Aleksey Shadrin

Cellist Aleksey Shadrin, who was part of the Master Program at the Kronberg Academy, 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 received the 3rd prize at the Prague Spring Competition. In 2022, he won the 4th Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition.

After his early successes in several competitions, including the Ukrainian National String Competition in Lviv/Lemberg and the 8th Ukrainian National Competition “New Names” in Kyiv, he became a scholarship holder of the International Foundation of violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov in 2004.

In 2005, Aleksey Shadrin was a finalist at the 3rd David Popper International Competition in Hungary, and in 2008, he won the 2nd prize at the International Competition in Minsk. Following these successes, he performed in major concert halls in 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 National Opera of 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, conducted by Andrew Manze, in the Grosser Sendesaal in Hanover, and made his debut at the Hamburg Chamber Music Festival.

Aleksey Shadrin received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover, studying with Professor Leonid Gorokhov.

Aleksey was Artist in Residence from September 2020 to June 2023, where he studied with Gary Hoffman and is now part of the Associate Artists.