcracker Television Contest; and International Sviridov Compe