Aleksey Shadrin

Cellist Aleksey Shadrin, a participant in the Kronberg Academy’s Master Program, was born into a family of musicians in Ukraine. He won first prize at the 4th M. Lysenko International Music Competition in 2012. In 2018, he was awarded third prize at the Prague Spring Competition.

Following his initial successes in numerous competitions, including the Ukrainian National String Competition in Lviv/Lemberg and the 8th Ukrainian National ‘New Names’ Competition in Kyiv, he became a scholarship recipient in 2004 from the International Foundation of violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov.

In 2005, Aleksey Shadrin was a finalist at the 3rd David Popper International Cello Competition in Hungary, and in 2008, he won second prize at the Minsk International Competition. Following these successes, he performed in major concert halls across Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France, South Korea, China, Vietnam, the Netherlands, and Portugal.

Aleksey Shadrin has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, the Opéra National de Montpellier, and the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz.

In 2016, he made his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 2017, he performed as a soloist with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, under the baton of Andrew Manze, in the Grosser Sendesaal in Hanover, and made his debut at the Hamburg Chamber Music Festival.

Aleksey Shadrin earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in musical arts at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Professor Leonid Gorokhov.

He is currently studying with Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy.

Since September 2020, he has been an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where he studies with Gary Hoffman.