Dmytro Udovychenko
Ukrainian violinist Dmytro Udovychenko was born in Kharkiv in 1999.
He studied at the Kharkiv Special Music School for gifted children with Ludmila Varenina. During his school years Dmytro was awarded numerous prizes at international competitions and was invited to perform at international festivals.
At the age of 14 Dmytro Udovychenko was admitted in the class of Professor Boris Garlitsky at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany.
His success at the international competitions continued with victories at Jascha Heifetz International Violin Competition in Vilnius, Odesa International Violin Competition in Odesa, and The Grand Prix of 2018 Andrea Postacchini Competition in Fermo.
In October 2018, Dmytro Udovychenko has won the 2nd Prize, the Audiences Prize and the Internet Community Prize at Josef Joachim Competition in Hannover.
Most recently, Dmytro was awarded the 3d Prize at the XII Jan Sibelius International Violin Competition ,1st Prize at the III Singapore International Violin Competition, 1st Prize in Montreal International Violin Competition and 1st Prize in Queen Elisabeth Competition.
Dmytro participated in master classes with Ana Chumachenko, Christian Tetzlaff, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Stephan Picard, Leonidas Kavakos.
He is supported by Ukrainian VERE MUSIC FUND, Villa Musica Rheinland Pfalz, and Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
In October 2022 Dmytro was accepted to Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Program in the class of Christian Tetzlaff.
Currently Dmytro Udovychenko is Antonio Stradivari 1708 “Huggins” Violin kindly provided by Nippon Foundation.
In the season 2024/25 he will perform with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Orfeo Orchestra directed by Rik Ghesquiére, the Iceland Philharmonics under Andrew Manze and more.